American heroes
Record details
- ISBN: 0792259580
- ISBN: 9780792259589
- ISBN: 9780792272151
- ISBN: 0792272153
- ISBN: 9780792272083
- ISBN: 0792272080
- ISBN: 0792272080
- ISBN: 0792272153
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Physical Description:
191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
print - Publisher: Washington, DC : National Geographic, ©2005.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | What Is an American Hero? An Introduction / Robert D. Johnston -- A New World from Many Old Worlds Beginnings, 1763: Pocahontas -- William Penn -- Anne Hutchinson -- Revolutionary Age, 1763-1789: Benjamin Franklin -- Thomas Paine -- George Washington -- Abigail Adams -- New Republic, 1789-1848: George Mason -- Lewis and Clark -- Sacagawea -- Tecumseh -- John Chapman -- New Birth of Freedom: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848-1877: Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Abraham Lincoln -- Clara Barton -- Mary Edwards Walker -- Frederick Douglass -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony -- Industry and Empire, 1876-1900: Sitting Bull -- Chief Joseph -- Andrew Carnegie -- Queen Lili'uokalani -- Alexander Graham Bell -- George Washington Carver -- Progressivism and the New Deal, 1900-1941: Wright Brothers -- Theodore Roosevelt -- Jane Addams -- Matthew Henson -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Helen Keller -- Alice Paul -- Charles Lindbergh -- Amelia Earhart -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- War, Prosperity, and Social Change, 1941-Present: Albert Einstein -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Margaret Mead -- Rachel Carson -- Thurgood Marshal -- Rosa Parks -- Jonas Salk -- Jackie Robinson -- John Glenn -- Malcolm X -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Roberto Clemente -- Cesar Chavez -- Daniel K. Inouye -- Heroes of Today: Inspiring Individuals. |
Summary, etc.: | "Fifty profiles of great Americans who set out, spoke up, stood tall, fought hard, or truly dared to dream"--Cover. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.4 6.0 106111. Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 8.4 6.0. |
Awards Note: | Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006. |
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Subject: | Heroes United States Biography Juvenile literature United States Biography Juvenile literature Heroes United States Biography United States Biography |
Genre: | Biographies. Literature. |
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Milford Public Library | 920.073 D (Text) | 34013077252321 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | j920 DELANO (Text) | 34000075070615 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
Silas Bronson Library - Bunker Hill Branch | j 920 delam c2 (Text) | 34005113518152 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Somers Public Library | J920 DEL (Text) | 34042103469237 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
Southbury Public Library | J 920.07 DEL (Text) | 34019102799574 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
Thompson Middle School | 920.073 B (Text) | 34065096673465 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0517/2005020093.html
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