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The great fire
By Jim Murphy. 1995
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Award winning fictionAdventure and exploration, Award winning non-fiction, United States history
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An account of the conflagration that levelled much of Chicago in 1871. Chronicles events from the fire's outbreak and rapid…
spread to its extinguishment by rain, as reported by survivors and in documents of the period. Examines the origins, circumstances, and official failures that contributed to the disaster. Grades 5-8. A 1996 Newbery Honor Book. c1995.The Mishomis book: the voice of the Ojibway
By Edward Benton-Banai. 1988
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Canadian fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fictionCanadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, United States history
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The Ojibway is one of the largest groups of Native Americans, belonging to the Anishinabe people of what is today…
the northern United States and Canada. Documents the history, traditions, and culture of the Ojibway people through stories and myths. Draws from the traditional teachings of tribal elders to instruct young readers about Ojibway creation stories and legends, the origin and importance of the Ojibway family structure and clan system, the Midewiwin religion, the construction and use of the water drum and sweat lodge, and modern Ojibway history. For Junior and Senior High readers. 2010, c1988.The armies of the night: history as a novel, the novel as history
By Norman Mailer. 1968
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Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Journals and memoirs, United States history, Politics and government, War
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The story of the 1967 march on the Pentagon, skirmishes between armed guards and anti-war demonstrators, and the subsequent arrest…
of hundreds of people. The author describes his own experience as a demonstrator and also gives a historical account of the action. Winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 1968.A stillness at Appomattox
By Bruce Catton. 1953
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A description of the last year of the Civil War when General Grant rebuilt the Union Army into a fighting…
force and turned defeat into victory. 1954 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. Sequel to "Glory road". 1953.