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Cheryl Harness historyBannos, Pamela
Summary: Who was Vivian Maier? Many people know her as the reclusive Chicago nanny who wandered the city for decades, constantly snapping photographs, which were unseen until they were discovered in a seemingly abandoned storage locker. They revealed her to be an inadvertent master of twentieth-century American street photography. Not long after, the news broke that Maier had recently died and had no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAIER, VIVIAN BANRaines, Ben
Summary: "The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day-by the journalist who discovered the ship's remains"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.36 RAIHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: A biography of John Adams with emphasis on his role in the American Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB ADAMS HARBarnes, Julian
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBarnes, Katie
Summary: "A richly reported and provocative look at the history of women's sports and the controversy surrounding trans athletes by a leading LGBTQ+ sports journalist. For decades women have been playing competitive sports thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since passage of that law, the number of women participating in sports and the level of competition in high school, college,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Summary: "Jacqueline Alnes was a Division One runner during her freshman year of college, but her season was cut short by a series of inexplicable neurological symptoms. What started with a cough, escalated to Alnes collapsing on the track and experiencing months of unremembered episodes that stole her ability to walk and speak. Two years after quitting the team to heal, Alnes's symptoms returned with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House Publishing 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OLSON, SIGURD BACBarnes, Trevor
Summary: An account of one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War traces the 1961 international manhunt for five Soviet spies whose activities exposed the shadowy world of deep-cover KGB operatives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.47 BARHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: A look at the life of America's Plant Doctor, who rose from slavery to international fame, details his childhood, his thirst for knowledge, and his revolutionary innovations that profoundly impacted American agriculture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Profiles the life and adventures of Daniel Boone; chronicling his childhood in Pennsylvania, service in the French and Indian War, journey across the Appalachians, and settlement of Boonesboro, Kentucky; and includes illustrations, maps, and primary source quotations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BOOShlaes, Amity.
Summary: A brilliant and provocative reexamination of America's thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the decade of unparalleled growth that the nation enjoyed under his leadership.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COOLIDGE, CALVIN SHAHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Follows the life of Washington Irving from meeting his namesake, George Washington, and through his years as a businessman, lawyer, traveler, and diplomat as well as his inspiration for "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 IRVHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Presents twenty women in America's history who fought for men's and women's rights, including Ann Lee, Jane Adams, Alice Paul, Dolores Huerta, and Sojourner Truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HARHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Presents the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence as seen through the eyes of the boy who would grow up to be the sixth president of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bradbury Press 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ADAHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Presents the life of George Washington, focusing on the Revolutionary War years and his presidency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WASHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Presents a life of the American statesman who was a diplomat, postmaster, inventor, and revolutionary and played an integral part in the founding of the nation through his great writings and communication skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 FRAHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Reveals what really happened when Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, embarked on a perilous quest through the untamed Oregon Trail to spread the word of the Bible to the Indians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WHIGaines, Chip
Summary: Gaines is a TV star, renovation expert, author, and husband and father of 4 in Waco, Texas. He's also a serial entrepreneur always ready for the next challenge, even if it didn't quite work out as planned. His mentors taught him to never give up and his family showed him what it meant to always have a positive attitude despite your circumstances. And the most important thing was to take that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GAINES, CHIP GAICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B GAINES GAICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio GainesBarone, Rebecca E. F.
Summary: "A nonfiction manuscript for young readers about a group of Allied spies and codebreakers that cracked the Nazis's infamous cypher, allowing them to read secret military messages and turn the tide of World War II. During WWII, as the Germans waged war, every Nazi plan, every attack, was sent over radio. But to the Allies listening in, the messages sounded like gibberish. The communications were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BARBarber, Charles
Summary: "A dramatic narrative account of the life of William Juneboy Outlaw III, whose journey from housing-project youth to ruthless gangland kingpin to change-making community advocate represents a vital next chapter in the ongoing conversation about race and social justice in America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OUTLAW, WILLIAM JUNEBUG, III BARBarber, Charles
Summary: "The incredible true story of how an absent-minded inventor and a down-on-his-luck salesman joined forces to create a once in a generation lifesaving product--and were persecuted for it by the U.S. Army. At the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, dramatized by the popular film Black Hawk Down, the majority of soldiers who died bled to death before they could even reach an operating table. This tragedy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 BARAlderson, Jo Bartels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Books 1998
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3775 ALDHaynes, Fred.
Summary: The full story of Combat Team 28, one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines. The unit, 4500 men strong, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945 and raised the flag atop Mount Suribachi after four days of ferocious combat, yet their battle had just begun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Summary: "Last year J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote a bestselling book entitled The Secret Life of Marilyn. His is the most recent of dozens written since Marilyn's death in August of 1962 and yet the appetite for information about Marilyn is insatiable. No matter whether sensational or flawed, as most of these biographies have been, the fans always come out, in best-selling numbers. This time, with Lois...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2012