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English
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Cobbs's (Broken Promises) second novel is a fictionalized biography that will appeal to both biography fans and general fiction readers. Cobbs's tale of Alexander Hamilton's life concentrates mostly on his wooing of future wife Elizabeth Schuyler. But it's when he is contemplating the future of a newly independent nation and questioning the morality of mankind that the story feels most alive. Beginning in 1768 and ending in 1854, the novel alternates...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was 120,000. Lafayette's arrival in 1824 coincided with one of...
Author
Series
A history of US volume 3
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
The story of a nation-making transformation, as compliant American colonists decide to declare their independence from the English.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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From George Washington crossing the icy Delaware, to Molly Pitcher fearlessly firing her cannon, the people of the American Revolution were some of the bravest and most inspiring of all time. Jump into a riot in the streets of Boston, join the Culper Spy Ring as they steal secrets in the dead of night, and watch the signing of the Declaration of Independence in this accessible guide to the birth of the United States.
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Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Bringing the story of the American Revolution to life, readers will learn about events leading up to the revolution, such as the French and Indian War, the passage of the Stamp Act, and the Boston Tea Party.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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"Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom,...
9) Liberty Bell
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
370L
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through simple text and historic and modern images and photographs, this title explains why the Liberty Bell is an important symbol of freedom to the United States of America.
10) Ashes
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
298 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xiii, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the darkest days of the American Revolution, Francis Marion and his band of militia freedom fighters kept hope alive for the patriot cause during the critical British "southern campaign." Employing insurgent guerrilla tactics that became commonplace in later centuries, Marion and his brigade inflicted enemy losses that were individually small but cumulatively a large drain on British resources and morale. Although many will remember the stirring...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 681 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the ideal framework for a democratic, prosperous nation. Alan Taylor, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, gives us a different creation story in this magisterial history of the nation's founding. Rising out of the continental rivalries of European empires and their native allies, Taylor's Revolution builds like a ground fire overspreading...
Author
Series
Publisher
Loqueleo, Santillana USA Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Una biografía del patriota de la revolución que tuvo varios oficios, entre ellos la orfebrería, la producción de cobre, fundición de campanas, el grabado, y la odontología.
A biography of the patriot of the Revolution who had many trades, among them silver work, manufacture of copper, casting of bells, engraving, and dentistry.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A stirring picture book biography about a forgotten hero of the American Revolution who rose to the occasion and served his country, not with muskets or canons, but with gingerbread!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Loqueleo, Santilla USA Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Nacido el octavo de diecisiete niños en Filadelfia, Betsy Ross vivió en una época en que las colonias americanas anhelaban la independencia del gobierno británico. Ross trabajaba como costurera y estaba ansiosa por contribuir a la causa, haciendo tiendas de campaña y reparando uniformes cuando las colonias declararon la guerra. En 1779 estaba llenando cartuchos para el Ejército Continental. ¿Cosió la primera bandera? Eso es para el debate,...
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