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12) Barack Obama
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of African-American president Barack Obama.
13) George W. Bush
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Series
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to George W. Bush including his early political career and key events from Bush's administration including the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Iraq War, and Hurricane Katrina. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard...
14) Harry S. Truman
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Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Harry S. Truman including his military service, early political career, and key events from Truman's administration including World War II, the Cold War, the Marshall Plan, and the Korean War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
15) Richard Nixon
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Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Richard Nixon including his military service, early political career, and key events from Nixon's administration including his debates with John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, and his resignation. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
16) Ronald Reagan
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Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Ronald Reagan including his early political career and key events from Reagan's administration including the Reagan Revolution, ending the Cold War, and the Iran-Contra Affair. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy...
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Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Theodore Roosevelt including his early political career and key events from Roosevelt's administration including building of the Panama Canal, creating the Department of Commerce and Labor, and winning the Nobel Prize. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included."--Publisher's website
18) Ulysses S. Grant
Author
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers Ulysses S. Grant including his military service in the Mexican and American Civil War and key events from Grant's administration including several scandals, as well as the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included."--Publisher's website
19) William Taft
Author
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to William Taft including his early political career and key events from Taft's administration including forming the US Children's Bureau and Arizona and New Mexico becoming states. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included."--Publisher's website
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the U.S. president written in graphic novel format.
This brief biography profiles the life of John Adams, the second president of the United States, discussing his childhood, education, early political career, presidential campaign, and influence on the country and history.
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