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  • The Angel of Goliad: Francisca Alvarez and the Texas War for Independence

    Joanne Randolph

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
    In 1836, a Mexican woman saves the lives of twenty Texan soldiers captured by the Mexican army in the town of Goliad, Texas.
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  • Life With the Comanches: The Kidnapping of Cynthia Ann Parker

    Nancy Golden

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Profiles Cynthia Ann Parker, who was captured in 1836 at the age of nine and lived as a Comanche for more than twenty years.
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  • Great Moments in Olympic Basketball

    Doug Williams

    Library Binding (Sportszone, Sept. 1, 2014)
    Perhaps no sporting event has told more amazing stories than the Olympic Games. Great Moments in Olympic Basketball tells the stories of surprise and dominance, of inspiration and determination, of persistence and overcoming adversity. Title includes colorful descriptions of memorable moments old and new, a list of great Olympians in basketball, Great Moment sidebars, and frequent subheads. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
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  • One Life to Lose for My Country: The Arrest and Execution of Nathan Hale

    Holly Cefrey

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Aug. 1, 2003)
    As he awaits execution, American patriot and Revolutionary War army captain Nathan Hale recounts his spy mission, arrest by the British army, and trial and sentence.
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  • Outnumbered: Davy Crockett's Final Battle at the Alamo

    Eric Fein

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Aug. 1, 2003)
    Frontiersman and former Congressman Davy Crockett arrives in San Antonio in time to share the attack on the Alamo with the Texas settlers who face a much larger Mexican army.
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  • America's Gold Rush: John Sutter and the Discovery of Gold in California

    Joanne Mattern

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
    When word leaks out that gold has been found on property owned by John Sutter in 1847, it changes his life and the course of American history forever.
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  • Guide My Pen: The Poems of Phillis Wheatley

    Greg Roza

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Aug. 1, 2003)
    Poetess and freed slave Phillis Wheatley writes a poem celebrating General George Washington's leadership in the American Revolution, and is invited to his camp to meet the future president.
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  • The Making of the American Flag: Betsy Ross and George Washington

    Janet Palazzo-Craig

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
    In 1827, Betsy Ross remembers the day in 1776 when George Washington came to her upholstery shop to ask for help with designing and making an American flag.
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  • Why Did The Great Depression Happen?

    R. G. Grant

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Pub Secondary Lib, Aug. 15, 2010)
    Uses primary sources to document the causes behind the Great Depression.
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  • The Call of Liberty: Marquis De Lafayette and the American Revolution

    Joanne Randolph

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
    In September, 1781, the young Marquis de Lafayette of France and other leaders of colonial troops prepare to battle British troops led by Lord Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.
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  • Why Did Hiroshima Happen?

    R. G. Grant

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Pub Secondary Lib, Aug. 15, 2010)
    Uses primary sources to document the reasons why the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
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  • High Noon: Wild Bill Hickok and the Code of the Old West

    Eric Fein

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
    In Springfield, Missouri, in 1865, Wild Bill Hickok has a shootout with an old adversary over a question of honor.
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