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Tubman: Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad : her life in the United States and Canada
By Rosemary Sadlier. 1997
A biography of Harriet Tubman, who helped slaves escape to freedom. It tells her story and describes what life was…
like in St. Catharines during the eight years she lived in Canada. The author also illustrates the importance of family history by tracing Harriet's descendants to the present day. Grades 5-8. 1997.Inside the Alamo
By Jim Murphy. 2003
An overview of the struggle between the Texan settlers and Mexico's General Santa Anna for control of Texas, with a…
detailed description of the 1836 siege of the Alamo. The author's inside book separates fact from fiction as often as possible. For junior and senior high readers. 2003.Tubman: Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad : her life in the United States and Canada
By Rosemary Sadlier. 1997
A biography of Harriet Tubman, who helped slaves escape to freedom. It tells her story and describes what life was…
like in St. Catharines during the eight years she lived in Canada. The author also illustrates the importance of family history by tracing Harriet's descendants to the present day. Grades 5-8. 1997.Whose right is it?: the second amendment and the fight over guns (Whose Right Is It? Ser.)
By Hana Bajramovic. 2020
Lawyer discusses the Second Amendment, the rise of the NRA, and how money, power, and race have long dictated our…
ability to own guns. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2020Blood and germs: the Civil War battle against wounds and disease (Medical Fiascoes)
By Gail Jarrow. 2020
Explores the science and gruesome history of US Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts by soldiers,…
doctors, and nurses. Jarrow reveals battlefield rescues, surgical techniques, treatments, and patient care, celebrating the men and women of both the North and South who volunteered to save lives. For grades 5-8. 2020Clara Barton: spirit of the American Red Cross (Ready-to-Read Stories of Famous Americans)
By Patricia Lakin, Simon Sullivan. 2004
Grand Central Terminal: gateway to New York City
By Ed Stanley. 2003
Provides a history of Grand Central Terminal from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including its construction and architecture, the…
role played by Cornelius Vanderbilt, and facts about railroads in generalThe Liberty Bell (Symbols of freedom)
By Tristan Boyer Binns. 2001
George Washington's teeth
By Brock Cole, Deborah Chandra, Madeleine Comora. 2003
Kamehameha III: Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha Schools Intermediate Reading Program Ser.)
By Jean Iwata Cachola. 1995
Conspiracy: Nixon, Watergate, and Democracy's Defenders
By 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. 2020Cyrus Field's big dream: the daring effort to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable
By 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
By 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
By Janet Howe Townsley. 2003
Finish the fight!: the brave and revolutionary women who fought for the right to vote
By 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. 2020Fighting for the forest: how FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America
By 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. 2015Capsized!: the forgotten story of the SS Eastland disaster
By 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
By 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. 2019Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee: Civil War rivals (History's Greatest Rivals Ser.)
By 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. 2015