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1) Inventors
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
93 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
3) Civil War
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
91 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the causes and effects of such American disasters as the sinking of the steamboat Sultana in 1871, the Johnstown Flood, the Dust Bowl, the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919, and the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
10) Immigrants
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Who fired the first shots in the American Civil War? Where were the fiercest battles fought? How did Lincoln free millions of slaves with one document? Acclaimed author Martin Sandler answers all these and other "must-know" questions about the war that pitted brother against brother and tore the United States apart"--
13) Kennedy through the lens: how photography and television revealed and shaped an extraordinary leader
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides insight into how JFK used the new medium of television and the advances in color photography to further his ambitious agenda.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the impact of trains in the United States as they allowed settlers to move West in large numbers and get needed supplies, helped farmers to move goods to market, and provided transportation for commuters.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Photographs capture the horrific conditions of this national disaster, the struggles of the people who stayed to save their land, and the sorrows of those who were forced to move as a result of this catastrophe.
16) Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
Author
Language
English
Description
"Experience the race of rails to link the country--and meet the men behind this incredible feat--in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos."--Publisher's website.
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