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Summary: Early on March 15, 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the French raided the English frontier village of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Striking swiftly, the Abenaki killed twenty-seven men, women, and children, and took thirteen captives, including thirty-nine-year-old Hannah Duston and her week-old daughter, Martha. A short distance from the village, one of the warriors murdered the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: LP, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 ATKJay-Z
Summary: "A collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time"--Front cover flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 JAYJamison, Kay R.
Summary: "The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relationship between manic-depressive (bipolar) illness, creative genius, and character. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry, Robert Lowell (1917-1977) put his manic-depressive illness into the public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOWELL, ROBERT JAMJones, Brian Jay
Summary: "The definitive, fascinating, all-reaching biography of Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss is a classic American icon. His work has defined our childhoods and the childhoods of our own children. More than twenty-five years after his death, his books continue to find new readers, now grossing over half a billion dollars in sales. His whimsical illustrations and silly, simple rhymes are timeless favorites...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019