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Mountain men
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Andrew Santella |
A description of the mountain men, nineteenth-century explorers and fur traders who helped open up the West to United States settlement. |
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Strong inside
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Andrew Maraniss |
Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board of Education decision led to integrated schools, allowing blacks and whites … |
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Ghosts of the Alamo and other hauntings of the South
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Matt Chandler |
"Describes ghost sightings and hauntings in the southern United States"-- |
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Native tribes of the Southeast
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Michael G. Johnson,Duncan Clarke |
An introduction to the history, culture, and people of the many Indian tribes that inhabited the region along the south Atlantic coast of the United States, around the Gulf of Mexico, and west to the… |
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The story behind Mark Twain's adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Rebecca Vickers |
Provides a background for Mark Twain's famous novel by looking at relevant biographical details about his life and offering historical details that place the story in context, with a literary analysi… |
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Daily life on a southern plantation, 1853
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Erickson, Paul |
Recreates a southern plantation of 1853 and describes the daily lives of its owners and of the slaves who worked there. |
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Free at Last!
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Doreen Rappaport |
Describes the experiences of African Americans in the South, from the Emancipation in 1863 to the 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared school segregation illegal. |
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Sit-in
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Andrea Davis Pinkney |
It was February 1, 1960.They didn't need menus. Their order was simple.A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side.This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolwo… |
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