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The ABC exhibit
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Introduces the letters of the alphabet in pictures of objects from Acrobat to Zinnia. |
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The Alamo
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
A history of the building well known as a fortress during Texas's fight for independence, which has also served as a mission, barracks, military supply post, warehouse, and general store. |
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Anasazi
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Describes the day-to-day life of the Anasazi Indians. |
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Boxes! Boxes!
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
The boxes in a young child's room are of different sizes and shapes and used for a variety of purposes. |
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Cyclops
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Describes the encounter between the cyclops Polyphemus and Odysseus and his men after the end of the Trojan War. |
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The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Relates the history of the gods and goddesses worshipped by the ancient Egyptians and describes how they were depicted. |
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The Great Wall of China
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
A brief history of the Great Wall of China, begun about 2,200 years ago to keep out Mongol invaders. |
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The jetty chronicles
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
A boy describes growing up in the 1930s in a Brooklyn seaside community filled with colorful characters. |
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Leonard Everett Fisher's Liberty Book
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A collection of eighteenth-century quotes, maxims, songs, poems, documents, and speeches defining and celebrating liberty. |
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Letters from Italy
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
A saga of an Italian family's immigration to the United States, their subsequent life, and the return of one son to Italy during World War II. |
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The newspapers
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Traces the development of newspapers in the United States during the 19th century and discusses their role in bringing information to and shaping the views of a country with a rapidly growing populat… |
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Sailboat lost
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Two boys are stranded when their boat is carried away by a high tide and then rescued when it returns. |
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The sports
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Discusses the development of athletic competition in 19th-century America. |
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Star signs
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Introduces the myths, character traits, symbols, and constellations associated with each sign of the zodiac and explains the origins of astrology and how it differs from astronomy. |
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The Statue of Liberty
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Recounts the history of one of the largest monuments in the world, including how it was executed in France, shipped to America, and erected in New York Harbor. |
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Sweeney's ghost
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
A vacationing family discover their rented Jamaican villa is haunted by the ghost of a pirate. |
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The Tower of London
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Characterizes the Tower and its people during the turbulent years of the forming of the British nation from 1078 through 1666. |
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Two if by sea
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Recounts the events of the evening of April 18, 1775, when Paul Revere made his historic ride to warn the colonists of the approaching British. |
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The unions
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Traces the growth and development of the labor movement during the nineteenth century. |
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The Wailing Wall
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Surveys the history of the Jewish people in Palestine and their activities around the First and Second Temples the site of which is now marked by the Western or Wailing Wall, with an emphasis on even… |
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