Pyramid - Softcover

Macaulay, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395321212 ISBN 13: 9780395321218

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1982

Synopsis

"David Macaulay's brilliant Pyramid shows, detail by detail, how the great pharaohs' burial places were conceived and constructed . . . His draftsmanship is unexcelled, and his book is pharaonic in opulence and design." -- Time

About this title

About the Author:

David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given "to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations." Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books. David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont.

Synopsis:

Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0395321212
• ISBN 13: 9780395321218
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80