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Mother Jones and her army of Mill Children
By Jonah Winter. 2020
Mother Jones, an activist and union organizer, fought to end child labor. The author chronicles the Children's Crusade of 1903,…
where Mother Jones led one hundred boys and girls on a glorious march from Philadelphia right to the front door of President Theodore Roosevelt's Long Island home. For grades K-3. 2020Missy Elliott: the Library of Hip-Hop Biographies (The Library of Hip-Hop Biographies Ser.)
By Bethany Bezdecheck. 2018
Since her first album in 1997, multiple-time Grammy Award winner Missy has broken many barriers and is the first female…
rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She is a record producer, entrepreneur, and charity spokeswoman and has her own record label. For grades 4-7. 2009Off Mike: how a kid from basketball-crazy Indiana became America's NHL voice
By Kevin Allen, Mike Emrick. 2020
An Emmy award-winning play-by-play commentator for NHL hockey shares his life story. Growing up in a small Indiana town he…
never imagined he would climb through the broadcasting ranks to be the voice of hockey on NBC. 2020If you want a friend in Washington: Wacky, wild and wonderful presidential pets
By Erin McGill. 2020
Prave: the adventures of the blind and the brittle
By Dave Bahr. 2019
Prave, a blend of Priscilla and Dave, tells the true story of two headstrong people with different but complementary disabilities…
who refused to accept limitations on life, and let love lead the way. Strong language. 2019Rescuing Riley, saving myself: a man and his dog's struggle to find salvation
By Zak Anderegg. 2013
All souls: a family story from Southie (Isis Hardcover Ser.)
By Michael Patrick MacDonald. 1999
The author grew up in "the best place in the world" -- the projects of South Boston. Tragic and comic…
events fill this story of a proud, poor family surviving in a world of gangs, crime and prejudice. Some strong language and some violence. BestsellerBoston's Knight Errant: Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876)
By Nicholas Racheotes. 1935
"Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe founded special education in the United States" -- so starts this scholarly study of the founding…
director of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind, later to become the Perkins School for the Blind. In his carefully researched and eloquently written essay, Racheotes explores the beliefs that motivated Howe. Extensive bibliography included. AdultThey led the way: 14 American women
By Johanna Johnston. 1987
Biographies of fourteen women who were important in American history. Starting with Anne Hutchinson, who was put on trial in…
the Massachusetts Bay Colony for speaking her mind, the book progresses through the centuries and concludes with Carrie Chapman Catt, who battled to win women the right to vote. For grades 2-4Rebound
By K. C Jones. 1986
Redfield Proctor & the division of Rutland
By Linda Goodspeed. 2011
A man who made a fortune in the marble business in 19th-century Vermont and then turned his considerable ambition to…
building a political dynasty, Redfield Proctor is brought to life in this engaging historical novel based on real people and eventsDon't be denied: my story
By M. L Carr. 1987
A key figure on the Boston Celtics basketball team, Carr tells of his fight for respect in the pre-integration South,…
the American Basketball Association, and the business world. Some strong languageThe manliest man: Samuel G. Howe and the contours of nineteenth-century American reform
By James W Trent. 2012
Samuel Gridley Howe was founder of Perkins School for the Blind, fervent abolitionist, confidante of many of the leading lights…
of his time, and husband of Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic. He was a social reformer who believed in the perfectibility of human beings. This is the first full-length biography of Howe in more than half a centuryMarathon
By Clarence DeMar. 1981
Eddie Robinson: he was the Martin Luther King of football : a biography
By Denny Dressman. 2010
Eddie Robinson began his coaching career under the South's rigid Jim Crow system of racial segregation, and achieved great success…
as both a football coach and a role model for African Americans in Louisiana and neighboring states throughout the Civil Rights Era. This story of his life is based on dozens of interviews and extensive research into six decades of football history and a half-century of civil rights progressAfrican Americans of Martha's Vineyard: from enslavement to presidential visit (American Heritage Ser.)
By Thomas Dresser, Tom Dresser. 2010
Local tour guide, Thomas Dresser, tells the history of how the Vineyard became a sanctuary for slaves during the Civil…
War even as many blacks first came to the island as indentured servants. Venture through the Vineyard as a popular destination for vacations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry Louis Gates, and Barack ObamaMiss Adams, country teacher: memories from a one-room school
By Treva Adams Strait, Treva A. Strait. 1991
In 1928, at the age of 18, the author began her adventurous career as a teacher at the Wild Springs…
Ranch, on the western Nebraska prairie. During the next fourteen years, she went on to teach at five different country schools where the number of students ranged from six to thirty-six, spanning grades one through eightMontana's Charlie Russell: art in the collection of the Montana Historical Society
By Montana Historical Society Staff, Montana Historical Society, Jennifer Bottomly-O'Looney, Kirby Lambert, Jennifer Bottomly O'Looney. 2014
Showcases Montana Historical Society's world-class collection of Charlie Russell's paintings, drawings, sculptures, bronzes, and illustrated letters by Montana's "Cowboy Artist."…
The text is written by Russell experts who illuminate the stories behind each artwork. AdultGood men and salty cusses
By Bill Huntington. 1952
A collection of autobiographical stories from Bill Huntington's life as a cowboy and rancher in the West. These stories reflect…
his life as a bronc and racehorse rider, and a Wild West Show entertainer in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Huntington's stories were originally serialized in the Western Livestock Reporter in the 1950's. Adult. Some strong language and violenceFifty-six counties: a Montana journey
By Russell Rowland. 2016
Collection of essays about the author's travels to every county in his home state of Montana. Each essay offers personal…
anecdotes weaved with a bit of county history. Adult. Strong language