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Cornerstones of freedomFriedman, Mel
Summary: Discusses how the United States gained ownership of the Oregon Territory, who discovered the best routes west, and the obstacles pioneers faced on their journeys along the Oregon Trail.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.804 FRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.02 FRIFriedman, Mel
Summary: Traces the history of the Oregon Trail and describes the hardships faced by the settlers who followed it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.804 FRIBurgan, Michael.
Summary: Presents a brief history of African-Americans and of slavery in seventeenth and eighteenth century America.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.0496 BURGregory, Josh.
Summary: Details the search for Osama bin Laden that began after the September 11 terrorist attacks and ended with a raid on his compound in May 2011.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.32516 GREJango-Cohen, Judith.
Summary: Follows the history of Ellis Island from when Congress chose it as the site for New York's federal immigration station till its closing in 1950 and eventual opening as a museum in 1990.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 325.73 JANBenoit, Peter
Summary: Describes the rocky and often deadly beginnings of the English colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.502 BENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.5425 BENBenoit, Peter
Summary: Describes the rocky and often deadly beginnings of the English colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 975.502 BENBenoit, Peter
Summary: Describes the history of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Space BenoitMcDaniel, Melissa
Summary: Learn about the Great Depression, from its roots in the economic boom of the 1920s to its conclusion during World War II.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.916 MCDBenoit, Peter
Summary: The story of the forced re-location of five southeastern U.S. Indian nations in the 19th century.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 BENMcDaniel, Melissa
Summary: Learn about the Great Depression, from its roots in the economic boom of the 1920s to its conclusion during World War II.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.916 MCDBenoit, Peter
Summary: This book will tell you why people wanted the Panama Canal to be built and what difficulties were faced in the construction of the canal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.875 BENBenoit, Peter
Summary: Examines the history of nuclear fission and its role in weaponry and as an energy source.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.0217 BENGregory, Josh.
Summary: Traces the life of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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Summary: Discusses the details of the California Gold Rush, from the miner's daily lives to the methods they used to pan for gold.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.404 BENCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.404 BENCunningham, Kevin
Summary: Discusses this pivotal event in the lead-up to the American colonies' break with Great Britain and the tense atmosphere in Boston due to various new laws and impositions on the colonists by England.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3115 CUNRaatma, Lucia.
Summary: Describes the reasons for the Bill of Rights, key players in drafting it, and the effects it has today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.73085 RAAGregory, Josh.
Summary: Traces the events which led to the Battle of Gettysburg in 1864 and describes the dedication of the cemetery to the fallen soldiers by Lincoln in his famous speech.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7349 GREWebster, Christine.
Summary: Discusses the history and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance, which was first published in The Youth's Companion in 1892 as part of a campaign to promote patriotism led by James B. Upham and Francis Bellamy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.65 WEBYomtov, Nelson.
Summary: Chronicles the history of the Internet, from its earliest form in the late 1950s to its global influence today, profiling key inventors who made its advances possible.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 004.678 YOMStein, R. Conrad.
Summary: An account of the early nineteenth-century construction of the 363-mile canal connecting Albany and Buffalo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 386.48 STESantella, Andrew.
Summary: A biography of Daniel Boone, focusing on his efforts as a pioneer and trailblazer during America's westward expansion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2002