Denise Kiernan
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
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In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it...
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of the Gilded Age mansion Biltmore, tracing George Vanderbilt's construction of his European-style estate and the efforts of his bride, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, to become its protector in the face of changing fortunes and times.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating story of America's national day of thanks and of the tenacious and inspiring Sarah Josepha Hale, a nineteenth-century woman who made establishing this holiday her life's mission-one brought to fruition by the wise support of Abraham Lincoln"--
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: All across the world, among hundreds of cultures and across centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But Americans didn’t have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war. This beautifully illustrated picture book shares the true story of how Thanksgiving...
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Young readers edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"This young readers adaptation of the New York Times bestselling We Gather Together shares the true story of how Thanksgving became a national holiday and the way gratitude is looked at in America"--
Author
Publisher
Quirk Book
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
255 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the lives of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, describing who they were, their professions, and how their lives changed in the years that followed.