Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Tales for little rebels Tales for little rebels Julia L. Mickenberg,Philip Nel From the Publisher: In 1912, a revolutionary chick cries, "Strike down the wall!" and liberates itself from the "egg state." In 1940, ostriches pull their heads out of the sand and unite to fight fas… OL18774256W
Clarkton Clarkton Howard Fast When a factory strike turns violent, neighbors clash in a sleepy New England company town It is 1945, and soldiers have returned home from Europe and the Pacific to take up their former lives. But in… OL24255069W
Beneath the American Renaissance Beneath the American Renaissance David S. Reynolds In this landmark work, the seven great writers of the American Renaissance--Emerson, Thoreau, Writman, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Dickinson -- are examined together in their cultural contexts. Dav… OL3474008W
Radical Visions Radical Visions Vince Gotera *Description from dust jacket:* Although poets have written about warfare since at least the time of Homer, the Vietnam war has struck many observers as being immune to the interpretations of poet… OL4299774W
Learning from the left Learning from the left Julia L. Mickenberg At the height of the Cold War, dozens of radical and progressive writers, illustrators, editors, librarians, booksellers, and teachers cooperated to create and disseminate children's books that chall… OL5738339W
Seditious allegories Seditious allegories Michael Henry Scrivener "The multifaceted career of John Thelwall (1764-1834) - poet, novelist, playwright, journalist, politician, scientist - is the lens through which we are offered here a new look at the phenomenon of B… OL5898120W