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Conspiracy: Nixon, Watergate, and Democracy's Defenders
Par P. O’Connell Pearson. 2020
Author of Fighting for the Forest: How FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps Helped Save America (DB 98293), explores President Nixon's contentious…
time in office, the Watergate scandal, and the people who helped protect our Constitution. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2020More than petticoats: Remarkable Washington women (More than Petticoats Series)
Par L. E. Bragg. 1998
Threads of memory: a memoir of the 1920s (Iowa Heritage Collection)
Par Margaret Ott Onerheim. 1993
A view from the inland Northwest: everyday life in America (View From)
Par Stephen J. Lyons. 2004
Cyrus Field's big dream: the daring effort to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable
Par Mary Morton Cowan. 2018
Recounts the life of Cyrus Field (1819-1892), a wealthy, industrious man of fragile health who pioneered the first transatlantic cable.…
Details how Field's unwavering determination to enable instant communication between North America and the United Kingdom came to fruition in 1866. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2018Countdown: 2979 days to the moon
Par Suzanne Slade, Thomas Gonzalez. 2018
Told in free verse. Recounts the story of the American effort to land the first man on the moon in…
1969, and the eleven Apollo missions it took to get them there. For grades 4-7. 2018Dakota dreams: Fanny Sabra Howe's own story, 1881-1884
Par Janet Howe Townsley. 2003
Finish the fight!: the brave and revolutionary women who fought for the right to vote
Par Veronica Chambers, The Staff of The New York Times. 2020
The Staff of The New York Times profiles the unsung heroines of the women's suffrage movement and includes women of…
different races and sexual orientations. Recounts their stories and trailblazing efforts that helped change the fabric of America. For grades 4-7. 2020Parkland: birth of a movement
Par Dave Cullen. 2019
The author of Columbine (DB 68856) provides an account of the young survivors of the Parkland school shooting who launched…
the March for Our Lives movement regarding gun control. Follows the kids' daily lives, the Road to Change tour, and more as they cope with their experiences. 2019Fighting for the forest: how FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America
Par P. O’Connell Pearson. 2019
Recounts the history behind President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal program, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and how this social program…
provided jobs for impoverished young men who built and improved hundreds of state and national parks. For grades 5-8. 2019Discusses the role of black soldiers who heroically fought in the Revolutionary War in order to win freedom for a…
nation, as well as those who fought for the British. Recounts how some soldiers gained their own personal freedom, particularly in the northern states, and how many others remained slaves. For grades 5-8. 2015The Bill of Rights: a user's guide
Par Linda R Monk. 2018
A constitutional scholar examines the Bill of Rights amendment by amendment, discussing its history and the Supreme Court's interpretation of…
these rights. Includes stories of individuals who challenged, defined, or expanded many of these rights. Updated fifth edition. 2018Capsized!: the forgotten story of the SS Eastland disaster
Par Patricia Sutton. 2018
An account of the events that led up to the SS Eastland capsizing in the Chicago River on July 24,…
1915. Chartered to take Western Electric Company employees and their families to a picnic in Michigan City, Indiana, the event instead cost the lives of 844 passengers. For grades 5-8. 2018The undefeated
Par Kwame Alexander. 2019
Poetic ode to black American triumph and tribulation. Highlights the traumatic and tragic events in black history; the faith and…
fire of the civil rights movement; and the grit, courage, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades 2-4. 2019Bonnie and Clyde: the making of a legend
Par Karen Blumenthal. 2018
A chronicle of the lives of notorious outlaws Bonnie Parker (1910-1934) and Clyde Barrow (1909-1934). Debunks some of the myths…
surrounding the couple. Spins a tale of love, car chases, kidnappings, and murder set against the backdrop of the Great Depression. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2018Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee: Civil War rivals (History's Greatest Rivals Ser.)
Par Ellis Roxburgh. 2015
Once thought unfit for service, General Ulysses S. Grant commanded the Union army to victory over General Robert E. Lee,…
commander of the Confederate army. Examines the history of the two Civil War leaders and several key battles. For grades 5-8. 2015The raid on Harpers Ferry (Rebellions, Revolts, And Uprisings Ser.)
Par Ellis Roxburgh. 2018
Recounts the events that unfolded in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859. Details abolitionist John Brown's raid on the federal…
arsenal there in support of a slave rebellion and how he became a martyr to many. For grades 4-7. 2018An African American and Latinx history of the United States
Par Paul Ortiz. 2018
Covers more than two hundred years of American history, reexamining the roles of people from Latin America, Africa, and the…
Caribbean in the development of the United States. Challenges accepted descriptions of the roles of African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices throughout US history. 2018What unites us: reflections on patriotism
Par Dan Rather. 2017
Essays from the television journalist and his longtime collaborator that celebrate the values that tend to be shared throughout America,…
particularly those related to patriotism. Topics discussed include public institutions such as parks and libraries, the drive for innovation, and more. Bestseller. 2017