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When Russell Wilson played for the University of Wisconsin, many people thought he was too short to be a starting quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). But he proved these doubters wrong. This Seattle Seahawks quarterback led his team to victory in his very first season, winning the 2014 Super Bowl. Football fans cheer his passing power and leadership skills.
2) Washington
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Presents basic information about Washington, including important cities, fun facts, and places of interest.
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University of Washington Press
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English
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The Pacific Northwest abounds with native plants that bring beauty to the home garden while offering food and shelter to birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife. Elegant trilliums thrive in woodland settings. Showy lewisias stand out in the rock garden. Hazel and huckleberry number among the delights of early spring, while serviceberry and creek dogwood provide a riot of fall color. Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest is the...
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Shafer Historical Museum
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©2017
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Lost Homeland gives voices to the compelling, little-known story of how the Methow Indians of North Central Washington lost their homeland. Unbeknownst to them, the United States placed their aboriginal territory into the Columbia Reservation in 1879 at the urging of Sinkayuse-Columbia Chief Moses, who had no right to speak for the Methow.Four years later, as pressure grew to open the region's Indian lands to white settlement, the enormous Columbia...
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YAKT Publishing
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2016
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Two veteran railroaders begin their history with a review of the coming of railroad service to the Pacific Northwest, but quickly move into details of the construction, operation and economic impact of the former Great Northern Railway's (S2(BW-O (Wenatchee-Oroville) branch line, a line that became one of its highest revenue branches. Unlike many books on railroading, this book does not consist only of photos of trains and railroad station buildings....
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Cascade Alpine guide volume 2
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Mountaineers
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2003
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North Central Regional Library
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© 2017
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Words Make Worlds was part of the 2017 North Central Regional Library Teen Summer Reading Program. This publication provided teens of North Central Washington a vehicle for creative expression through poetry.
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University of Nebraska Press
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1978, ©1965
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"In "Saga of Chief Joseph," Helen Addison Howard has written the definitive biography of the great Nez Perce chief, a diplomat among warriors. In times of war and peace, Chief Joseph exhibited gifts of the first rank as a leader for peace and tribal liberty. Following his people's internment in Indian Territory in 1877, Chief Joseph secured their release in 1885 and led them back to their home country. Fiercely principled, he never abandoned his quest...
16) Washington
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Children's Press
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2009.
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Describes the geography, history, government, people, and tourist sights of Washington State.
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Createspace
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[2017]
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"American Indian democracy was destroyed by the colonization of America. How this was done and how it can be renewed is described with ideas that could help return true liberty to everyone."--Publisher's description
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Macmillan
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©1966
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It is the turn of the twentieth century, and Mary and Althea Hollister have arrived at Pine Creek Landing in the new state of Washington. The two sisters are taking up their claim to eighty acres of land and a rundown house willed to them by their father.
20) Washington
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Benchmark Books
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1999.
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English
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An introduction to the geography, history, government, economy, people, achievements, and landmarks of the Evergreen State.
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