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1) Geronimo
Author
Series
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1988]
Physical Desc
30 pages ; illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
2) Paul Revere
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education, Inc
Pub. Date
1988.
Physical Desc
30 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the European immigrants who came to North America as explorers and settlers, their interactions with native people, and the wars that ultimately led to their independence.
11) Pony Express
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of the Pony Express from when it began to carry mail across the American West in 1860 until replaced by the telegraph.
12) The Titanic
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
A history of the Titanic and a recounting of one of the worst maritime disasters in history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This particular title in the series discusses women's roles in the American Revolution in a thematic way. For example, there are women who served the cause by remaining homesuch as Sarah Franklin Bache who founded an association to support the troops, and women who went to warsuch as camp follower Sarah Osborn who became known as Molly Pitcher. Daring women who disguised themselves as men in order to fight, and women who served as spies for both sides...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This particular title features both white and African-American women who took part in the Civil War on both sides, often in surprising ways. Famous women like Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin; Sojourner Truth, abolitionist; Harriet Tubman, celebrated for leading many slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad; and Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, are discussed in detail. There is also a chapter about female...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1765, Great Britain ruled the American colonies. In the heat, angry American colonists stormed the streets. They had no representation in the British Parliament, yet they were being taxed by a new law-the Stamp Act. In Britain, people paid taxes on printed papers, and British lawmakers thought colonists should do the same. Eventually, the Stamp Act was repealed, but important questions had been raised. By demanding representation,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. ill. (some col.), col. map 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to carpetbaggers including who they were, their efforts in the South, and the corruption and failure of reconstruction.
20) The Dust Bowl
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. ill. (some col.), col. map 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the causes of the Dust Bowl and the plight of farmers and their families during and after the storms.
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