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Books published by publisher J.Messner

  • He Freed the Minds of Men: Renรฉ Descartes

    Edwin Palmer Hoyt

    Hardcover (Messner, Jan. 1, 1969)
    A biography of the seventeenth-century French mathematician and philosopher whose revolutionary methods of reasoning greatly influenced future scientific thinking.
  • Paul Revere : The Man Behind the Legend

    Margaret Green

    Hardcover (J. Messner, March 15, 1964)
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  • French explorers of North America,

    David J Abodaher

    Hardcover (J. Messner, March 15, 1970)
    Traces the expeditions of six French explorers in the New World: Cartier, de Champlain, Duluth, Joliet, Marquette, and La Salle.
  • The telescope

    Harry Edward Neal

    Hardcover (J. Messner, March 15, 1958)
    2nd printing. 1958.
  • Great pass catchers in pro football:

    Howard Coan

    Unbound (J. Messner, March 15, 1971)
    Brief biographies of thirteen pass-catchers in pro football: Don Hutson, Elroy Hirsch, Raymond Berry, Tommy McDonald, Lance Alworth, Gary Collins, Bob Hayes, John Mackey, Don Maynard, George Sauer, Charley Taylor, Otis Taylor, and Paul Warfield.
  • Soldier, statesman, and defendant: Aaron Burr

    Jeannette Covert Nolan

    Hardcover (J. Messner, March 15, 1972)
    A biography of Aaron Burr whose political fortunes changed drastically after he fatally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
  • Watch out, it's poison ivy!

    Peter R Limburg

    Hardcover (J. Messner, March 15, 1973)
    Describes the characteristics of poison ivy and its relatives, poison oak and poison sumac, discussing their effect on man and methods of treatment after exposure.
  • Majola, a Zulu boy

    Mini Stein

    Hardcover (J. Messner, March 15, 1969)
    Describes the daily life, family, friends, school, and amusements of a Zulu boy living on the east coast of South Africa.
  • Charles A. Beard's The Presidents in American history;: Brought forward since 1948

    Charles Austin Beard

    Unknown Binding (J.Messner, March 15, 1965)
    from school library, dust cover has labels and clear dust jacket protector
  • Baseball's greatest pitchers,

    Milton J Shapiro

    Hardcover (J. Messner, March 15, 1969)
    Relates how "good pitching will always beat good hitting," by describing the careers of men like Whitey Ford, Don Drysdale, Denny McLain, Sandy Koufax, Cy Young, and others.
  • Duke Snider Story

    Winehouse Irwin

    Hardcover (Messner, March 15, 1965)
    Vintage biography of the Brooklyn Dodgers (and, later, New York Mets baseball Hall of Famer
  • Lone Star leader: Sam Houston

    Curtis Bishop

    Hardcover (J. Messner, Jan. 1, 1961)
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