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Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century

Presents cross-referenced, alphabetized entries on the people, politics, economics, war, and technology of the U.S. in the nineteenth century; also includes illustrations and maps, and each entry contains a bibliography. This volume covers "Grand Tour" through "Presidency.".
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Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century

Presents cross-referenced, alphabetized entries on the people, politics, economics, war, and technology of the U.S. in the nineteenth century; also includes illustrations and maps, and each entry contains a bibliography. This volume covers "Printing Technology" through "Zoos.".
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Great expectations

An unknown person has provided money for the education of Pip, a poor English boy, in nineteenth-century England.
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Crossing Bok Chitto

a Choctaw tale of friendship & freedom
In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom.
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The jungle book

Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle.
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Peacemaker kurogane

Vice-Commander Hijikata loses his collection of haiku, Vice-Commander Yamanami distances himself from the rest of the Shinsengumi, and Suzu plans his next treacherous move.
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Break your chains

"Choose your own destiny and step into the shoes of an Irish girl making her way from London to Australia in 1825 in this exciting interactive series. To find freedom, you must leave behind everything you've ever known. It is 1825. You and Ma have survived on the streets of London ever since the soldiers took Da away and you fled Ireland. Now, with Ma gone too, you find yourself facing life-and-death choices at every turn. Can you carry a secret treasure across the ocean and finally be reunited with Da? You'll be asked to betray your friends, survive storms at sea and attacks by bushrangers, and trust thieves. At every turn, the choice is yours. How far will you go for freedom?"--OCLC.
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You wouldn't want to be a 19th-century coal miner in England

a dangerous job you'd rather not have
Colorful illustrations describe what life would be like as a coal miner in nineteenth-century England.
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The greater journey

Americans in Paris
Tells the stories of American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others who spent time in Paris between 1830 and 1900, pursuing knowledge that would help them excel in their careers, including Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in America, author James Fenimore Cooper, pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk, medical student Oliver Wendell Holmes, and many others.
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The education of Bet

Denied an education because of both her gender and background, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth cuts her hair and alters suits belonging to Will, her wealthy patron's grandnephew, to take his place at school while Will pursues a military career in nineteenth-century England.
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