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Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond
By Sandra B. Tooze. 2020
A dazzling, epic biography of Levon Helm––the beloved, legendary drummer and singer of the Band. He sang the anthems of…
a generation: "The Weight," "Up on Cripple Creek," and "Life Is a Carnival." Levon Helm's story––told here through sweeping research and interviews with close friends and fellow musicians––is the rollicking story of American popular music itself. In the Arkansas Delta, a young Levon witnessed "blues, country, and gospel hit in a head-on collision," as he put it. The result was rock 'n' roll. As a teenager, he joined the raucous Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks, then helped merge a hard-driving electric sound with Bob Dylan's folk roots, and revolutionized American rock with the Band. Helm not only provided perfect "in the pocket" rhythm and unforgettable vocals, he was the Band's soul. Levon traces a rebellious life on the road, from being booed with Bob Dylan to the creative cauldron of Big Pink, the Woodstock Festival, world tours, The Last Waltz, and beyond with the man Dylan called "one of the last true great spirits of my or any other generation." Author Sandra B. Tooze digs deep into what Helm saw as a devastating betrayal by his closest friend, Band guitarist Robbie Robertson––and Levon's career collapse, his near bankruptcy, and the loss of his voice due to throat cancer in 1997. Yet Helm found success in an acting career that included roles in Coal Miner's Daughter and The Right Stuff. Regaining his singing voice, he made his last decade a triumph, opening his barn to the Midnight Rambles and earning three Grammys. Cancer finally claimed his life in 2012. Levon is a penetrating, skillfully told tale of a music legend from Southern cotton fields to global limelight.The butler: a witness to history
By Wil Haygood. 2013
Washington Post writer chronicles the life of African American butler Eugene Allen (1919-2010) who served in the White House for…
eight presidential administrations, from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. Discusses the making of the 2013 movie starring Forest Whitaker. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2013The naming of Santa Ana and Los Angeles: from Fray Juan Crespí, Missionary explorer of the Pacific Coast
By Maxine Hong Kingston, James D. Houston, Jack Hicks, Al Young, Juan Crespí. 2000
Author Crespi received missionary training with Junipero Serra and, as a member of The Sacred Expedition, in the capacity as…
official diarist Crespi gives a detailed account of what the region looked like before European settlementWhose 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. 2020The burning: massacre, destruction, and the Tulsa race riot of 1921
By Tim Madigan. 2001
The author recounts the destruction suffered by the black community in Oklahoma during the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and examines…
the difficulties of pinpointing its full extent. Explores the events leading up to the violence and documents the subsequent silence surrounding it. Violence and strong language. 2001Unequal: a story of America
By Marc Favreau, Michael Eric Dyson. 2022
"Interconnected stories present a picture of racial inequality in America, showing systemic discrimination in all areas of society and showing…
the unbroken line of Black resistance to this inequality." -- Provided by publisherBlood 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. 2020True: the four seasons of Jackie Robinson
By Kostya Kennedy. 2022
A biography of baseball great Robinson (1919-1972), focusing on four transformative years in Robinson's athletic and public life: 1946, his…
first year playing in the essentially all-white minor leagues for the Montreal Royals; 1949, when he won the Most Valuable Player Award as a Brooklyn Dodger; 1956, his final season in major league baseball; and 1972, the year of his untimely death. Some strong language. 2022On critical race theory: why it matters & why you should care
By Victor Ray. 2022
"From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics,…
and how the often mischaracterized intellectual movement became a political necessity. Ray draws upon the radical thinking of giants such as Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to clearly trace the foundations of critical race theory in the Black intellectual traditions of emancipation and the civil rights movement. From these foundations, Ray explores the many facets of our society that critical race theory interrogates, from deeply embedded structural racism to the historical connection between whiteness and property, ownership, and more. In succinct, thoughtful essays, Ray presents, analyzes, and breaks down the scholarship and concepts that constitute this often misconstrued term. He explores how the conversation on critical race theory has expanded into the contemporary popular conscience, showing why critical race theory matters and why we should all care." -- Provided by publisherWorth the fighting for: A Memoir
By John McCain. 2002
Political recollections of former Vietnam POW and Arizona senator John McCain. McCain talks candidly about his political career, his understanding…
of American values, and the role models that have guided himThe author coined the term "nonfiction novel" for this account of the murder of a Kansas family. He reconstructs the…
crime and the backgrounds and personalities of all the principals, drawing his information from observation, interviews, and official records. Violence and some strong languageThe wide brim: early poems and ponderings of Marjory Stoneman Douglas (Florida History and Culture)
By Jack E. Davis, Marjory Stoneman Douglas. 2002
Often described as the savior of the Everglades, Marjory Stoneman Douglas is best known for having been Florida's most passionate…
environmentalist, but she was first, foremost, and always a writer. Because Douglas's columns engage matters of the day, the pieces collected in this volume provide insight not only into her maturation as a writer and civic-minded citizen of South Florida but also into the intellectual, cultural, and political world of Miami in the early stages of its development. For today's reader, her columns combine literature and history at their most informative and entertainingClara Barton: spirit of the American Red Cross (Ready-to-Read Stories of Famous Americans)
By Patricia Lakin, Simon Sullivan. 2004
The 5,000 year leap
By W. Cleon Skousen. 2009
This book views the framing of the U. S. Constitution as a miracle that changed the world, as a political…
achievement unprecedented in human history, and as an event influenced, guided, and governed by the hand of God. It also encourages all Americans to preserve and defend our national charter of libertyThe fields of fall: small-town high school football in Iowa
By Todd Weber. 2011
The Fields of Fall follows several high school football dynasties in Iowa for a year. The book is an enlightening…
and entertaining ride through the 2010 season; dissecting the teams' philosophies and telling the stories of the people and the communities that make the game so special. Fields of Fall captures the emotional power of the game, detailing the teams' journeys through a season of highs and lows - and describes the fun that everyone was having. 2011Grand 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 generalTelling stories specific to Columbia Plateau farmers and farmland, this journalist puts the lives and difficulties of individual farmers into…
national and global contexts. He interweaves family narratives, historical episodes and his own experience as a young harvest hand to illuminate the transformation of rural America from the 19th to 21st centuryPuget's Sound: a narrative of early Tacoma and the southern Sound (Columbia Northwest classics)
By Murray Morgan, William L. Lang. 2003
A well-respected Pacific Northwest historian tells the story of Tacoma from the first time the city's site was seen by…
Europeans in 1792 to the creation of Fort Lewis in 1916. Lumberjacks and Chinese laborers, industrialists and speculators were among the people who built the city. AdultThe last wilderness
By Murray Morgan. 1976