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Nabby Adams' diary

1975
A fictional diary of the second President's daughter detailing the ten-year period of her life from 1774-1784.

Who's scared? not me!

1987
After fifteen-year-old Micki discovers that her dog is identical with one owned by John James Audubon's long-dead widow, her dull New York City summer is enlivened by the strange behavior of a bag lady only she can see and the appearance of a house that should no longer exist.

The wild one.

1974
A fictionalized biography stressing the turbulent boyhood of the man who "hating" medicine in his youth went on to become a renowned scientist winning the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1906.

A flag at the pole

three soliloquies
1976
A fictional account told in the first person by Ernest Shackleton, Robert Scott, and Roald Amundsen of the motives that drove them and the physical and psychological difficulties they encountered in their attempts to be "first at the South Pole.".

Amelia and Eleanor go for a ride

based on a true story
1999
A fictionalized account of the night Amelia Earhart flew Eleanor Roosevelt over Washington, D.C. in an airplane.

Johnny Logan

Shawnee spy : a novel
1983
Captured at the age of twelve by a U.S. General he comes to regard as father, Johnny Logan, a nephew of the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, eventually rejects the ways of his tribe and becomes an American spy during the War of 1812.

Ben-Hur

1953
A wealthy young Jew and his family experiencing changing fortunes under Roman tyranny are affected by the life and teachings of a Nazarene named Jesus Christ.

Many waters

Murray Family Series Book 4
1986
The fifteen-year-old Murry twins, Sandy and Dennys, are accidentally sent back to a strange Biblical time period, in which mythical beasts roam the desert and a man named Noah is building a boat in preparation for a great flood.

Woman Chief

1976
Fictional account based on contemporary writing of Woman Chief, chief of the Crow Indians who struggled for recognition as a hunter, warrior, and leader.

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