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  • The Great Wall Of China

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 1, 1995)
    A brief history of the Great Wall of China, begun about 2,200 years ago to keep out Mongol invaders.
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  • Galileo

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Hardcover (Atheneum, April 30, 1992)
    Chronicles the life of a brilliant Italian mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, who was forced to renounce his inventions and discoveries because they challenged the authority of the Church.
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  • Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Maya

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Hardcover (Holiday House, Sept. 1, 1999)
    Offers a detailed look at the twelve most important Mayan gods and their powers, complete with bold illustration, map, biography, pronunciation guide and more.
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  • The Tower of London

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Hardcover (Macmillan, Sept. 30, 1987)
    Characterizes the Tower and its people during the turbulent years of the forming of the British nation from 1078 through 1666.
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  • The Wigmakers

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Dec. 1, 1999)
    Describes the advent of the wig as a fashion necessity in France and England, illustrates popular styles of eighteenth-century wigs, and explains the colonial wigmaker's technique in construction and care of the wig.
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  • David and Goliath

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Hardcover (Holiday House, March 1, 1993)
    The brave harpist David, King Saul, and their enemy, the Philistine giant Goliath, come vividly to life in a brightly illustrated retelling of the famous biblical tale.
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  • Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Hardcover (Holiday House, Aug. 1, 1997)
    Provides a clear, comprehensive guide to the legendary gods and goddesses of ancient Egyptian mythology, including Ra the sun god, Isis, Osiris, and more, as well as the duties they were believed to have performed and their roles in ancient Egyptian religion.
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  • Gods and Goddesses of Ancient China

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Hardcover (Holiday House, May 1, 2003)
    Brings to life sixteen deities of the ancient Chinese world, highlighting their accomplishments, their deeds, their powers, and how they reflected the lives and activities of the mortals on Earth.
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  • Olympians

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Library Binding (Holiday House, Sept. 1, 1984)
    An introduction to ancient Greek mythology discusses the twelve most important gods and goddesses--including Zeus, Poseidon, and Athena--and details their Roman names, genealogies, and symbols
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  • The Silversmiths

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Feb. 1, 1997)
    Examines the art of the siversmith in colonial times
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  • The Blacksmiths

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Introduces the history of blacksmithing and discusses the techniques, products, well-known blacksmiths, and commercial importance of this trade in colonial America.
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  • William Tell

    Leonard Everett Fisher

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 22, 1996)
    Legend has it that early in the fourteenth century, when the Swiss were oppressed by Austrian Hapsburg rulers, one man stood up to the tyrants. His name was William Tell.William Tell was appalled that his people were forced to kneel to the hat of their govenor, and he refused to do so. His punishment was severe: An apple was placed on his son's head, and Tell was told to shoot it. If his arrow found its mark, the had would be removed from the town square. If it did not, young Jemmy migh die. . .With vigorous text and stunning paintings, Leonard Everett Fisher adapts and illusrates this story of William Tell, which he calls "a metaphor for freedom."
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