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Summary: Philadelphia 1793. Hercules, President George Washington's chef, is a fixture on the Philadelphia scene. He is famous for both his culinary prowess and for ruling his kitchen like a commanding general. He has his run of the city and earns twice the salary of an average American workingman. He wears beautiful clothes and attends the theater. But while valued by the Washingtons for his prowess in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Ganeshram 2018Osborne, Mary Pope
Summary: When the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to colonial times. General George Washington is about to lead his army in a sneak attack against their enemy. But now the terrible weather is making the great general question his plans. Can Jack and Annie keep history on track? The fate of the country rests in their hands!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC OSBCalvi, Mary
Summary: "Love is said to be an involuntary passion, and it is, therefore, contended that it cannot be resisted." --George Washington Unrequited love might have sparked a flame that ignited a cause that became the American Revolution. Never before has this story about George Washington been told. Crafted from hundreds of letters, witness accounts, and journal entries, Dear George, Dear Mary explores...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CALClark, Mary Higgins.
Summary: Presents a fictionalized account of the relationship between George Washington, the first president of the United States, and his wife Martha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CLAClark, Mary Higgins.
Summary: A fictionalized account of the relationship between George Washington, the first president of the United States, and his wife Martha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAGingrich, Newt.
Summary: A novel of the darkest days of the American Revolution follows George Washington, Thomas Paine, and Jonathan Van Dorn, a private in Washington's army, during the days surrounding Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on December 25, 1776.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GINGingrich, Newt.
Summary: After two bestselling historical series re-envisioning the Civil War and World War II Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen have turned their sharp eye for detail on the Revolutionary War and the birth of the United States of America. Their story follows three men with three very different roles to play in history: General George Washington Thomas Paine and Jonathan Van Dorn a private in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GINMartin, William
Summary: The inside story on George Washington through the eyes of those who knew him, including his wife, his doctor and his slave. It is told in the form of testimony collected by Christopher Draper, a reporter for the Alexandria Gazette who is assigned to get the facts on Washington before posterity turns him into an icon. Among the facts, an affair with a married woman. By the author of Annapolis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARGingrich, Newt.
Summary: Washington is full of doubt on the night of December 25, 1776. His army's morale is dangerously low. Each morning muster shows that hundreds have deserted during the night. The revolutionary spirit that burned so bright during the summer seems to be flickering out in the face of a harsh winter and repeated defeats. The revolution has come down to one desperate throw of the dice as his army,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GINRosenberg, Charles B.
Summary: "British special agent Jeremiah Black, an officer of the King's Guard, lands on a lonely beach in the wee hours of the morning in late November 1780. The revolution is in full swing but has become deadlocked. Black is here to change all that. His mission, aided by Loyalists, is to kidnap George Washington and spirit him back to London aboard the HMS Peregrine, a British sloop of war that is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSRinaldi, Ann.
Summary: After serving Martha Washington loyally for twenty years, Oney Judge realizes that she is just a slave and must decide if she will run away to find true freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: FIC RINLimbaugh, Rush H.
Summary: "America is now a free country. Rush Revere, his horse, Liberty, and the time-traveling crew ride back again to witness to the early American presidents George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson in action!"--Book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LIMLimbaugh, Rush H.
Summary: When one of the time-traveling crew is running for student-body president at Manchester Middle School, Rush Revere takes them back in history to witness the election and leadership of our first three presidents.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD J LIMKlimo, Kate
Summary: "George Washington's foxhound Sweetlips narrates the story of her master's transformation from farmer to Father of our Country"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC KLICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Klimo 2015Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KLIOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2000
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC OSBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Osborne 2012Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE OSBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED OSBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC OSBKrensky, Stephen.
Summary: During the Revolutionary War, a Jewish soldier from Poland lights the menorah on the first night of Hanukkah and tells General George Washington the story of the Maccabees and the miracle that Hanukkah celebrates. Based on factual events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC KREScieszka, Jon.
Summary: After arriving in Pennsylvania during the winter of 1776, time travelers Joe, Fred, and Samantha inspire General George Washington, "the man on the one dollar bill," to carry out a surprise attack on Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey, that will change the course of the Revolutionary War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2005
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE SCISummary: They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history's first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our "Founding Fathers" were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2000
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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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Introduces 6 main characters of the American Revolution. Promotes interest in reading of biography with comedy, tragedy, error, foolishness, courage and persistence that is relevant to life today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV JEASummary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUSummary: A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMEMcPherson, Stephanie Sammartino.
Summary: Traces the life of the wife of the first president of the United States, from her childhood in Virginia through her marriage to George Washington to her role in the American Revolution and the early years of the new country's history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1998
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB WASHINGTO MCPShulman, Mark
Summary: Show Me History will show you the real man behind the myths! Known as the "Father of Our Country," George Washington lost his own father at the age of 11, was a surrogate father to Alexander Hamilton, and yet was never a father himself. In war and in peace, he left an unmistakable impression on his new nation in more ways than you know. George Washington: Soldier and Statesman! tells the story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press 2020