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  • Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court

    Deborah Kent

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, June 1, 1997)
    Narrates the life of the first African American to serve as a judge on the United States Supreme Court
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  • The French and Indian War

    Andrew Santella

    Library Binding (Scholastic, Sept. 1, 2011)
    FEATURES- Full-color photography- Guaranteed sewn library binding- Table of contents, index, and glossary- Additional resources, maps, important dates and facts- Accelerated Reader quizzes available Spring 2004
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  • Story of the Trail of Tears

    R. Conrad Stein

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, June 1, 1985)
    Describes how the U.S. government stripped thousands of American Indians of their civil rights and their homeland and forced them to walk the nearly one thousand-mile-long "Trail of Tears" to new Indian territory
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  • The Story of D-Day

    R. Conrad Stein, Tom Dunnington

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 1977)
    Describes the events of the Allied landing on the beaches of Normandy, June 6, 1944, the largest invasion ever attempted in history.
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  • The Constitution

    Marilyn Prolman

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 1995)
    Describes the need for unification in a growing country and discusses the problems and decisions of the men who drafted the Constitution of the United States
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  • African Americans in the Thirteen Colonies

    Michael Burgan

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Jan. 15, 2013)
    Looks at the history of African Americans and slavery in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America, describing how African Americans were forced into slavery and how the practice was ended.
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  • The Space Race

    Peter Benoit

    Library Binding (Children's Press, Jan. 11, 2012)
    Learn about the events that made America what she is today.During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union battled one another in a race to further the limits of space exploration. Satellites and space shuttles quickly became important priorities for both countries. This title explores the advancements and discoveries of the two nations. It also details the creation of NASA and the stories of important space pioneers.
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  • The Story of the Rough Riders

    Zachary Kent

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, July 1, 1991)
    Describes how Teddy Roosevelt formed the Rough Riders at the beginning of the Spanish-American War and led them into battle at San Juan Hill
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  • The California Gold Rush

    Peter Benoit

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Discusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, the lifestyle of miners, and the phenomena of boom towns and ghost towns.
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  • Gettysburg

    Josh Gregory

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2011)
    Cornerstones of Freedom, Third Series-Bringing History to Life Even before the first glorious ring of the Liberty Bell, America was a land of freedom and promise. Read about what makes our country and form of government so great that it has inspired people from all over the world to start life anew here, endure the economic and social upheavals, and defend the land and rights that are unique to the United States of America.
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  • The Story of Marquette and Jolliet

    R. Conrad Stein, Richard Wahl

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 1981)
    Describes the seventeenth-century expedition undertaken by two Frenchmen, a priest and a soldier, that led to the European discovery of the upper Mississippi.
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  • Story of the Lafayette Escadrille

    R. Conrad Stein, Len W. Meents

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, May 1, 1983)
    Describes the war experiences of a group of American aviators who flew for France in an all-American squadron for several months before the United States entered World War I in 1917.
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