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Summary: In 1807, Harriet Winter leaves her family's New Hampshire farm with her brother to settle in the Genesee Valley to avoid being pushed into marriage with her neighbor, Daniel Long.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OSTIrving, Washington
Summary: In the first of these two tales set in the Catskill Mountains, a man sleeps for twenty years and wakens to a much-changed world; in the second, a superstitious schoolmaster encounters a headless horseman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986
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Summary: A retelling of the tale in which a man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1997
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BERBarton, Emily
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BARBenton, Lori.
Summary: "Formerly an Indian captive named Burning-Sky, Willa Obenchain unexpectedly returns to her family's New York homestead after her twelve-year absence. With faith in God and the skills to survive on the frontier, Willa must decide if love is possible as she faces the challenges brought on by her dual identities and an unforgiving land"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENDonati, Sara
Summary: In the spring of 1802, Elizabeth and Hannah Bonner take in an escaped slave searching for their friend Curiosity Freeman, and find themselves drawn into the secret life Curiosity and her family have been living for more than ten years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Eckert, Allan W.
Summary: Recreates events which actually occurred in the opening up of the Northwest Territory in the period 1700 to 1900 based on written documents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jesse Stuart Foundation 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.8 ECKGino, Alex
Summary: Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GINBall, Georgia
Summary: Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox becomes caught up in a gunfight between American and British troops during the American Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BALLapati, JoAnna
Summary: "Through scratchboard art and quotes from the subject's letters, this picture book biography follows the life of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, who served in the Union army disguised as a man. Back matter materials include an author's note, two glossaries, recommended reading, a timeline of events, and additional historical information"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2024