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Pocahontas
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Jan Gleiter |
A biography of the Powhatan Indian woman who befriended the English settlers at Jamestown, Virginia, and helped maintain peace between her tribe and the colonists. |
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Diego Rivera
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Jan Gleiter |
A biography of the Mexican artist whose work often portrayed men at work, and which demonstrated his love of his native Mexico. |
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Jan Gleiter |
A biography of one of the first leaders of the women's rights movement, whose work led to the adoption of the nineteenth amendment--women's right to vote. |
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Hernando de Soto
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Jan Gleiter |
A biography of the Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to reach the Mississippi River, explored in what is now Florida, and took part in the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. |
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John James Audubon
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Jan Gleiter |
Presents that part of Audubon's life when he sailed down the Mississippi on a flatboat, along with his assistant Joseph Mason sketching birds along the way. |
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Johnny Appleseed
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Jan Gleiter |
A biography of John Chapman whose distribution of appleseeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today. |
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Sequoya
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Jan Gleiter |
A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a system of writing for his people in the early nineteenth century and after whom the giant sequoia trees and Sequoia National Park were named. |
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Annie Oakley
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Jan Gleiter |
The life of the frontier woman who was famous for her skills as a sharpshooter which she demonstrated in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and other shows of the time. |
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Daniel Boone
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Jan Gleiter |
A biography of the legendary hero of the American frontier, emphasizing his skill as a woodsman, exploration of the Cumberland Gap, and relationship with native Americans. |
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Molly Pitcher
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Jan Gleiter |
The life of the woman who became a Revolutionary heroine when she carried water to the soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. |
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Paul Revere
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Jan Gleiter |
Recounts the story of the American patriot who rode from Boston to Lexington to warn his fellow citizens that the British were coming. |
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Paul Bunyan and Babe the blue ox
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Jan Gleiter |
Tall tales of the mighty logger, including his birth and his adventures in a logging camp, in the South Dakota forests, and among the California redwoods. |
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Sacagawea
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Jan Gleiter |
Traces the life of the Shoshoni Indian girl who was stolen from her tribe at the age of twelve, sold to a French trapper, and served as a guide in the Lewis and Clark expedition. |
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Pocahontas
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Jan Gleiter |
A biography of the Powhatan Indian woman who befriended the English settlers at Jamestown, Virginia, and helped maintain peace between her tribe and the colonists. |
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