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Summary: On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 VOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: A collection of essays and autobiographical stories in which the author offers her humorous take on identity, politics, religion, art, history, and other topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 081 VOWVowell, Sarah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 VOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but author Vowell investigates what that means--and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? What Vowell discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoe-buckles-and-corn reputation might...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 974.088 VOWVowell, Sarah
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973 VOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Assassination Vacation" comes an examination of the Puritans, their covenant communities, deep-rooted idealism, political and cultural relevance, and their myriad oddities.To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but author Vowell investigates what that means--and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 VOWVowell, 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 VOWSummary: Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is left to care for the kids while Helen (Elastigirl) is out saving the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Bob Parr, Mr. Incredible, has unwittingly demonstrated repeatedly that Supers can cause as much damage as villains while protecting the world, which causes his wife -- Elastigirl -- to be chosen as the face of a movement to make Supers legal again. Still, it will take the entire gang to take down a new supervillain bent on mind-controlling the entire world!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018