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Books with author Jesse Jarnow

  • Oil, Steel, and Railroads: America's Big Business in the Late 1800s

    Jesse Jarnow

    Paperback (Rosen Publishing Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Examines the history of business in the United States during the 1800s, discussing the growth of railroads, and the innovations in the oil and steel industries.
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  • Socialism: A Primary Source Analysis

    Jesse Jarnow

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Discusses various aspescts of socialism, including its history, ideology, key figures, and the future of this political system.
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  • Johnny Bench

    Jesse Jarnow

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Aug. 1, 2003)
    A biography of Cincinnati Reds' catcher, Johnny Bench, who won ten Gold Glove awards and hit almost 400 home runs in his sixteen-year career in the major leagues.
  • Johnny Bench

    Jesse Jarnow

    Paperback (Rosen Publishing Group, Aug. 1, 2003)
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  • Patrick Henry's Liberty or Death Speech: A Primary Source Investigation

    Jesse Jarnow

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Examines the events leading to the speech which stirred the colonies to start the American Revolution, discussing the reason for the speech, and the impact it had on the United States.
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  • Oil, Steel, and Railroads: America's Big Businesses in the Late 1800's

    Jesse Jarnow

    Hardcover (Rosen Publishing Group, Aug. 1, 2003)
    The expansion of steel, oil, and the railroad industries during and after the Civil War helped America to grow and change. Millions of people were immigrating to the United States from Europe and Asia, altering the size and face of the population. Looking for work and for a better life, they found a country in the midst of an economic revolution. Owners of new, big businesses became a new wealthy class; their workers, many of whom were the same immigrants who came looking for a better life, became the new working poor.
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  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Race in America

    Jesse Jarnow

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Feb. 1, 2004)
    Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Mark Twain's novel, Huckleberry Finn, which was published in the late nineteenth century and has been banned frequently since then for his use of racial epithets or simply for being coarse.
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  • Telegraph and Telephone Networks: Groundbreaking Developments in American Communications

    Jesse Jarnow

    Paperback (Rosen Publishing Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Examines the history of communication in the United States, particularly the technological advances of the late nineteenth century that improved transmission speed from weeks or months to hours or minutes.
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  • Telegraph and Telephone Networks: Ground Breaking Developments in American Communications

    Jesse Jarnow

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, April 1, 2003)
    Examines the history of communication in the United States, particularly the technological advances of the late nineteenth century that improved transmission speed from weeks or months to hours or minutes.
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  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Race in America

    Jesse Jarnow

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Feb. 15, 2004)
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  • Johnny Bench

    Jesse Jarnow

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Aug. 16, 2003)
    A biography of Cincinnati Reds' catcher, Johnny Bench, who won ten Gold Glove awards and hit almost 400 home runs in his sixteen-year career in the major leagues.
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  • Patrick Henry's Liberty or Death Speech: A Primary Source Investigation

    Jesse Jarnow

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, March 15, 1852)
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