Summary: Panoramic illustrations and fascinating text reveal the story of the Great Wall and the individuals who helped build it, bringing to life key periods and turning points in the Great Wall's history.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2022

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Henzel, Cynthia Kennedy

Summary: Offers a brief overview of the history of the Great Wall of China, discussing its original purpose, how it was built, why it is considered a threatened monument, and what is being done to conserve it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2011

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Demuth, Patricia.

Summary: More than two thousand years ago, with his land under constant attack from nomads, the First Emperor of China came up with a simple solution: build a wall to keep out enemies. It was a wall that kept growing and growing. But its construction came at a huge cost: it is believed that more than a million Chinese died building it, earning the wall its nickname--the longest cemetery on earth....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group 2015

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Summary: China Rises (a look at this rapidly developing economic power, from a factory to a pop concert and an Olympic volleyball court to the red carpet at the Shanghai Film Festival) and Behind the Great Wall (a look at the world's single greatest structure).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Channel 2008

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Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1981

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951 GRE