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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Jonas Salk Jonas Salk Stephanie Sammartino McPherson Presents the life of medical researcher Jonas Salk, who discovered the polio vaccine. OL16052218W
Martha Washington Martha Washington Stephanie Sammartino McPherson Traces the life of the wife of the first president of the United States, from her childhood in Virginia through her marriage to George Washington to her role in the American Revolution and the early … OL1986733W
My dear husband My dear husband Stephanie Sammartino McPherson Letters from Abigail Adams to her husband, the future President John Adams, depict life near Boston during the American Revolution. OL1986734W
The workers' detective The workers' detective Stephanie Sammartino McPherson A biography of Dr. Alice Hamilton, social worker and doctor, whose work brought attention to the health risks associated with particular jobs. OL1986746W
Liberty or Death Liberty or Death Stephanie Sammartino McPherson A biography of the Virginia lawyer, politician, and patriot whose great powers of speech helped inspire colonists to support the cause of American liberty at the start of the Revolutionary War. OL1986748W