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I survived Moon travel handbooks National parks United States encyclopedias You chooseLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASAldridge, John
Summary: "In the dead of night on July 24, 2013, John Aldridge was thrown off the back of the Anna Mary while his fishing partner, Anthony Sosinski, slept below. As desperate hours ticked by, Sosinski, the families, the local fishing community, and the U.S. Coast Guard in three states mobilized in an unprecedented search effort that culminated in a rare and exhilarating success" -- dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALDRIDGE, JOHN ALDDray, Philip
Summary: "A book on a lynching that took place in New York in 1892, forcing the North to reckon with its own racism and eventually inspiring a powerful novella by Stephen Crane"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1 DRABacon, John U.
Summary: "After steaming out of New York City on December 1, 1917, laden with a staggering three thousand tons of TNT and other explosives, the munitions ship Mont-Blanc fought its way up the Atlantic coast, through waters prowled by enemy U-boats. As it approached the lively port city of Halifax, Mont-Blanc's deadly cargo erupted with the force of 2.9 kilotons of TNT--the most powerful explosion ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 971 BACTarshis, Lauren
Summary: Eleven-year-old Melody Vega and her family visit Glacier National Park every summer, but this year Mel comes face-to-face with a terrifying grizzly bear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc./Scholastic Press 2018
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2 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION TARValla, Mike.
Summary: 43 American fly-tying masters, from Marbury to Marinaro, Gordon to GrantColor photos of the flies plus recipes for nearly 300 fliesImportant historical record includes profiles of tiers around the country including Art Flick, Ray Bergman, Lee Wulff, Don Gapen, Len Halladay, Andre Puyans, Cal Bird, Lew Oatman, Dave Whitlock, and 34 more influential tiers
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2013
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1 available in Adams Fly Collection, Call number: OVS 688.7 VALHannah, Kristin
Summary: "'Women can be heroes, too.' When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances Frankie McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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Summary: "In 1795, a mysterious human-made pit was discovered on Oak Island. People began digging into the pit to discover its secrets, but it was flooded by seawater and could no longer be explored. Since then, many theories have been suggested about both the pit and the island. Is the island secretly hiding pirate treasure, valuable artifacts from the Knights Templar, or even lost manuscripts by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MANLomax, Becky
Summary: "Through lush green parkland and to the top of jagged summits, forge your own path with this guidebook. It includes unique and adventure-packed ideas for day trips, a week on the road, families with kids, wildlife enthusiasts, and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group 2024
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Summary: Three hundred flies for the Pacific Northwest, Canada, Alaska, and the Great Lakes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northland Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.7 STEFindlen, George L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Printed for Clearfield by Genealogical Pub. Co. 2003
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 FINPearl, Norton
Summary: The backcountry ranger's daughter compiled all of her father's notes about his time as a ranger in Glacier National Park in the 1910s. Unbelievable stories of beauty and hardship (he never complains about the difficulties but relishes the adventure).
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Publisher / Publication Date: L. Lee 1994
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2 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 917.8652 PEACall number: OVS 921 PEARL, NORTON PEA
Peavy, Linda S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 PEASpalding, Maddie
Summary: "The snowcapped mountains of Glacier National Park offer solitude and adventure. Glacier National Park explores the park, including its geology, plant and animal life, the peoples who have called it home, and its main attractions. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.79 NATCampbell, James.
Summary: A retelling of the key month, July 1944, that won the war in the Pacific and ignited a whole new struggle on the home front. Among the great World War II conflicts, the three-week battle for Saipan is often forgotten--yet historian Donald Miller calls it"as important to victory over Japan as the Normandy invasion was to victory over Germany." On the night of the battle's end, the Port Chicago...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5453 CAMDuLong, Jessica.
Summary: DuLong brings her two worlds vibrantly to life in this memoir that evokes the vitality of New York City's bygone working waterfront and the Hudson River, a birthplace of American industry. Blending four centuries of Hudson River history with unforgettable present-day characters and events, DuLong offers a porthole-view narrative of the river and its social tapestry as a microcosm of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.47 DULChacaby, Ma-Nee
Summary: A Two-Spirit Journey is Ma-Nee Chacaby’s extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby’s story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UMP, University of Manitoba Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHACABY, MA-NEE CHACleland, Charles E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 CLEEverest, Allan Seymour.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clinton County Historical Association 1990
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 974.754 EVEStiles, T. J.
Summary: A new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. Historian T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer's legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer's historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CUSTER, GEORGE STIGioia, Robyn.
Contents: The world in 1565 -- Uncharted lands -- Spain in the 1560s -- Florida in the 1560s -- The Timucua, St. Augustine's Native Americans -- The founding of St. Augustine, 1565 -- Day of thanksgiving -- The site today -- Cocido (Spanish stew).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pineapple Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 975.9 GioiaHawker, Olivia
Summary: "1857. Three women -- once strangers -- come together in unpredictable Utah Territory. Hopeful, desperate, and willful, they'll allow nothing on Earth or in Heaven to stand in their way. Following the call of their newfound Mormon faith, Tamar Loader and her family weather a brutal pilgrimage from England to Utah, where Tamar is united with her destined husband, Thomas Ricks. Clinging to a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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Summary: From the acclaimed author of "Agent Zigzag" comes an extraordinary account of the most successful deception--and certainly the strangest--ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan--code named Operation Mincemeat--was to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MACCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars MacIntyreGoodman, Martin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007