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Assassinations that shook America
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Edmund Lindop |
Examines the causes and effects of the assassination of seven prominent Americans, including the four presidents killed in office and such significant political leaders as Martin Luther King and Robe… |
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Birth of the Constitution
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Edmund Lindop |
Discusses the creating of the Constitution and the very few changes that have been made in it during the past 200 years. |
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George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson
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Edmund Lindop |
Profiles the lives of three presidents who dared to take actions such as establish a Cabinet, found a political party, and deny states' rights to nullify federal laws. |
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Modern America: the dazzling twenties
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Edmund Lindop |
A survey of the political, social, and cultural events and changes during the decade following World War I. |
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Pelorus Jack, dolphin pilot
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Edmund Lindop |
A children's book re-telling the true story of Pelorus Jack, the dolphin pilot who guided ships through a narrow New Zealand channel between 1888 and 1909. The illustrations are pastel-charcoal in t… |
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America in the 1920s
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Edmund Lindop |
Outlines life in the United States in the 1920s, including Prohibition, the stock market crash, and advances in technology and entertainment such as the first radios and first talking movies. |
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Cuba
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Edmund Lindop |
A history of Cuba including a discussion of the way of life today in that now-Communist country. |
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