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The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents
Wyatt Blassingame
Library Binding (Random House Books for Young Readers, Dec. 26, 2012)Entertaining, up-to-the minute, and easy-to-use, The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents features a short, lively biography of every president from George Washington through the winner of the 2012 presidential election, plus a chapter on Election 2000--the "year of the chad." It includes concise descriptions of the major events, issues, and achievements of each administration, and is fully illustrated in black and white with engravings, cartoons, and photographs. In-print and updated after every presidential election since 1968, it's an easy-to-use, affordable alternative to hardcover home reference books like National Geographic's Our Country's Presidents at $24.95. An invaluable resource that the whole family will turn to again and again, The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents is American history in a nutshell.
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The Look-It-up Book of Presidents
Wyatt Blassingame
Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Feb. 3, 1990)Entertaining, up-to-the minute, and easy-to-use, The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents features a short, lively biography of every president from George Washington through the winner of the 2012 presidential election, plus a chapter on Election 2000—the "year of the chad." It includes concise descriptions of the major events, issues, and achievements of each administration, and is fully illustrated in black and white with engravings, cartoons, and photographs. In-print and updated after every presidential election since 1968, it's an easy-to-use, affordable alternative to hardcover home reference books like National Geographic's Our Country's Presidents at $24.95. An invaluable resource that the whole family will turn to again and again, The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents is American history in a nutshell.
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Jim Beckwourth: Black Trapper and Indian Chief
Wyatt Blassingame
Hardcover (Garrard Pub Co, Oct. 1, 1973)Biography of the nineteenth-century hunter, trapper, Indian chief, trader, gold seeker, innkeeper, and rancher who discovered a pass in the Sierra Nevadas which bears his name.
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Ponce De Leon
Wyatt Blassingame
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1991)Examines the political forces and personal ambition that drove Ponce de Leon in his explorations
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Sacagawea, Indian guide
Wyatt Blassingame
Hardcover (Garrard Pub. Co, March 15, 1965)No Dust Jacket. Former owner's name in black felt marker to ffep and tape stains to front and back endpapers.
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Medical Corps heroes of World War II
Wyatt Blassingame
Hardcover (Random House, March 15, 1969)Medical Corps heroes of World War II (Landmark books, 120)
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Osceola; Seminole war chief
Wyatt Blassingame
Hardcover (Garrard Pub. Co, March 15, 1967)Osceola is remembered today for his courage and determination to never willingly leave the loved home of the Seminoles - the Florida wilderness.
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Thor Heyerdahl: Viking Scientist
Wyatt Blassingame
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, June 3, 1985)Considers Thor Heyerdahl's Norwegian boyhood, his attempts to get support for his theories about the Pacific migration of peoples, his historic journey on the raft Kon-Tiki, and his crossing of the Atlantic by reed boat from Africa
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The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents
Wyatt Blassingame
Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Feb. 3, 1990)Brief biographies of the presidents of the United States from George Washington to George Bush
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Dan Beard, Scoutmaster of America.
Wyatt Blassingame
Hardcover (Arcade Bks, Sept. 1, 1972)A biography of the writer, artist, and naturalist who began a boys' club called Sons of Daniel Boone and later became one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America.
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John Henry and Paul Bunyan play baseball
Wyatt Blassingame
Unknown Binding (Reader's Digest Services, Inc, March 15, 1974)John Henry and Paul Bunyan Play Baseball - - Folklore heroes Paul Bunyan and John Henry participate in an unusual baseball game in which cotton bales are used for baseballs.
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The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents Form George Washington Through Bill Clinton
Wyatt Blassingame
Hardcover (Random House, Aug. 16, 1993)From back cover: "Entertaining, up to the minute, and easy to use, this book features short, lively biographies of every President from George Washington through Bill Clinton. It also provides concise description of the major events, issues, and achievements of each administration and is excitingly illustrated with engravings, cartoons, and photographs, an invaluable reference source for the whole family."