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  • Cleopatra: Powerful Leader or Ruthless Pharaoh?

    Peggy Huddleston Caravantes

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2015)
    Explore the controversial life of Cleopatra and discover a perfect example for teaching perspective. Engaging yet authoritative text and historically accurate images bring the biography of this fascinating pharoah to life. Infographics, sidebars, and fact boxes help add to readers' understanding of Cleopatra and the time in which she lived.
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  • The Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Katherine Krieg

    Paperback (Sleeping Bear Pr, Nov. 1, 2013)
    This book relays factual details of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 through multiple accounts of the event. Readers learn details through the point of view of a U.S. Soldier at Pearl Harbor, a Japanese military commander, and a Hawaiian worker near the military base.
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  • Benedict Arnold: Battlefield Hero or Selfish Traitor?

    Jessica Gunderson, Richard Bell

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, July 1, 2013)
    Soldier and commander. Traitor and turncoat. Benedict Arnold has been called many names throughout history. But who was the real Benedict Arnold? Explore Arnolds life as he fights his way through the American Revolution. Then decide for yourself whether he was a hero or a villain.
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  • Marie Antoinette: Fashionable Queen or Greedy Royal?

    Sarah Elizabeth Webb

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2015)
    Explore the controversial life of Marie Antoinette and discover a perfect tool for teaching perspective. Engaging yet authoritative text and historically accurate images bring the biography of this divisive but captivating queen to life. Infographics, sidebars, and fact boxes help add to readers' understanding of Marie Antoinette and the time in which she lived.
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  • Andrew Jackson: Heroic Leader or Cold-hearted Ruler?

    Nel Yomtov, Richard Bell

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, July 1, 2013)
    President and war hero. Slave owner and Indian killer. Andrew Jackson has been called many names throughout history. But who was the real Andrew Jackson? Explore Jacksons life leading up to the Trail of Tears. Then decide for yourself whether he was a hero or a villain.
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  • The Underground Railroad: Life on the Road to Freedom

    Ellen Hansen

    Paperback (Discovery Enterprises Ltd, Aug. 16, 1993)
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  • Christopher Columbus: New World Explorer or Fortune Hunter?

    Jessica Gunderson

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, July 1, 2013)
    Great explorer and sailor. Hungry for riches and gold. Views about Christopher Columbus have changed over time. But who was the real Christopher Columbus? Explore Columbus's life throughout his journeys to the New World. Then decide for yourself whether he was a hero or villain.
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  • The Dust Bowl

    David King

    Paperback (History Compass, Jan. 1, 1970)
    The ""Dust Bowl"" describes both a time in American history (mid-1930s) and a region (the Great Plains). Severe weather, misuse of land by farmers, and economic pressures from the Great Depression meant that farmers and families in a large area of the central U.S. were faced with loss of usable land, lack of work, and poverty. This is their story, told in their words and in photographs. Included are newspaper accounts, letters, interviews, memoirs, songs, government documents, FDR's Second New Deal, and an excerpt from Steinbeck's ""Grapes of Wrath.""
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  • John Brown: Defending the Innocent or Plotting Terror?

    Nel Yomtov, Richard Bell

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, July 1, 2013)
    Freedom fighter and abolitionist. Terrorist and murderer. John Brown has been called many names throughout history. But who was the real John Brown? Explore Browns life leading up to Harpers Ferry. Then decide for yourself whether he was a hero or a villain.
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  • Voices from the West: Life Along the Trail

    Katharine Emsden

    Paperback (History Compass, Nov. 1, 2009)
    A collection of essays, poetry, and excerpts from diaries of five travelers in the mid-1800's presents a variety of perspectives relating to life on the trail. Essays by historian Katharine Emsden give an overview of the period.
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  • Cleopatra: Powerful Leader or Ruthless Pharaoh?

    Peggy Huddleston Caravantes

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2015)
    Explore the controversial life of Cleopatra and discover a perfect example for teaching perspective. Engaging yet authoritative text and historically accurate images bring the biography of this fascinating pharoah to life. Infographics, sidebars, and fact boxes help add to readers' understanding of Cleopatra and the time in which she lived.
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  • Change and Conflict: Britain, Ireland and Europe from the Late 16th to the Early 18th Centuries

    Patricia Rice

    Paperback (Cambridge University Press, Nov. 25, 1994)
    Change and Conflict is part of the Irish History in Perspective series. These specially-commissioned books allow students to understand how developments at a local, national and international level have helped to shape the economy, culture and political structure of Ireland.
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