Jeffrey, Gary

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The Dark Ages and the Vikings

Presents in graphic novel format the arrival of the Vikings in early Britain to the Norman invasion.

Crusades

Presents in graphic novel format three battles of the crusades.

Defying death in the jungle

Discusses how to survive in the jungle, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including two in the jungles of Bolivia and the case of crashed Navy pilot Dieter Dengler in the rainforest of Laos in 1966.

Defying death at sea

Discusses how to survive at sea, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories in the South Atlantic and South Pacific oceans.

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

In graphic novel format, relates the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Hercules fights the Nemean lion

In graphic novel format, retells two of the ten labors of Hercules--defeating the powerful Nemean Lion and beheading the Lernean Hydra, which grew back two heads for every one he cut off.

Malcolm X and the fight for African American unity

In graphic novel format, relates the story of Malcolm X and his efforts to foster pride and unity among African Americans.

The explorations of Lewis and Clark

Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Merriwether Lewis and William Clark's explorations through the Louisianna Territory to the Pacific Ocean in the early 1800's at the request of President Thomas Jefferson.

Thurgood Marshall

the Supreme Court rules on "separate but equal"
In graphic novel format, relates the story of Thurgood Marshall and his efforts as an attorney and as a Supreme Court Justice to bring an end to the segregationist policy of "separate but equal.".

Martin Luther King Jr. and the March on Washington

In graphic novel format, relates the events of August 28, 1963, when protesters gathered in Washington D.C. to draw attention to discrimination against African-Americans and to hear Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his now famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

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