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Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents facts about the lack of sanitation, personal hygiene, dental care, antibiotics, and insecticides in eighteenth-century America and the unfortunate results such a lack had on everday living conditions.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Read here the storied history of the United States. The stories in this book are part of what Abraham Lincoln called the 'mystic chords of memory.' They are the symbols that define the essence of the United States, that mark its historic course, and connect its people."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Flash Point/Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Presents a one-on-one matchup of U.S. presidents and Super Bowl games, providing accounts of each of the forty-four football contests, alongside information about the lives and achievements of the forty-four chief executives, from Washington to Obama.
10) Presidents!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Truth Sleuth guides readers through a series of truths (and lies) about American presidents."--Provided by publisher.
11) Famous first facts: A record of first happenings, discoveries and inventions in American history
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents more than 9,000 firsts in American history alphabetically by topic.
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"Restoring three-dimensionality to more than fifty of these American sayings, Tippecanoe and Tyler Too turns cliches back into history by telling the life stories of the words that have served as our most powerful battle cries, rallying points, laments, and inspirations." "In individual entries on slogans and catchphrases from the early seventeenth to the late twentieth century, Jan R. Van Meter reveals that each one is a living, malleable entity...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the most widely consulted works in any reference collection, this volume is an authoritative and unique compilation of statistics and other data concerning the American presidency and those who have held the office, from George Washington to George Bush. Compiled for the general reader and the researcher alike, the book contains thousands of pieces of information about Presidents, their lives, their backgrounds, their families, their Vice Presidents,...
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains the truth behind widely-believed stories about the origins of the American flag, the Liberty Bell, the bald eagle, Uncle Sam, the White House, and other historic sites and symbols of the United States.