Otfinoski, Steven
Summary: "On May 31, 1889, heavy rains and a dam failure sent flood waters sweeping into Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The 50-foot-high wall of water quickly demolished much of the town. Will you and your new husband be able to escape certain doom as you wait for your train to leave the station? Can you climb onto your house's roof for safety before the building completely fills with water? Will you join in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2022
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Summary: "On December 16, 1842, the US brig-of-war Somers dropped anchor in Brooklyn Harbor at the end of a cruise intended to teach a group of adolescents the rudiments of naval life. But this seemingly harmless exercise ended in catastrophe. Commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie came ashore saying he had narrowly prevented a mutiny that would have left him and his officers dead. Some of the thwarted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359 SNOJohnson, Dana Kenneth
Summary: This 93-page book explores the schools of Marquette County, Michigan, in full-color photos and detailed text, and provides a little background history to some of the locales in the county.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Dana Kenneth Johnson] 2021
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Summary: Through text and colorful photos, this book details the old schools, standing and gone, in Barry County, Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Dana Kenneth Johnson] 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.416 JOHJohnson, Dana Kenneth
Summary: Gratiot County, Michigan, has had at least 184 schoolhouses within its borders, but only 39 of those remain standing. This book chronicles those historic schools in photos and text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Dana Kenneth Johnson] 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.449 JOHJohnson, Dana Kenneth
Summary: Through its history, Montcalm County has had 177 schools. Amazingly, 89 of them are still standing. This book documents those schools in descriptive text and vivid full-color photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Dana Kenneth Johnson] 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.453 JOHJohnson, Dana Kenneth
Summary: Ionia County's 16 townships once contained around 160 schools. This book explores the historic schools of Ionia County, Michigan through vintage maps, descriptive text and colorful photos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Dana Kenneth Johnson] 2021
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Summary: his book provides a history of the schools of Alger County, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, along with additional historical information on its various towns.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Dana Kenneth Johnson] 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4932 JOHJohnson, Dana Kenneth
Summary: Explore the history of schools in Kent County's 24 townships, from Ada to Wyoming, through vintage maps, colorful pictures and informative text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Dana Kenneth Johnson] 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.455 JOHYoo, John
Summary: "[This guide] offers a penetrating and irreverent account of the justices--ideologues and cowards, geniuses and mediocrities, all of them thoroughly human--and a fascinating analysis of a Court that has swung like a pendulum from preserving the Republic to undermining government by the people and back to defending the Constitution. Sprightly, informative, and powerfully argued, this book is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing 2023