This book is part of a book series called Country Explorers .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Lerner Publishing Group .

Tom Streissguth holds a B. A. from Yale University, where he studied music, languages, and history. He has worked as a teacher, editor, and journalist and has traveled widely throughout western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has written more than 60 nonfiction books in the areas of history, biography, geography, and current events, including the prize-winning Hoaxers and Hustlers and acclaimed juvenile biographies of Queen Cleopatra, John Glenn, and Jesse Owens. His books for Facts On include Hate Crimes in the Library in a Book series and The Roaring Twenties, Revised Edition in the Eyewitness History series.