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bibliographyKent, Deborah.
Summary: Describes the first battles of the Revolutionary War, the events leading up to the conflict, and the effect of helping the thirteen British colonies pull together for a common cause.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 1997
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.3 KENJango-Cohen, Judith.
Summary: Follows the history of Ellis Island from when Congress chose it as the site for New York's federal immigration station till its closing in 1950 and eventual opening as a museum in 1990.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 325.73 JANFriedman, Mel
Summary: Discusses how the United States gained ownership of the Oregon Territory, who discovered the best routes west, and the obstacles pioneers faced on their journeys along the Oregon Trail.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.804 FRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.02 FRIStein, R. Conrad.
Summary: An account of the early nineteenth-century construction of the 363-mile canal connecting Albany and Buffalo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 386.48 STEFriedman, Mel
Summary: Traces the history of the Oregon Trail and describes the hardships faced by the settlers who followed it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.804 FRIMcDaniel, Melissa
Summary: Learn about the Great Depression, from its roots in the economic boom of the 1920s to its conclusion during World War II.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.916 MCDKent, Deborah.
Summary: Examines the history of the famous statue, including its origin as a gift from France and its construction.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 KENStein, R. Conrad.
Summary: Describes the experiences of the many immigrants who sought entry to the United States at the immigration station on Ellis Island, New York, before it closed in 1954.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1992
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 325.1 STEMcDaniel, Melissa
Summary: Learn about the Great Depression, from its roots in the economic boom of the 1920s to its conclusion during World War II.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.916 MCDBenoit, Peter
Summary: Describes the history of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Space BenoitLandau, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.71 LANBenoit, Peter
Summary: Examines the history of nuclear fission and its role in weaponry and as an energy source.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.0217 BENBurgan, Michael.
Summary: Presents a brief history of African-Americans and of slavery in seventeenth and eighteenth century America.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.0496 BURBenoit, Peter
Summary: Describes the rocky and often deadly beginnings of the English colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.502 BENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.5425 BENBenoit, Peter
Summary: This book will tell you why people wanted the Panama Canal to be built and what difficulties were faced in the construction of the canal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014