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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A group portrait of America's first four presidents from Virginia focuses on a series of key historical episodes that illustrate how the myriad leadership roles of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe promoted transcendental, if contradictory, national views about freedom and equality.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Tell[s] the inspiring life and history of George Washington Carver, from a baby born into slavery to celebrated botanist, scientist, and inventor. His passion and determination are the seeds to this lasting story about triumph over hardship--a tale that begins in a secret garden"--
4484) The first American
Publisher
Gingrich Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"George Washington is central to understanding America's founding. He was the crucial in winning the American Revolution, in creating the Constitution, and in establishing the precedents for effective self-government as our president. George Washington's sense of virtue, his lifelong activity as a citizen, his reverence for the rule of law, and his commitment to establishing the American Republic make him the essential figure for every American to...
4485) Nikkei in the Pacific Northwest: Japanese Americans & Japanese Canadians in the twentieth century
Publisher
Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Description
"Challenging the notion that Nikkei individuals before and during World War II were helpless pawns manipulated by forces beyond their control, the diverse essays in this collection focus on the theme of resistance within Japanese American and Japanese Canadian communities to twentieth-century political, cultural, and legal discrimination. They illustrate how Nikkei groups were mobilized to fight discrimination through assertive legal challenges, community...
Author
Publisher
Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The U.S. Civil Rights Trail offers a vivid glimpse into the story of Black America's fight for freedom and equality. From eye-opening landmarks to celebrations of triumph over adversity, experience a tangible piece of history with Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Includes flexible itineraries, historic civil rights sites, the culture of the movement, expert insight, travel tools, and detailed coverage of Charleston, Atlanta, Selma to Montgomery, Birmingham,...
Author
Series
Bulletin. Division of Geology) volume no. 32
Publisher
State printing plant
Pub. Date
1936
Language
English
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4488) Lorenzo's oil
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides to learn about it and tackle the problem himself.
4489) Cape Rage
Author
Series
Danny Barrett volume 2
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The FBI has a hundred undercover agents who can work in the city, but Danny Barrett is the one they call when they need someone to investigate crimes in the wilderness. This case is a particularly difficult one. For more than a century the Danby family have ruled as kings in their corner of the Pacific Northwest. The Feds were mostly willing to look the other way while the family smuggled everything from liquor to cigarettes across the border, but...
Author
Publisher
CMP Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Wildly liberal Washington State Senator Lisa Belle from the Seattle area pins her hopes for an upcoming U.S. Senate run on 'milestone ecological legislation': The Belle Nobel Grizzly Bear Restoration Act. Sixty grizzly bears are about to be seeded into the wilderness of Central Washington's remote, sparsely populated, and largely conservative Okanogan County. A motley and eclectic crew of Okanogan Countians are micro-thrilled with the prospect of...
4493) An intrigue of witches
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Thirty-year-old Black woman Camille Fitzsimons is a talented early American history professor, working in fast-paced Washington DC, with her eyes on promotion. She's also currently persona non grata. Who knew that making an inconvenient historical discovery would see her stuck at her desk, shuffling paper? So when she receives an anonymous and very cryptic invitation to visit historic small-town Robbinsville, North Carolina and hunt for a missing...
Author
Series
San Juan Islands mystery volume 4
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A man is shot dead in the street. A close friend is accused of murder. A Russian crime lord lurks in the shadows. Local reporter Adele Plank knows that in the San Juan Islands things are rarely what they seem and that secrets run as fast and deep as the waters that surround them. She must fight to uncover the truth and stay one step ahead of those who would silence her forever. "--Back cover.
4495) S is for Seattle
Author
Series
Publisher
Dry Climate Studios
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
Explore Seattle with the ABC tour through the city's history and iconic places.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hailey MacIntyre seems conjured from the depths of Samuel Fiddes's loneliness. Caring for his young sister in the tenements of Glasgow, Scotland, Samuel has known only hunger, while Hailey has never known want. When Samuel saves Hailey's brother from a runaway carriage, a friendship begins. Through secret meetings and stolen moments, they learn the topography of one another's innermost thoughts. Then the City of Glasgow Bank fails in 1878, destroying...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Twelve diverse actors, directors, writers, editors, designers, and producers fought against sexism, racism and prejudice to have their voices heard and changed the industry forever.
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Description
Interested in aviation as early as 1910, William Boeing waited until 1914 for his first airplane ride. In 1916, he founded the airplane company that put Seattle on the aviation map. Before Boeing, Seattle featured aircraft builders like Eugene Romano, G. T. Takasou, Tom Hamilton, and Herb Munter. Boeing emerged during World War I and, by the beginning of World War II, had become a world leader. In those years, lesser known individuals like Eddie Hubbard,...
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