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2) Bluebird
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1946 Eva arrives in New York City, from the rubble of Berlin, supposedly looking for a new life, but actually seeking justice against the Nazis that "escaped" with the help of the CIA; one in particular, the doctor who knows who Eva really is, becauseher identity is the product Project Bluebird, an experiment of the concentration camps involving brainwashing and mind control, which both the Americans and the Soviets would like access to--and Eva...
3) 1940s
Author
Series
Publisher
Crestwood House
Pub. Date
c1989
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
History, trivia, and fun through photographs and articles present life in the United States between 1940 and 1949.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
241 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In post-war North Carolina, a member of a car-theft ring picks up an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible saleman and recognizes the young man as just the associate he needs--one who will believe he is working as an F.B.I. spy, one who will drive the cars he steals.
Author
Series
American chronicle (Gore Vidal) volume 7
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
470 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
7) The 1940s
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of one of the pivotal decades of the twentieth century, a period of transition and crisis for the nation and for its citizens.
Series
New Yorker decades volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 696 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this enthralling book, masterly contributions from the pantheon of great writers who graced The New Yorker's pages throughout the decade are placed in history by the magazine's current writers."--www.Amazon.com.
9) The 1950s
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
127 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the 1950s, including the effects of the Cold War, the civil rights movement, television, music, art, science, and technology.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
1120L
Physical Desc
306 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In twentieth century America, no threat loomed larger than the communist superpower of the Soviet Union. The Communist Party of the United States attempted to use deep economic and racial disparities in American culture to win over members and sympathizers. Marrin shows how the miscarriage of justice in the Scotsboro Boys case, the tragedy of the Rosenbergs, and the menace of the Joseph McCarthy and his war hearings lured many Americans to the ideals...
12) Red scare
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 200L
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be left alone, but then she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to overturn the tense political stalemate, and Peggy finds...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"May 1946. As the residents of Winthrop Island open their doors for the summer season, a glamorous new figure moves into the guest cottage at Summerly, the idyllic seaside estate of the wealthy Peabody family. To Emilia Winthrop, daughter of Summerly’s year-round caretaker and a descendant of the island’s settlers, Olive Rainsford opens a window into a world of shining possibility. While Emilia spent the war years caring for her incapacitated...
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