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Westward Expansion

Submitted by khenkes on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 09:28

As early American settlers started to outgrow their New England homeland, they began to look toward the western frontier. This new, seemingly unspoiled frontier held the promise of property, game, and sometimes even gold. It also, however, meant conflict. The local tribes of Native Americans fought to keep their place on a land they believed no one could own. Embark on this journey, and discover how the dream of westward expansion would change the United States forever.

Mary Walker wears the pants

the true story of the doctor, reformer, and Civil War hero
  • Harness, Cheryl
A biography of Mary Edwards Walker, who shocked people in the last half of the 1800s by wearing men's pants and becoming one of the first women physicians in the United States. During the Civil War, she tended to the wounded on both sides, was given an officer's post, was arrested as a spy, and spent several months in a prison in Atlanta, Georgia. After the war, Mary Walker became the first female recipient of the Medal of Honor.

Revolutionary John Adams

by Cheryl Harness
  • Harness, Cheryl
2003
A biography of John Adams with emphasis on his role in the American Revolution.

The amazing impossible Erie Canal

  • Harness, Cheryl
Describes the history and building of the Erie Canal in the early 1800s, and explains the effects of the canal on the developing nation.
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Ghosts of the Civil War

  • Harness, Cheryl
The ghost of Willie, President Abraham Lincoln's older son, transports Lindsey back to his own time, where she sees and hears many things from both sides of the Civil War. Includes passages from contemporary documents, a glossary, biographical sketches, and a bibliography.
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The remarkable, rough-riding life of Theodore Roosevelt

and the rise of Empire America
  • Harness, Cheryl
A biography of President Theodore Roosevelt which emphasizes his bold, adventurous personality.
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Thomas Jefferson

  • Harness, Cheryl
Examines the life and times of the multifaceted man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the third president of the United States.
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Remember the ladies

100 great American women
  • Harness, Cheryl
Presents cameos of one hundred notable American women, arranged chronologically from Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America in 1587, to Ruth Simmons, named president of Smith College in 1995, the first African-American woman to hold the post.
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Ghosts of the Nile

Submitted by khenkes on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 15:25

Zachary and his aunt travel through time to ancient Egypt where they have many adventures.

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