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Grandin, Greg

Summary: The stunning, never-before-told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon, "Fordlandia" depicts a desperate quest to salvage the bygone America that the Ford factory system did much to dispatch.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co. 2009

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: 307.76 GRA

Harness, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WHI

Summary: Tom Bodett explores the trails that extended America's frontiers. He follows the footsteps and wagon ruts of rugged pioneers, dauntless homesteaders, reclusive mountain men, and stop-at-nothing gold hunters as they explored, settled, and worked the new land.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2002

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6 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 AME 1
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Call number: 917.3 AME 6

Millard, Candice.

Summary: The true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing 1914 exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. After his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2005

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.1 Mil

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Survival Millard

Barbassa, Juliana

Summary: Rio de Janeiro is a city of extremes: from Carnaval's hedonistic delights, to the poverty of the favelas, to the softly seductive samba beat. But there's a dark side to this beautiful city: for years, Rio was ravaged by inflation, drug wars, and crooked leaders, and the legacy of decades of corruption can be seen in the very real struggles the city faces today. Now, Rio is ready to remake...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 981 BAR

Wiley, Jesse

Summary: It's 1850, and you are setting off on the treacherous Oregon Trail. In this first book of four, your goal is to get you and your family to Chimney Rock on time. But many dangers await you on the journey ahead. Wild animals, natural disasters, sickness, and other obstacles stand between you and your destination. Which path will get you safely across the prairie? With more than twenty possible...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018

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Campbell, David G.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 981 CAM

Isaacs, Sally Senzell

Summary: An introduction to what life was like on the Oregon Trail, describing the wagons, daily routines, food, clothing, Native Americans encountered on the way, and dangers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2001

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.02 ISA

Friedman, 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 FRI

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.02 FRI

Ibbotson, Eva

Summary: Maia, an orphan, can't wait to reach her distant relatives a thousand miles up the Amazon. She imagines a loving family with whom she will share great adventures. Instead she finds two spiteful cousins who see the jungle as the enemy and refuse to go outdoors. But the wonders of the rainforest more than make up for the hideous twins and their parents. And when Maia meets a mysterious boy who...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Children's Books 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC IBB

Summary: Discover Brazil through the eyes of its people and explore the surrounding beaches, jungles, and landscaping mountains that make this land so vibrant. A country built on belief, unlike any other, where tradition and transformation live together.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Communications 2007

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BRA

Gunderson, Mary.

Summary: Discusses the everyday life, family roles, cooking methods, and common foods of pioneers who traveled west on the Oregon Trail during the nineteenth century. Includes recipes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Earth Books 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5978 GUN

Robb, Peter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 981.064 ROB

Wiley, Jesse

Summary: It's 1845 and your family is fleeing Florida with hopes of starting fresh out west. You'll encounter sudden snowstorms that will overwhelm your wagon train en route to the Oregon Trail. Food will become scarce--and you'll get lost. Can you survive the unseasonably cold climates? If you make the right choices, you could find the Lewis-Clark Trail, which would lead back to the Oregon...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

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Vaughan, Robert

Summary: "When sixteen-year-old Matt Logan and his friend Danny Dugan ran away from an orphanage, they went west. There, they met Jim Bridger, among other mountain men, and became fur trappers. But the market for beaver plews died out, and the two friends took on jobs as wagon train guides. They eventually separated, hoping to meet again. One of the trains Matt picks up in Independence began its journey...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023

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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC VAU

Wiley, Jesse

Summary: A family makes the treacherous journey to Devil's Gate along the Oregon Trail, in a book where the reader's choices determine the outcome of the expedition.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018

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Contents: [v. 1.] Folk & traditional = Folclórico e tradicional. Ella diz que tem (Carmen Miranda ; Banda Da Lua) (2:41) -- Deixa esta mulher sofrer (Ary Barrosa ; Com Fon-Fon e sua orchestra) (2;52) -- Yao (Orquestra Brasiĺia) (3:38) -- Fica mais um pouco, amor (Adoniran Barbosa) (3:44) -- Candomblé : 1976 (various artists) (3:14) -- Okolofé (Wilson Moreira) (4:13) -- Gente que vem de Lisboa/Peixinhos...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Jackel Entertainment 1995

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BRA

Attah, Ayesha Harruna

Summary: In 1890s West Africa, when a brutal raid leaves their home in ruins, twin sisters Hassana and Husseina are kidnapped, sold into slavery, and separated, remaining connected through shared dreams of water, but will their fates ever draw them back together?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ATT

Wiley, Jesse

Summary: A family must survive the dangerous ford of the wild Snake River along the Oregon Trail, in a book where the reader's choices determine the outcome of the expedition.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018

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Proudfit, Benjamin

Summary: "For more than three decades in the mid-1800s, the Oregon Trail was the main way settlers traveled west. Today, people can visit parts of this historic trail, and even walk where pioneers did as they made their way to new lives in the Pacific Northwest and California. Complemented by full-color photographs, the main content addresses the historical context of the trail to supplement the social...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 PRO

Friedman, 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 FRI

Summary: Features Brazilian musician Joao Gilberto's first three albums. Joao Gilberto is one of the pioneers of the bossa nova musical genre, yet he has avoided the limelight for fifty years. Here, listerners can experience Gilberto's earliest music, which chronicles the beginnings of bossa nova.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN GIL

Summary: "1969. Marighella, Brazil's number one enemy, has no time for fear. On the one hand, a violent military dictatorship, with its fear. On the one hand, a violent military dictatorship, with its heinous crimes of torture and infamous censorship. On the other, an intimidated people. Alongside guerrilleros 30 years younger than him and willing to fight, the revolutionary leader opts for action - all...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAR

Fifer, Barbara

Summary: Traces the Lewis and Clark Expedition from its very beginnings at Monticello and the White House, through the West, and on to the Pacific Ocean and back. Detailed maps show the Corps of Discovery's path and today's routes. History sections bring the journey to life, and sites along the way interpret the Expedition and local and tribal culture. -- From back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farcountry Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.8 LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL FIF

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