Pyramid of the sun, pyramid of the moon
Discusses the history of the pyramids of Teotihuacan and of the Aztecs, how they evolved from the Toltecs, how they lived and worshipped, and how they were overcome by the Spaniards.
| Main Author: | Fisher, Leonard Everett. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Macmillan,
c1988.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Discusses the history of the pyramids of Teotihuacan and of the Aztecs, how they evolved from the Toltecs, how they lived and worshipped, and how they were overcome by the Spaniards. |
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| Physical Description: |
[32] p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0027353001 |
| Author Notes: |
Fisher was born in 1927 in the Bronx, New York, and started to draw as a small child. After graduating from high school, he studied at Brooklyn College and then entered the army where he worked with a mapmaker. He holds a B.F.A. and a M.F.A. from Yale University. The first book that Fisher illustrated was The Exploits of Xenophon, written by Geoffrey Household and published in 1955. Fisher then illustrated and wrote numerous books himself. He is well known for the Colonial Americans series, for the Nineteenth-Century America series for young adults, and for many other nonfiction works. He has written two works for adults-Masterpieces of American Painting (1985) and Remington and Russell (1986). (Bowker Author Biography) |