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Bibliographies. bibliography biography Genealogy. History. Humor. index Juvenile works Passenger lists. Sources.Contents: Elizabeth T. Stone -- Catherine Beecher -- Phebe B. Davis -- Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard -- Sophie Olsen -- Tirzah F. Shedd -- Adriana P. Brinckle -- Adeline T.P. Lunt -- Ada Metcalf -- Lydia A. Smith -- Anna Agnew -- Lemira Clarissa Pennell -- Clarissa Caldwell Lathrop -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Mrs. H.C. McMullen -- Alice Bingham Russell -- Kate Lee -- Margaret Starr -- Sally Willard...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Stephens, John Richard.
Summary: Overview: If only this had been your history class textbook! The flip side of "official" history! Experience the true stories behind the history you learned in school: Native American witnesses' bloody descriptions of Custer's Last Stand; The destruction of The White House by foreign invaders. Actual government documents revealed! See how close we've come to nuclear annihilation: In 1957, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 STEKirkham, E. Kay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Everton Publishers 1978
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.373 KIRFavreau, Marc
Summary: "Marc Favreau documents the Great Depression--a time when Americans from all walks of life fell victim to poverty, insecurity, and fear--and tells the incredible story of how they survived and, ultimately, thrived. This is the story of the Great Depression in the United States, from the sweeping consequences of the market collapse to the more personal stories of individuals and communities...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.91 FAVSummary: "Published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, this anthology charts America's long, heroic confrontation with its most poisonous evil."--Publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.362 AMEBrookhiser, Richard.
Summary: An award-winning historian recounts the history of American liberty through the stories of twelve essential documents. Nationalism is inevitable: It supplies feelings of belonging, identity, and recognition. It binds us to our neighbors and tells us who we are. But increasingly-from the United States to India, from Russia to Burma-nationalism is being invoked for unworthy ends: to disdain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BROWright, Norman Edgar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brigham Young University Press 1974
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929 WRIEarley, Ryan
Summary: How do Americans state what they believe in, how their representative government works, and more? By writing it down! Investigate great documents that have shaped United States history, including the Federalist Papers. Find out who wrote the papers, what they say, and why they remain important today. Read all about these remarkable documents that helped form a nation. Includes a support page of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seahorse Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.73 EARPuleo, Stephen
Summary: "On December 26, 1941, Secret Service Agent Harry E. Neal stood on a platform at Washington's Union Station, watching a train chug off into the dark and feeling at once relieved and inexorably anxious. These were dire times: as Hitler's armies plowed across Europe, seizing or destroying the Continent's historic artifacts at will, Japan bristled to the East. The Axis was rapidly closing in. So...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 PULSummary: With a record number of female candidates in the 2020 election and women's rights an increasingly urgent topic in the news, it's crucial that we understand the history that got us where we are now. For the first time, here is the full, definitive story of the movement for voting rights for American women, of every race, told through the voices of the women and men who lived it. Here are the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.6 AMELepore, Jill
Summary: Examines the origins of dozens of writings, speeches, and other printed pieces from American history--from paper ballots and the Constitution to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" and Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 LEPKirkham, E. Kay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Everton Publishers 1973
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 KirBruns, Roger.
Summary: Collects speeches, memos, and other documents written for the possibility of failure in wars and foreign relations throughout American history, left unsaid and unpublished due to turn of events and sudden changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Petri, Alexandra
Summary: "As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn't learn from history have been forced to repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it. If we repeat history one more time, we're going to fail! Maybe it's time for a new textbook. Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023