Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Skywalkers Skywalkers David Weitzman Narrative text and photographs examines Native American history and the development of structural engineering and architecture, focusing on Mohawk ironworkers. OL16140246W
Human culture Human culture David Weitzman Presents biographical profiles of twenty-eight anthropologists and archaeologists, including Jane Goodall, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Leakey. OL2748069W
The Mountain Man And The President The Mountain Man And The President Alex Haley,Charles Shaw,David Weitzman The Mountain Man And The President discusses how the friendship between naturalist John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt brought about government protection of America’s wilderness. Naturalis… OL2748072W
Pouring iron Pouring iron David Weitzman While visiting his grandparents in Sutter Creek, California, Howard goes to the historic Knight Foundry and experiences firsthand the process of creating all sorts of cast iron products. OL2748074W
Theater Theater David Weitzman Presents biographies of more than twenty actors and playwrights who have left their mark on the theater, including Anton Chekhov, Edwin Booth, Sarah Bernhardt, George Bernard Shaw, and Paul Robeson. OL2748077W
Windmills, bridges & old machines Windmills, bridges & old machines David Weitzman A guide to the study of America's industrial past through examination of early engines, furnaces, locomotives, windmills, foundries, canals, bridges, and other industrial antiquities. OL2748079W
Jenny Jenny David Weitzman Presents the development and history of the JN-4D airplane, commonly called the Jenny, and portrays a typical woman pilot who trained army air cadets for World War I and later carried air mail. OL2748086W