Vowell, Sarah

Summary: On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Halbert, Frederic

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Publisher / Publication Date: W. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 1978

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.2 HAL

Bradley, W. G. (Walter George)

Summary: "The true story of an extraordinary man, Gib Peters, and his solo journey along the Intracoastal Waterway from Key West to New York and back while suffering the ravages of Lou Gehrig's disease... Part travelogue, part soul-searching meditation, it is the uplifting and sometimes hilarious story of one man's conquest of death and his profound insights into life."--dust jacket.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.196 BRA

Chaffin, Tom

Summary: Thomas Jefferson first met the Marquis de Lafayette in 1781, when the young French-born general was dispatched to Virginia to assist Jefferson, then the state's governor, in fighting off the British. The two could not have seemed more different. When Jefferson moved to Paris three years later as a diplomat, speaking little French and in need of a partner, their friendship began in earnest....

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019

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Auricchio, Laura.

Summary: A major biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, who, at age nineteen, volunteered to fight under George Washington; a biography that looks past the storybook hero and selfless champion of righteous causes who cast aside family and fortune to advance the transcendent aims of liberty and justice commemorated in America’s towns, streets, parks, and schools...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2014

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Gaines, James R.

Summary: They began as courtiers in a hierarchy of privilege, but history remembers them as patriot-citizens in a commonwealth of equals. On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon; that same night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find. So began what have been called the "sister revolutions" of France and America. In a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2007

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Shulman, Mark

Summary: By any measure, Albert Einstein changed the ways we understand--and measure--space and time. At first his ideas were ridiculed, but soon they were idolized. Prior to World War II, Einstein was a celebrated figure in Germany, but when the Nazi Party rose to power in the 1930s, he fled for his life and eventually settled in the United States. [This book] recounts the life of the world's most...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press 2021

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Hilbert, Charles Roy

Summary: Includes war narrative, biographies of fellow soldiers and return visit to Okinawa in 1995.

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Publisher / Publication Date: C.R. Hilbert 1999

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Cohen, Benyamin

Summary: "Albert Einstein's face is still one of the most recognizable in the world and he's widely considered to be the first modern-day celebrity. While many of his discoveries continue to define our daily lives, it's not just his genius that continues to shape our world. Today, more people know Einstein as an icon rather than a theorist-decades after his death, he's a celebrity with a massive online...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023

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King, Gilbert

Summary: "A small town. A big secret. In December 1957, the wife of a Florida citrus baron is raped in her home while her husband is away. She claims a 'husky Negro' did it, and the sheriff, the infamous racist Willis McCall, does not hesitate to round up a herd of suspects. But within days, McCall turns his sights on Jesse Daniels, a gentle, mentally impaired white nineteen-year-old. Soon Jesse is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018

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Summary: From the host of television's comedy-punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the other 23 hours of your day. This book contains all of the opinions that Stephen doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast, his most deeply held knee-jerk beliefs on The American Family, Race, Religion, Sex, Sports, and many more topics, conveniently arranged in chapter form. Stephen...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2007

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Huffman, Alan.

Contents: Midstream, April 27, 1865 -- Getting there -- War -- The raids -- Somewhere, the little brother -- Captured -- Cahaba -- Andersonville -- Going off alone -- Release -- Sold up the river -- The disaster -- In a dead man's pocket -- The beginning of the end -- Home.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2009

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Burgess, Ann Wolbert

Summary: "A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and development of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, written by the pioneering forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI studies, profiles, and catches serial killers"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021

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Gilbert, Jennifer.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012

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Gilbert, Richard

Summary: Upon moving to Appalachian Ohio with their two small children, Richard Gilbert and his wife are thrilled to learn there still are places in America that haven't been homogenized. But their excitement over the region's beauty and quirky character turns to culture shock as they try to put down roots far from their busy professional jobs in town. They struggle to rebuild a farmhouse, and Gilbert...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2014

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Fritz, Jean.

Summary: Traces the life of the French nobleman who fought for democracy in revolutions in both the United States and France.

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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's 1999

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Unger, Harlow G.

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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Wiley & Sons 2002

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Gilbert, David

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Publisher / Publication Date: PM Press 2012

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Gilbert, Elizabeth

Summary: At the end of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity, but also never to get legally married. The U.S. government gave them a choice: either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackles her fears of marriage.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010

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Gilbert, Elizabeth

Summary: Traces the author's decision to quit her job and travel the world for a year after suffering a midlife crisis and divorce, a journey that took her to three places in her quest to explore her own nature and learn the art of spiritual balance.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2010

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Gilbert-Lurie, Leslie.

Contents: In Mom's voice (1937-1960). Childhood, interrupted ; Stashik is coming ; Safe for the moment ; Where is God? ; Far from normal ; Good-bye, Urzejowice ; Una situazione molto grave ; A taste of freedom ; The greenhorns ; But we just got used to it here ; Utterly demoralized ; I might even marry him ; A wonderful mother -- My own voice (1960-1997). On my watch ; Bread crumbs ; Magical distractions...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2009

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Barker, Dudley.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stein and Day 1973

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Freedman, Russell

Summary: Examines the role of the Marquis de Lafayette in the American Revolution, discussing how the nineteen-year-old defied the king of France to join the fight for liberty in the United States.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021

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Gilbert, Elizabeth

Summary: Traces the author's decision to quit her job and travel the world for a year after suffering a midlife crisis and divorce, a journey that took her to three places in her quest to explore her own nature and learn the art of spiritual balance.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006

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