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1) Historical American documents

Pub. Date

c1998

2) Historical American Landmarks, From The Old North Church To The Santa Fe Trail

Author

Colby, C B

Pub. Date

C1968

3) Andrew Carnegie: steel king and friend to libraries

Author

Kent, Zachary

Series

Historical American biographies

Pub. Date

c1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3

4) Elizabeth Cady Stanton: leader of the fight for women's rights

Author

Salisbury, Cynthia

Series

Historical American biographies

Pub. Date

c2002

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IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3

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Traces the extraordinary life of this great reformer, from her wealthy childhood in New York State, through her years as a brilliant writer and lecturer for equal rights for women.

5) William Tecumseh Sherman: Union General

Author

Kent, Zachary

Series

Historical American biographies

Pub. Date

c2002

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IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3

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Examines the life and career of the Union Civil War General, most remembered for his march through Atlanta that helped the North achieve victory..

6) The Wright brothers: inventors of the airplane

Author

Old, Wendie C

Series

Historical American biographies

Pub. Date

[2000]

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IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4

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Traces the path of the Wright brothers as they pursued their dream of changing the world of transportation.

7) Harry Houdini: escape artist and master magician

Author

Kent, Zachary

Series

Historical American biographies

Pub. Date

c2002

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IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3

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Examines the life and career of Harry Houdini, whose dramatic style, skill at staying in the news, and determination to continually invent new escapes made him one of the most famous magicians of all time.

8) Sojourner Truth: abolitionist and women's rights activist

Author

Bernard, Catherine

Series

Historical American biographies

Pub. Date

[2001]

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IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3

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-- 100+ page biographies of famous Americans.-- Great for reports and curriculum tie-ins.

9) Thomas Nast: political cartoonist

Author

Pflueger, Lynda

Series

Historical American biographies

Pub. Date

c2000

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IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3

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Traces the life of the German immigrant whose artistic talent helped him become a popular and influential political cartoonist. This book traces the life of the German immigrant whose artistic talent helped him become a popular and influential political cartoonist.

10) Dorothea Dix: crusader for the mentally ill

Author

Herstek, Amy Paulson

Series

Historical American biographies

Pub. Date

c2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 3

11) Carry A. Nation: saloon smasher and prohibitionist

Author

Harvey, Bonnie C

Series

Historical American biographies

Pub. Date

[2002]

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IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4

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Examines the life of Carry Nation, whose destruction of saloons and other businesses that sold liquor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century won her both praise and criticism from fellow prohibitionists and temperance workers.

12) Henry Ford: building cars for everyone

Author

McCarthy, Pat

Series

Historical American biographies

Pub. Date

[2002]

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A biography of the American inventor and industrialist who is best known for making the automobile practical, through both his revolutionary assembly lines and his desire to make a car every working man could afford.

13) Stonewall Jackson: Confederate General

Author

Pflueger, Lynda

Pub. Date

1997

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IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3

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A biography of the Confederte general who gained the nickname Stonewall for his stand at the first battle of Bull Run during the Civil War.

14) Clara Barton: Civil War nurse

Author

Whitelaw, Nancy

Pub. Date

1997

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Traces the life of the Civil War nurse who cared for wounded soldiers and earned the title, "Angel of the Battlefield."

15) Benjamin Franklin: founding father and inventor

Author

Foster, Leila M

Pub. Date

1997

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IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 3

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Discusses the life of the multi-talented American who was scientist and an inventor, an writer and a printer, as well as playing an influential role in the early history of the United States.

16) Phantom soldiers and other Gettysburg hauntings

Author

Peterson, Megan Cooley

Series

Haunted history

Pub. Date

2020.

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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

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"Phantom cries from wounded soldiers echo through the air. Strange orbs of light appear in photographs. These stories and more are found at Gettysburg Battlefield, the site of a historical American Civil War battle. Readers will follow along in spooky delight as they discover the ghosts of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania"--

17) Susan B. Anthony: voice for women's voting rights

Author

Kendall, Martha E

Pub. Date

[1997]

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Describes the life of the early women's rights activist who fought for women's right to vote.

18) Billy the Kid: outlaw of the Wild West

Author

Bruns, Roger

Pub. Date

[2000]

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IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3

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Examines the life and illegal exploits of Billy the Kid, an infamous bandit of the Old West.

19) Lewis and Clark: explorers of the Northwest

Author

Streissguth, Thomas

Pub. Date

[1998]

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Traces the lives, careers, and achievements of the two men who, under instructions from President Jefferson, explored the American Northwest and the lands of the Louisiana Purchase.

20) Alexander Graham Bell: inventor and teacher

Author

Schuman, Michael

Pub. Date

[1999]

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A biography of the man known for his interest in teaching the deaf and for his invention of the telephone.

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1) Historical American documents

2) Historical American Landmarks, From The Old North Church To The Santa Fe Trail

3) Andrew Carnegie: steel king and friend to libraries

4) Elizabeth Cady Stanton: leader of the fight for women's rights

5) William Tecumseh Sherman: Union General

6) The Wright brothers: inventors of the airplane

7) Harry Houdini: escape artist and master magician

8) Sojourner Truth: abolitionist and women's rights activist

9) Thomas Nast: political cartoonist

10) Dorothea Dix: crusader for the mentally ill

11) Carry A. Nation: saloon smasher and prohibitionist

12) Henry Ford: building cars for everyone

13) Stonewall Jackson: Confederate General

14) Clara Barton: Civil War nurse

15) Benjamin Franklin: founding father and inventor

16) Phantom soldiers and other Gettysburg hauntings

17) Susan B. Anthony: voice for women's voting rights

18) Billy the Kid: outlaw of the Wild West

19) Lewis and Clark: explorers of the Northwest

20) Alexander Graham Bell: inventor and teacher