Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson's Flight from Slavery, Paperback - Winifred Conkling

Reducere. NOW IN PAPERBACK The page-turning, heart-wrenching true story of one young woman willing to risk her safety and even her life for a chance at freed...

NOW IN PAPERBACK The page-turning, heart-wrenching true story of one young woman willing to risk her safety and even her life for a chance at freed...

The tragic true story of a mid-air collision in October 1958 that killed thirty-one peoplePublisher: The Conrad PressAuthor(s): Rory O'GradyIllustr...

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Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Winifred ConklingIllustration(s): 1c photosNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 229 x...

Reducere. ``A thorough and engaging study of two female scientists worth their weight in radium.`` --Booklist, starred review In 1934, Irene Curie and her hu...

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Reducere. The remarkable true story of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's heroic crash landing in the Hudson River, as told by the passengers who owe him their l...

It was the most brutal murder in the history of Coffey County, Kansas. On May 30, 1925, Florence Knoblock, a farmer's wife and the mother of a youn...

Reducere. The true story of Ellie, a formerly abandoned puppy, and her new owner as they hike the 2, 000-mile Appalachian Trail and ford rivers, scale rugged...

"You have taken our civil rights--we want our human rights." On April 14, 1971, a handful of prisoners attacked the guards at Kingston Penitentiary...

Reducere. Moon Man is Bart Sibrel's revealing memoir recalling his harrowing journey investigating what really happened during America's famous "Apollo" miss...

Reducere. Fatal Flight brings vividly to life the year of operation of R.101, the last great British airship--a luxury liner three and a half times the lengt...

Reducere. In 1994, a wildfire on Colorado's Storm King Mountain was wrongly identified at the outset as occurring in South Canyon. This unintentional, seemin...

Reducere. Magdelaine Marcotte La Framboise was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1984. Two centuries after her birth, she was recognized for...

Reducere. In a 1950's Missouri town lived Betty Jackson, a normal American young woman. Except for one fact... She and her family were black. A normal day co...

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This beautiful picture book follows the journey of a young gray wolf who garnered nationwide attention when he became the first wild wolf in Califo...

Born in a Virginia slave hut, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) rose to become the most influential spokesman for African Americans of his day. In t...

Reducere. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In Up from Slavery, Washington recounts the story of his life--f...

Reducere. From a child slave put to hard labor to a college president and advisor to presidents, Booker T. Washington's autobiography powerfully describes hi...

Reducere. Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington (1856-1915). Born in a Virginia slave hut, Washington rose from...

Reducere. The December 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the subsequent detention and internment of America citizens of Japanese ancest...

DescriptionIn 1914, a Philadelphia department store tycoon and well-known philanthropist selected three Indian boys from boarding schools across th...

Reducere. A Cold War disaster that took ninety-nine lives, and was denied for forty years. What really happened to the USS Scorpion? May 1968: An American su...

Reducere. This is the true story of John Young Nelson, an early American frontiersman, military scout, interpreter, guide, police chief, and saloon owner. Bo...

Publisher: Smithsonian BooksAuthor(s): Samme (Samme Chittum) ChittumNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 229 x 186 x 18Cover type:...

Reducere. The remarkable life story of Mitka Kalinski, who survived seven years of enslavement--while still a child--to a Nazi officer during and after World...

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Reducere. DescriptionUleyli is a princess-but she isn't happy with all that comes with it. She'd rather daydream and create art than learn how to rule her pe...