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Historic sites Historic sites United States Historic sites United States Guidebooks Historic sites United States Juvenile literature Slavery United States History Underground Railroad United States United States Description and travel United States Guidebooks United States History, LocalRajczak, Michael
Summary: "Have you ever heard the expression, "You had to be there?" When you visit a national landmark, you have the chance to experience history--and a primary source--firsthand. You can explore the fascinating history of the United States by visiting such landmarks as Independence Hall, the White House, Gettysburg Cemetery, and many more amazing places. Get a taste of our how our national landmarks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 RAJEggers, Dave
Summary: In this honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 EGGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 EGGWalker, Cameron
Summary: "Travel through America's incredible history and amazing wild places, visiting the National Monuments that celebrate the most iconic and majestic landscapes and locations in the USA. Packed with maps and fascinating facts about the history, architecture,flora, and fauna in some of the most visited National Monuments in the United States, this gorgeously illustrated book showcases the nation's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Here is Christmas decorating, history, architecture, and interior design wrapped in one sparkling package. Three-hundred and sixty-three gorgeous, inspiring images provide leisurely looks at historic house interiors magically decorated for Christmas. Begin with the Foreword by Christopher Radko, famed re-creator of vintage Christmas ornaments. Tour historic holiday homes from Filoli to Colonial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: STR 745.5941Summary: Justine Shapiro follows the Blue Ridge Parkway, journeying to Tennessee and the city of Nashville. She visits its famous country music sites and the old plantation home of US President, Andrew Jackson. Justine then hits the legendary Route 66, stopping at a giant cattle auction in Oklahoma City. She then joins the 'Trail of Tears' memorial walk for Native Americans before crossing the Texas...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 GLOEggers, Dave
Summary: In this honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 974.71 Eggers 2018Contents: Slavery and abolition -- Stories of the real underground railroad -- The story endures in history and legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books in association with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7115 PASVowell, Sarah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.099 VOWDanzer, Gerald A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Association for State and Local History 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 DANSauers, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Association 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973 SAUMeyer, Jeffrey G.
Summary: Explains the historical stories behind such famous American trees as Johnny Appleseed's apple tree, Amelia Earhart's sugar maple, George Washington's tulip poplar, and the Gettysburg Address honey locust.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MEYGoodrich, David M.
Summary: "The traces of the Underground Railroad hide in plain sight: a great church in Philadelphia; a humble old house backing up to the New Jersey Turnpike; an industrial outbuilding in Ohio. Over the course of four years, David Goodrich rode his bicycle 3,000 miles east of the Mississippi to travel the routes of the Underground Railroad and delve into the history and stories in the places where they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7115 GOOSmith, Clint
Summary: 'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SMICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 973 SMICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SMICoonerty, Ryan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.022 COOWeeks, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Countryman Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.304 WEEPuglionesi, Alicia
Summary: "In this examination of landscape and memory, four sites of American history are revealed as places where historical truth was written over by oppressive fiction-with profound repercussions for politics past and present. Popular narratives of American history conceal as much as they reveal. They present a national identity based on harvesting the treasures that lay in wait for European...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 PUGWhite, Mel
Summary: "This reference is the ultimate travel planner for all things national parks, scenic trails, seashores, historic areas, and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.304 WHILawliss, Chuck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 LAWYolen, Jane
Summary: In humorous verse Plymouth Rock tells the story of itself, from glacial erratic to national icon--with historical asides and corrections by the fact checker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Yolen 2020Dolan, Susan
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, Pacific West Regional Office, Cultural Resources, Park Historic Structures and Cultural Landscapes Program 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634.0973 DOLBrownstone, Douglass L.
Summary: Provides practical advice on how to search for the locations of historic sites such as bridges, railroads, factories, inns, stores, and roads.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 BROSneden, Robert Knox
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.7 SNEMichna-Bales, Jeanine
Summary: "They left in the middle of the night--often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. An estimated one hundred thousand slaves between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865 embarked on a journey of untold hardship in search offreedom, many with the aid of the Underground Railroad. Through Darkness to Light : Seeking Freedom on the Underground Railroad imagines how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.7 MICYomtov, Nelson
Summary: "Plymouth Rock has long stood as a symbol of the Pilgrims' journey to and settlement in America. But how much of the story surrounding it is true? What did the Pilgrims' arrival mean to the Wampanoag people who were already living there? What were the long-lasting effects of the interactions between the two groups? How did a seaside rock come to be associated with the Pilgrims' landing, and was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022