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1) Welcome to Addy's world, 1864: growing up during America's Civil War

Author

Series

American girls collection

Publisher

Pleasant Co. Publications

Pub. Date

[1999]

Language

English

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Describes the conditions of African Americans in the North and the South during and immediately after the Civil War.

2) Welcome to Kirsten's world, 1854: growing up in pioneer America

Author

Series

American girls collection

Publisher

Pleasant Company Publications

Pub. Date

[1999]

Language

English

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Presents a look at daily life in pioneer America during the 1850s by following a family that emigrates from Sweden to Minnesota.

3) Extraordinary Hispanic Americans

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Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1991]

Language

English

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Profiles the lives of Hispanics who helped shape the history of the United States.

4) Extraordinary Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Author

Series

Extraordinary people

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

English

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Biographical sketches of notable Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans, from the nineteenth century up to the present.

5) Lorraine Hansberry: award-winning playwright and civil rights activist

Author

Series

Barnard biography

Publisher

Conain Press

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

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Examines the life and work of this African American playwright and social activist who received great recognition at an early age.

6) Sarah Childress Polk, 1803-1891

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Series

Encyclopedia of first ladies

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

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A biography of the First Lady who served as personal secretary to her husband, the eleventh president of the United States, and who was thereby involved in the daily workings of his administration.

7) Japan

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Series

Publisher

Compass Point Books

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

Description

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An introduction to the geography, history, culture, and people of Japan.

8) Mamie Doud Eisenhower, 1896-1979

Author

Series

Encyclopedia of first ladies

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

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A biography of the wife of the thirty-fourth president of the United States, an excellent White House hostess and a popular First Lady who did not involve herself in politics.

9) Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1864-1947

Author

Series

Encyclopedia of first ladies

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

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Presents a biography of the woman whose husband served as both twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States.

10) Jacques-Yves Cousteau

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Series

World's great explorers

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1992]

Language

English

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Examines the life and accomplishments of the celebrated French oceanographer.

11) Charley Waters goes to Gettysburg

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Publisher

Millbrook Press

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

12) Doing our part: American women on the home front during World War II

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Series

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1995]

Language

English

13) China

Author

Series

Publisher

Compass Point Books

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

Description

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An introduction to the geography, history, culture, and people of China.

14) Chinese railroad workers

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Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[1994]

Language

English

15) Zebulon Pike

Author

Series

World's great explorers

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Language

English

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Describes the adventures and travels of the army officer who explored the upper Mississippi, Great Plains, and Colorado area before the War of 1812.