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Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) 1865-1923 History Nineteen seventeen, A.D United States United States History 1919-1933 United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Juvenile literature United States Politics and government 1913-1921 Wilson, Woodrow 1856-1924 World War, 1914-1918 InfluenceFilter By Subjects
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) 1865-1923 History Nineteen seventeen, A.D United States United States History 1919-1933 United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Juvenile literature United States Politics and government 1913-1921 Wilson, Woodrow 1856-1924 World War, 1914-1918 InfluenceSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Marsh, Sarah
Summary: "Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and for a time she was Bell's student learning visible speech. During their lessons, Bell also confided in her about his dream of producing a device that would transmit the human voice along a wire: the telephone. Now, on the cusp of wealth and renown, Bell wants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Superior Port Cities 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.49 SIVQuick, Megan
Summary: "Life in colonial America differed depending on where you lived. Some places depended on the body of water they lived by. Some places were already bustling towns. But no matter the colony, one way America grew was through the kids that lived and grew up there! In this book, readers delve into the family life, schooling, food, clothing, and other ways of life of kids who lived during the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 973.2 QUISummary: "For the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's arrival, a landmark collection of firsthand accounts charting the history of the English newcomers and their fateful encounters with the region's native peoples. For centuries the story of the Pilgrims and the Mayflower has been told and retold -- the landing at Plymouth Rock and the first Thanksgiving, and the decades that followed, as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 PLYHochschild, Adam
Summary: "A character-driven look at a pivotal period in American history, 1917-1920: the tumultuous home front during WWI and its aftermath, when violence broke out across the country thanks to the first Red Scare, labor strife, and immigration battles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 HOCLanctot, Neil
Summary: "By turns a colorful triptych of three American icons who changed history and the engrossing story of the roots of World War I, The Approaching Storm is a surprising and important story of how and why the United States emerged onto the world stage"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 LANSummary: Presents three television documentaries that provide an in-depth examination of the presidential campaigns of 1960, 1964, and 1968, based on the books by Theodore H. White, and showing archival footage, behind-the-scenes moments, backroom deals, and scenes from the convention floor that took place during the races between Kennedy and Nixon; Johnson and Goldwater; and Humphrey, Nixon and Wallace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAKLuxenberg, Steve
Summary: Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with "separate but equal," created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling and dramatic stories of the nineteenth century, whose outcome embraced and protected segregation, and whose reverberations are still felt into the twenty-first. Separate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 342.73 LUXAusten, Jane
Summary: "Have your book and eat it, too, with this clever edition of a classic novel, featuring delicious recipes from celebrity chefs. In this edition of Jane Austen's regency classic Pride and Prejudice, plan a fancy tea party or book club gathering with recipes for sweet confections and pastries. From maple glazed scones and delicate sugar and spice cake, to berry tartlets and French macaroons....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC AUSRobertson, Robbie
Summary: Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the Iroquois oral tradition. Now he shares the same gift of storytelling with a new generation. Hiawatha was a strong and articulate Mohawk who was chosen to translate the Peacemaker's message of unity for the five warring Iroquois nations during the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Explores the everyday life of a colonial miller and his responsibilities, social practices, and importance to the community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 664.72 PETGlover, Lorri
Summary: Floundering from two years of warfare with Indians and dissent among the settlers, the Virginia Company was about to collapse. To rescue the doomed colonists and restore order, the company chose a new leader, Thomas Gates. Nine ships left Plymouth in the summer of 1609--the largest fleet England had ever assembled--and sailed into the teeth of a storm.... The inspiration for Shakespeare's The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.21 GLOHagedorn, Ann.
Summary: The surprising story of America in the year 1919--democracy under stress. In the aftermath of an unprecedented world war and a flu pandemic, Americans were full of hope for the benefits of peace. But instead, the fear of terrorism filled their days. Bolshevism was the new menace, and the federal government, utilizing a vast network of domestic spies, began to watch anyone deemed suspicious. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.913 HEGClare, Cassandra.
Summary: Tessa Fell's search for her missing brother leads her into Victorian London's supernatural underworld, where she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 INFDollarhide, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Quest Genealogical Service 1997
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 973.0421 DOLMarsico, Katie
Summary: Explores the everyday life of a colonial doctor and his responsibilities, social practices, and importance to the community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 610.973 MARWalters, Ryan S.
Summary: "He's the butt of political jokes, frequently subjected to ridicule, and almost never absent a "Worst Presidents" list where he most often ends up at the bottom. Historians have labeled him the "Worst President Ever," "Dead Last," "Unfit," and "Incompetent," to name but a few. Many contemporaries were equally cruel. H. L. Mencken called him a "nitwit." To Alice Roosevelt Longworth, he was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery History 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARDING, WARREN G. WALHerman, Arthur
Summary: "How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies--a change that would go on to kill millions? In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson--champion of American democracy but also of segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice--thrust the United States into the First World War in order to make the 'world safe for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thirteen Colonies Press 1986
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Summary: In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.3 HURCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.3 HURToboso, Yana
Summary: Earl Phantomhive and his butler, Sebastian, are called to action by Queen Victoria after a number of her citizens become the victims of some bizarre attacks, but the clues lead them straight to a Indian prince, who appears to have a remarkable butler of his own, and a new rivalry begins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAGoetz, Thomas
Summary: "The riveting history of tuberculosis, the world's most lethal disease, the two men whose lives it tragically intertwined, and the birth of medical science. In 1875, tuberculosis was the deadliest disease in the world, accountable for a third of all deaths. A diagnosis of TB-often called consumption-was a death sentence. Then, in triumph of medical science, a German doctor named Robert Koch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.542 GOEBenjamin, Vernon
Summary: A history of the Hudson River Valley, which, because of its unique geography and proximity to Canada, was the site of many battles, chronicles its discovery all the way to its rise as a center of culture and commerce that is still evident today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014