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Author
Publisher
Abrams Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
50 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
In this fascinating story, readers spend a day with Thomas Jefferson as he and his grandson visit the vast plantation of Monticello. Readers learn about Jefferson; the gadgets and household items that he reinterpreted and the plow he invented; the famous house; the surrounding farms with their gardens, fields, factories, and mills; the workshops of the enslaved people on Mulberry Row; and much, much more.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a tour of Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia through the eyes of a slave boy, a cook, a visitor, Jefferson himself, and his grand-daughter.
3) Mount Vernon
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
30 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of the Virginia estate that was home to this country's first president and is now maintained as a national landmark.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Ralph Moody, just turned twenty, had only a dime in his pocket when he was put off a freight in western Nebraska. It was the Fourth of July in 1919. Three months later he owned eight teams of horses and rigs to go with them. Everyone who worked with him shared in the prosperity - the widow whose wheat crop was saved and the group of misfits who formed a first-rate harvesting crew. But sometimes fickle Mother Nature and frail human nature made sure...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Here, in high style, is the story of a wisecracking adventurer who came of age in the untamed West. A rebel who surprised himself by becoming the most famous American of his time.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told through the eyes of a child, this anthology of true autobiographical tales from Hispanic author and educator Alma Flor Ada presents inspiring reflections on a unique childhood spent on the island of Cuba. Includes Spanish to English glossary.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
44 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A young girl's fascination with Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books leads her family on a trip to see some of the places featured in them.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Historian Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts how he came to discover the real John Henry, an African-American railroad worker who became a legend in the famous song.
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