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81) Simón Bolívar
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Publishers
Pub. Date
1991, c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
A biography of "El Libertador," whose victories over the Spaniards won independence for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Author
Publisher
Raintree Publishers
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Examines the life of the seventeenth-century Mexican poet who won a place at the court of the Viceroy of New Spain before deciding to renounce all worldly possessions and become a nun.
85) Vilma Martn̕ez
Author
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the lawyer who has won many landmark civil rights cases.
86) Fiesta U.S.A
Author
Publisher
Lodestar Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Captures the spirit of four fiestas, Day of the Dead, Las Posadas, journey of Mary and Joseph and the dances of the Matachines
89) Luis Muǫz Marn̕
Author
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of a Puerto Rican leader who tried to improve living conditions on his island, and served as governor from 1949-1965.
90) Hernando De Soto
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to reach the Mississippi River, explored in what is now Florida, and took part in the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
94) Junp̕ero Serra
Author
Publisher
Raintree Publishers
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Franciscan priest-explorer who was instrumental in the development of missions in California in the eighteenth century.
96) Vaqueros
Author
Publisher
Pelican Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A history of the cowboy in America from the time the Spanish brought cattle to the New World in the 1500s through the Civil War.
97) Jose Marti
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Cuban patriot, author, and journalist, who dedicated his life to Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain.
Author
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Spanish governor who raised a seven-thousand soldier army to drive the British out of the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf of Mexico during the Revolutionary War in America.