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"At age fifty-eight, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. This chronicle of their trip meanders from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Still evocative and awe-inspiring after fifty years, Travels with Charley in Search of America provides an intimate look at one of America's most beloved writers in the later years of his life--a self-portrait of a man who never wrote an explicit autobiography....
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English
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In one of his first books, "The Mountains of California", John Muir, famed naturalist, environmentalist, and author, recounts his travels through the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Yosemite Valley. First published in 1894, "The Mountains of California" is a captivating and vivid portrait of the raw beauty of this spectacular place. He takes the readers on a tour of the wonders that abound, writing "Go where you may within the bounds of California, mountains...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.
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Cat Abroad series volume 2
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c1993
Edition
1st ed.
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243 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
Author
Series
Cat Abroad series volume 1
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1991]
Edition
First edition.
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194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Author writes of his life and special relationship with his cat Norton as they travel the world.
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Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2010
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xviii, 461 p., [22] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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"During his 18-year tenure as NFL President, Carr created the organization's first Constitution & By-Laws; implemented the standard player's contract; wrote the NFL's first-ever Record and Fact Book; helped split the NFL into two divisions and establish the NFL's World Championship Game; started keeping league statistics; and developed the NFL Draft."--From publisher description
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