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The merchant of Dennis the Menace

1990
The cartoonist recounts his life and describes the making of Dennis and his other achievements.

Against all odds

a tale of two survivors
1990

Black like me

2004
The author, a white man, recounts his experiences when he darkened his skin and traveled through the South as an African-American man. Epilogue covers events in the field of civil rights since 1959.

Lay bare the heart

an autobiography of the civil rights movement
1985
A history of the civil rights movement as seen through the eyes of the founder of CORE, James Farmer.

The abracadabra kid

a writer's life
1996
The autobiography of the Newbery award-winning children's author who set out from childhood to be a magician.

James Farmer

1992
Examines the life and career of the African-American activist.

Always faithful

a memoir of the Marine dogs of WW II
2001
Bill Putney describes his World War II experiences as the Commanding Officer of the 3rd War Dog Platoon, and later the chief veterinarian of the War Dog Training School at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; focusing on the role of the dogs in the battle for Guam and other islands of the Pacific.

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