Moss, Marissa

Summary: From award-winning author Marissa Moss comes the first children's book about Allan Pinkerton, one of America's greatest detectives. Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln, but few know anything about the spy who saved him! Allan Pinkerton's life changed when he helped the Chicago Police Department track down a group of counterfeiters. From there, he became the first police detective in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PIN

Josephson, Judith Pinkerton.

Summary: Examines the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, African-American Olympic gold medalist in track and field.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1997

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB OWENS JOS

Geanacopoulos, Daphne Palmer

Summary: Captain Kidd was one of the most notorious pirates to ever prowl the seas. Few know that he had an accomplice who enabled his plundering and helped him outpace his enemies: his wife, Sarah Kidd. Geanacopoulos reconstructs Sarah Kidd's life: Love, treasure, motherhood and survival. Sarah not only survived her husband, but went on to live a successful and productive life as one of New York's most...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KIDD, SARAH GEA

Patterson, Jean Nickerson.

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Publisher / Publication Date: [no publisher given] 1984

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.2 Pat

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-Gen 929.2 NICKERSON Patterson

Nickerson, Sheila B.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1996

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.8 NIC

Wilkerson, Isabel.

Summary: In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.8 WIL

Collins, Max Allan

Summary: "A THRILLING MAGNUM OPUS ON AMERICA'S GREAT CRIME EPIC. A Mystery Writers of America "Grand Master"--author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition, long-time Dick Tracy writer, and multiple Shamus Award winner--teams with an acclaimed rising young historian, in this riveting, myth-shattering dual portrait of Al Capone, America's most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the legendary...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 COL

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 COL

Summary: This first-ever history of the legendary bohemian bookstore in Paris interweaves essays and poetry from dozens of writers associated with the shop--Allen Ginsberg, Anaïs Nin, Ethan Hawke, Robert Stone and Jeanette Winterson, among others--with hundreds of never-before-seen archival pieces, including photographs of James Baldwin, William Burroughs and Langston Hughes, plus a foreword by the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Shakespeare and Company 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381 SHA

Huckelbridge, Dane

Summary: "American Sniper meets Jaws: The gripping true account of the Champawat Tiger, the deadliest animal of all time (killer of an astonishing 436 humans), and Jim Corbett, the legendary hunter who brought it down in 1907"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 799.2 HUC

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 HUC

Brimner, Larry Dane.

Summary: Describes the history, equipment, safety tips, and competitive riding of mountain bikes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 1997

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 796.6 BRI

Brimner, Larry Dane

Summary: "Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Jeter Loving wanted to live out their married life near family in Virginia. However, the state refused to let them--because Richard was white and Mildred was black. After being arrested and charged with a crime, the Lovings were forced to leave their home--until they turned to the legal system. In one of the country's most prominent legal battles, Loving v....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.845 BRI

Brimner, Larry Dane

Summary: The author recounts the real-life events leading up to and surrounding the 1931 Superior Court of California school desegregation case of Roberto Alvarez v. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District, Lemon Grove, California.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALV

Brimner, Larry Dane.

Summary: "A juvenile biography of the famous Native American woman who helped the Jamestown settlers"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2009

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POC