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"In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Renowned biographer Andrew Morton takes an in-depth look at Britain's longest reigning monarch, exploring the influence Queen Elizabeth had on both Britain and the rest of the world for much of the last century. From leading a nation struggling to restore itself after the devastation of the second World War to navigating the divisive political landscape of the present day, Queen Elizabeth was a reluctant but resolute queen. This is the story of a...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
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Meadville, settled by David Mead in 1788, was established 100 miles from Pittsburgh and Buffalo in the French Creek Valley of northwest Pennsylvania. The city's population grew from 500 in 1810 to more than 10,000 at the end of the 20th century. The construction of residential, institutional, commercial, and industrial buildings burgeoned, and the diverse cultural heritage of the residents dictated a wide variety of architecture. Meadville's Architectural...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom that would soon rule over Greece. Tutored as a boy by Aristotle, Alexander had an inquisitive mind that would serve him well when he faced formidable obstacles during his military campaigns. Shortly after taking command of the army, he launched an invasion of the Persian empire, and continued his conquests as far south as the deserts of Egypt and as far east as the mountains of present-day...
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
c2018
Edition
First edition.
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241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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To the Promised Land challenges the reader to think about what it would mean to truly fulfill King's legacy and move toward his vision of "the Promised Land" in our own time.
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
First edition.
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xv, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Mormonism is America's largest and most native religion, and the assassination of Joseph Smith is one of its transformational events that propelled the Mormons to colonize the American West and claim their place in the mainstream of American history. 'American Crucifixion' is a story of scandal and violence, with deep roots in our national identity.
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Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
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467 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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A richly woven biography of the beloved patriot Betsy Ross, her fabled creation of "the first flag," and an enthralling portrait of everyday life in Revolutionary War-era Philadelphia.
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English
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"In his now trademark fashion, Brian Kilmeade explores hidden aspects of Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and brings the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Thanks to Kilmeade's storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo"--
14) Hershey
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Milton S. Hershey's extraordinary life of wealth, empire, and utopian dreams. Includes bibliographical references and index.
16) Grant
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English
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"Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefeller, Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most complicated generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, fond of drinking to excess; or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil...
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Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
303 p.
Language
English
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"One night at a dinner party in Florence, historian Daniel Lee was told about a remarkable discovery. An upholsterer in Amsterdam had found a bundle of swastika-covered documents inside the cushion of an armchair he was repairing. They belonged to Dr. Robert Griesinger, a lawyer from Stuttgart, who joined the S.S. and worked at the Reich's Ministry of Economics and Labour in Occupied Prague during the war. An expert in the history of the Holocaust,...
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Chiloe Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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In this poignant account of his father's life, Jim Rooney takes readers behind the scenes to share stories from his hundreds of hours of interview with business and political leaders; sports and celebrity influences; and family members. Part memoir, part business biography, part history book, A Different Way to Win underscores the importance of focusing on the long game and the effectiveness in building consensus in a way that is meaningful and sustainable...
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1967
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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The American naval officer who helped found Liberia, hunted pirates in the West Indies, practised diplomacy with the Sultan of Turkey and the King of the Two Sicilies; commanded the Gulf Squadron in the Mexican War, promoted the steam Navy and the shell gun, and conducted the naval expedition which opened Japan.
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English
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"Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin....