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82) John F. Kennedy
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some colored) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the thirty-fifth president of the United States, who served from 1961 until his assasination in 1963.
83) Ronald Reagan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the fortieth president of the United States, from his early movie career, to his time as governor of California, to his two terms as president.
86) The Lakota
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Provides comprehensive information on the background, lifestyle, beliefs, and present-day lives of the Lakota people"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts ten high points in the history of the Olympics, including Jesse Owens winning four gold medals against the Nazis, Nadia Comaneci receiving perfects scores in gymnastics in 1976, and Eric Heiden's performance at the 1980 Winter games.
91) Argentina
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (mostly color), color maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview of the history, geography, and culture of Argentina.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (mostly color), color maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of John Winthrop, religious leader and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who worked hard and passed groundbreaking new laws while trying to protect Puritan beliefs.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
President Theodore Roosevelt called Jacob Riis the best American I ever knew. The pioneering photojournalist an immigrant from Denmark drew attention to the poverty and evils of slum life in the late 1800s. Riis won national acclaim when his photos illustrated his bestselling book How the Other Half Lives. The book focused on the difficult time immigrants faced as thousands of newcomers flooded into the United States each year. Riis called for reform...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On-point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the story of the historic first flight ever to life. Kids will feel as though they are at Kitty Hawk with Wilbur and Orville Wright as the brothers prepare to test their aircraft. They'll also learn about the history of flight and the skepticism that greeted the Wrights when they, at first, refused to release the photograph of their successful flight"--
97) Fort Sumter
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the start of the Civil War.
98) Jack the Ripper
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at one of historys most infamous serial killers known for committing gruesome murders in the late nineteenth-century who remains one of the world's most infamous criminals.
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