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Summary: American landmarks sometimes evoke more than their original intent. For example, the Statue of Liberty was a gift symbolizing the friendship between France and the United States, but it became a welcoming monument to millions of immigrants heading to Ellis Island. This beautifully designed book offers numerous intriguing facts about American landmarks, including the Washington Monument, Statue...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 SHEBelot, Robert
Summary: Timed to publish with the opening of the Statue of Liberty Museum, this is Lady Liberty's untold story of her building, restoration, and iconic place in the world as brought to life through the fascinating lens of archival images, ephemera from the museum's collection, and today's most compelling photography--restored and resplendent against the New York City skyline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 BELHanson, Anders
Summary: Teaches kids about the freedom to vote, of religion, to choose where to live, of speech, and to learn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.44 HANBoyack, Connor
Summary: "Children are often taught that government protects our life, liberty, and property, but could it be true that some laws actually allow people to hurt us and take our things? Join Ethan and Emily Tuttle as they learn about property, pirates, and plunder. With the help of their neighbor Fred, the twins will need to figure out what they can do to stop the bad guys in government!"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libertas Press 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BOYSummary: "For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and a refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America's premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself. Featuring rare archival photographs, paintings and drawings, readings from actual diaries, letters and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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Summary: Examines the history of the famous statue, including its origin as a gift from France and its construction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 KENSchuh, Mari C.
Summary: "Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces the Statue of Liberty to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 SCHVieweg, Klaus
Summary: "A monumental new biography of a pivotal yet poorly understood pioneer in modern philosophy. When a painter once told Goethe that he wanted to paint the most famous man of the age, Goethe directed him to Georg Friederich Wilhelm Hegel. Hegel, the most famous figure in modern philosophy, arguably its father, believed that to philosophize is to learn to live freely. He was slow and cautious in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanford University Press 2023
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Summary: A history of the statue including its origins and the people who brought it to completion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Heritage 1985
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 974.71 BLAWade, Sabia
Summary: "Sabia C. Wade, renowned radical doula and educator, speaks to the intersections of systemic issues--such as access to health care, house transportation, and nutrition--and personal trauma work that, if healed, have the power to lead us to collective liberation in all facets of life. Collective liberation rests on the idea that in order for us all to have equity in this world--from the safety...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.96 WADGoldstein, Margaret J.
Summary: "Sabrina Ionescu was an all-time great college basketball player. In the WNBA, she overcame a serious ankle injury to become a star with the New York Liberty. See why fans are so excited about Ionescu"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 IONJango-Cohen, Judith.
Summary: An introduction to the history of the Liberty Bell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.811 JANNelson, Maggie
Summary: "Drawing on a vast range of material, from critical theory to pop culture to the intimacies and plain exchanges of daily life, Maggie Nelson explores how we might think, experience, or talk about freedom in ways responsive to the conditions of our day"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.44 NELOwens, Ernest
Summary: "The first major case for cancel culture as a fundamental means of democratic expression throughout history, and timely necessity aimed at combating systems of oppression. " is canceled." Chances are, you've heard this a lot lately. What might've once been a niche digital term has been legitimized in the discourse of presidents, politicians, and lawmakers. But what really is cancel culture?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 OWECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.3 OWEShamir, Ruby
Summary: "A kid-friendly history of the concept of freedom in the U.S"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.44 SHAShapiro, Mary J.
Summary: Panoramas, cross sections, and diagrams provide a detailed portrayal of the construction of the Statue of Liberty, one of the nineteenth century's greatest engineering feats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.71 SHASummary: "From more than a thousand pamphlets published on both sides of the Atlantic during the period [of 1764-1776], acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood has selected thirty-nine of the most influential and emblematic to reveal as never before how this momentous revolution unfolded. Here, in the first volume of a two-volume set, are nineteen works from the trans-Atlantic debate triggered by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 AMESummary: Presents the theory that the American dream, all but abandoned in the United States, has been adopted successfully in other countries, including Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and Iceland, looking at such areas as worker benefits, public expenditure for the common good, and state-funded higher education.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2016
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3 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHECowie, Jefferson
Summary: A prize-winning historian chronicles the long-running clash between white people and federal authority by focusing on Barbour County, Alabama and its history of fighting Reconstruction, integration, and the New Deal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 COWFears, J. Rufus
Summary: Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma presents lectures concerning the history of freedom from ancient civilization to the twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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Holub, Joan.
Summary: Describes the history of the Statue of Liberty, including its origins as a gift from France and its construction, and explores the landmark's enduring symbolism of freedom, democracy, and friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 HOLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What HolubLandau, Elaine.
Summary: Briefly tells the story of the Statue of Liberty, from when the idea was born, how the statue was built, and information about the creator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.71 LANLarson, Edward J. (Edward John)
Summary: From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation's founding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2023