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  • Julia Morgan: Architect

    Cary James

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 1990)
    Traces the life of one of the first American women to become a noted architect, describes the obstacles she faced in her career, and looks at her major designs, including William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon
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  • The Old Witch and the Snores

    Ida Delage, Gil Miret

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, Nov. 1, 1990)
    The old witch finds her privacy disturbed when a snoring bear hibernates in her cave
  • Davy Crockett

    Elizabeth R. Moseley, Thomas Beecham

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 1991)
    A profile of the woodsman, politician, and soldier who followed advice of his own motto, "Be sure you're right, then go ahead."
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  • Nina Simone

    Kerry Acker

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Oct. 1, 2004)
    Traces the life and accomplishments of Nina Simone, singer, pianist, and civil rights activist, who was known for her unique sound.
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  • The Lenape Indians

    Josh Wilker

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 1994)
    Examines the history, culture, and future prospects of the Lenape (also known as Delaware) Indians
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  • Amycus

    Bernard Evslin

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1989)
    Recounts the myth of Amycus, the brass-headed giant who was summoned by Athena to destroy all who challenged her authority.
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  • The Lumbee

    Adolph L. Dial, Frank W. Porter

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 1993)
    Discusses the history of the second largest Indian group in the United States, whose origin is traced to the Hatteras Indians who supposedly adopted the English settlers of the Roanoke colony into their tribe
  • Cardinal Richelieu

    Pat Glossop

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 1990)
    A biography of the able seventeenth-century statesman who, for more than eighteen years, was the actual ruler of France during the reign of Louis XIII.
  • George Washington

    Roger Bruns, Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Nov. 1, 1989)
    Traces the life of the American planter, soldier, and statesman, describes his role in the American revolution, and assesses his accomplishments as president
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  • The Pawnee

    Theresa Jensen Lacey

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 2005)
    The Pawnee originally called Kansas and Nebraska home and consist of four autonomous bands: the Chaui, Pitahawirata, Kitkahahki, and Skiri. They are well known for serving as scouts for the U.S. Army in helping to track down their longtime enemies, the Cheyenne and Sioux, during the Indian wars of the 1870s and '80s-a role that was portrayed in the 1990 movie "Dances with Wolves."
  • Langston Hughes

    Jack Rummel, Coretta Scott King

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Oct. 1, 1987)
    Examines the life of the Harlem poet who spent his career writing about the Black experience in America
  • Peter the Great

    Kathleen McDermott

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 1990)
    A biography of the tsar who began the transformation of Russia into a modern state in the late seventeenth-early eighteenth centuries
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