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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In twentieth century America, no power–and no threat–loomed larger than the communist superpower of the Soviet Union. America saw in the dreams of the Soviet Union the overthrow of the US government, and the end of democracy and freedom. Meanwhile, the Communist Party of the United States attempted to use deep economic and racial disparities in American culture to win over members and sympathizers. From the miscarriage of justice in the Scotsboro...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the influential intellectual behind such books as "The Age of Reason" discusses his limited formal education, fervent support of American independence, and life-risking advocacy of history-shaping ideas.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in American history--how they began and . . . stories of both rescue...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of abolitionist John Brown and the raid he led on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859, exploring his religious fanaticism and belief in "righteous violence,"--and committment to domestic terrorism.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
A biography of a man who was a gentleman and a natural-born leader of the colonies and who played a very important part in the development of our country as we know it today.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Provides a detailed account of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers in 1911, and examines the impact of this event on the nation's working conditions and labor laws.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than warfare itself. Of all diseases, the 1918 flu was by far...