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Appalachian Trail Cherokee Indians History 19th century Jurek, Scott 1973- Long-distance runners United States Biography Mardini, Yusra Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) History Ridge, Major approximately 1771-1839 Ross, John 1790-1866 Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 Women swimmers Syria BiographyMardini, Yusra
Summary: Traces the author's life-changing rescue of a boatload of fellow refugees and how it inspired her to compete on the 2016 Refugee Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro, tracing her subsequent advocacy on behalf of people who have been forced from their homes by war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARDINI, YUSRA MARJurek, Scott
Summary: An expert ultrarunner describes how he set out to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail, a 2,189 mile journey that took an unforeseen physical and emotional toll, but also offered him unexpected rewards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JUREK, SCOTT JURSedgwick, John
Summary: A history of the nineteenth-century rivalry between Cherokee chiefs The Ridge and John Ross contends that though initially allies, they and their followers became divided on key tenets of peace talks and devastated the Cherokee Nation with division, war, and forced migrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2018