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Nimitz
By E. B Potter. 1976
A biography of Admiral Chester Nimitz, who was a key figure in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Over…
the course of his career, Nimitz established the submarine base at Pearl Harbor, developed engineering techniques that allowed for multiple naval victories, and served as Commander of the Pacific Fleet, overseeing thousands of ships and millions of sailors. Details the story of his life, from his childhood in Texas, to his eventual retirement in Berkeley, CaliforniaInside the Oy Quong Laundry
By Kathleen Kong Wing, Kathleen K. Wing, Carolyn Wing Greenlee. 1998
A collection of stories, passed from mother to daughter, about what it was like to grow up as a Chinese…
immigrant in Central California in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Speaking no English and running a hand-wash laundry, the author’s mother endeavors to maintain her traditional Chinese values, even as her American neighbors react with hostility and prejudiceBlack sun of the Miwok
By Jack Burrows. 2000
The author, who grew up in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Murphys, California, writes about six Miwok Indians he knew…
there in the 1920s and 1930s. His sympathetic portraits describe the devastation suffered for decades by the Miwoks, beginning with the gold rush, which nearly destroyed their culture. Descriptions of sex, strong language and violenceA Flower grows in stone: the diary of a life in progress
By Anisah Hassan. 2008
Anisah Hassan's personal testament to the suffering and plight of people living with Stiff-Person/Moersch Woltman Syndrome. The author offers her…
first-hand account in the form of a narrative, with personal impressions, anecdotes, experiences, and reflections. In trying to demystify SPS, the author endeavors to provide inspiration and hope. Anisah also reaches out to victims of Multiple Sclerosis, cancer, accidents, and anyone enduring isolation occasioned by illnessWho is Jackie Chan? (Who is ...?)
By Gregory Copeland, Who Hq, Jody Jensen Shaffer, Who Hq. 2020
When Kong-sang (now known as Jackie Chan) was a young boy in Hong Kong, he enjoyed practicing martial arts with…
his dad but hated going to school. He was eventually enrolled in the China Drama Academy, where he improved his martial arts skills and became a stuntman. That training led to a successful career as an actor. For grades 4-7Finding Daniel Boone: his last days in Missouri & the strange fate of his remains / Ted Franklin Belue (American Legends Ser.)
By Ted Franklin Belue, Ted Belue. 2020
Who was Walt Disney? (Who was--?)
By Whitney Stewart, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Who Hq. 2009
Highlights the life and accomplishments of Walt Disney, the famous cartoonist who created Mickey Mouse, Snow White and the Seven…
Dwarfs, and Bambi and was the owner of Walt Disney Studios and Disneyland. Who was...series. For grades 4-7Who was George Washington Carver? (Who was--?)
By Stephen Marchesi, Jim Gigliotti, Who Hq, Who Hq. 2015
Describes the life and accomplishments of the scientist and inventor, from George Washington Carver's childhood born into slavery to his…
education and his lasting impact on the agricultural industry. For grades 4-7Who was Maya Angelou? (Who Was?)
By Dede Putra, Ellen Labrecque, Who Hq, Who Hq. 2016
A biography about a strong native Missouri black woman who was able to pull herself out of her situation and…
become a successful poet and writer who flourished at life. For grades 4-7. Unrated. BestsellerYou can too!: success after failure (TIME for KIDS®: Informational Text Ser.)
By Jody Jensen Shaffer. 2018
What do the airplane, the escalator, the vacuum cleaner, and the Polaroid camera have in common? It took many, many…
attempts to perfect these inventions. Read about the people who invented them, persevered, and did not give up on their ideas. For grades 4-7. UnratedShow me famous Missourians
By Alice Anna Reese. 2014
Twenty mini-biographies of famous Missourians filled with lively anecdotes revealing the true nature of these twenty fascinating men & women.…
Read stories drawn from the Missourian's childhood foreshadowing the person they will become. For grades 4-7. UnratedMissouri's murderous matrons: Emma Heppermann and Bertha Gifford (True Crime Ser.)
By Lorelei Shannon, Victoria Cosner. 2019
As the 19th century drifted into the 20th, Missouri produced two women who made arsenic a part of their lives…
— and of the deaths of many people. The women were Bertha Gifford, whose last home was just outside Eureka, and Emma Heppermann of Steelville. AdultI'm down: a memoir
By Mishna Wolff. 2009
Humorist, Mishna Wolff, grew up in a poor, black Seattle neighborhood with her white, single father who believed he was…
black. From early in her childhood, he began his crusade to "make his white daughter down". Despite his efforts, she did not quite fit in, but when she attended a rich, white school, she found she was too "black" to fit in there, too. This funny, poignant memoir elicits the question of what it means to be black and white in contemporary America. Adult. Strong languageSlow medicine: the way to healing
By Victoria Sweet. 2018
The author of God’s Hotel (DBC 16160) expands upon her life and career with further stories that reveal the fallacies…
of modern healthcare, which she calls Fast Medicine. Throughout the text, she develops her ideas of what personalized and meaningful medicine should be. AdultDr. Lawrence A. Nixon and the white primary (Southwestern studies #no. 42)
By Conrey Bryson. 1992
When the time came to challenge the 1923 Texas law which denied African Americans the right to vote in Democratic…
primaries, Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon, a physician and respected El Pasoan, was willing to file the historic lawsuit. On March 7, 1927 the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Nixon v. Herndon affirmed that Dr. Nixon had indeed been denied his rights under the 14th Amendment. But the Texas Legislature successfully circumvented the Court's decision and it would be twenty more years before another Texas case, Smith v. Allright, allowed Dr. Nixon to vote. His story is one of quiet but heroic perseverance in the face of many discouraging setbacksLorenzo de Zavala: the pragmatic idealist (Significant Texans #no. 1)
By Margaret Swett Henson. 1996
Between 1822 and 1824, Lorenzo de Zavala, a native of the Yucatan, served in the first Congress of the Mexican…
republic. He went on to become governor of the state of Mexico and the first Mexican minister to France. When Santa Anna rose to power, Zavala resigned in protest and, fearing for his life, moved his family to Mexico's frontier state of Texas where he owned land. Elected a delegate to the convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos, he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and was named vice-president of the new Republic of Texas. He died at the age of 48 on November 15, 1836Texas women first: leading ladies of Lone Star history (American Heritage Ser.)
By Sherrie S McLeRoy, Sherrie S. McLeRoy. 2015
Cynthia Ann Parker: the life and the legend (Southwestern studies #no. 92)
By Margaret Schmidt Hacker. 1990
Cynthia Ann Parker never wrote about her twenty-four years (1836-1860) as a Comanche captive so accounts of her life have…
been clouded by hearsay and exaggeration. The author's five years of research into Parker's life produced this fascinating and tragic biography that separates fact from folklore. ViolenceWilliam & Rosalie: a Holocaust testimony (Mayborn literary nonfiction series #no. 1)
By William Schiff, Rosalie Schiff, Craig Hanley. 2007
"William & Rosalie" is the gripping and heartfelt account of two young Jewish people from Poland who survived six different…
German slave and concentration camps throughout the Holocaust. In 1941, newlyweds William and Rosalie Schiff are forcibly separated and sent on their individual odysseys through a surreal maze of hate. This is the story of the lovers struggle to stay alive and find each other at war's end. William and Rosalie remain committed to the task of seeking to educate against hatred. They model what is best about the human spirit and their memoir is deeply inspiring. Some violence