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c2010., Juvenile, National Geographic Call No: HI-INT B FOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Uses black-and-white photographs to chronicle the life and accomplishments of Henry Ford and outlines his contributions to the automobile industry.
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c2010., National Geographic Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A photographic history of inventor of the automobile, Henry Ford, providing quotations from his writings, speeches, and interviews to illustrate how he revolutionized American life.
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c2010., Juvenile, National Geographic Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Henry Ford had seen horse-drawn steam engines, but when, in 1876, at the age of twelve, he saw one with "a chain that made a connection between the engine and the rear wheels of the wagon-like frame," he became obsessed with "making a machine that would travel the roads" under its own power. Henry Ford would not invent the automobile, but more than any other single individual, he would make it affordable for people from all walks of life.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, National Geographic Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A photographic history of inventor of the automobile, Henry Ford, providing quotations from his writings, speeches, and interviews to illustrate how he revolutionized American life.
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c2010., Juvenile, National Geographic Call No: B Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Henry Ford, the industrial visionary who changed the automobile from rich man's toy into affordable necessity.
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2014., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: CRIME & PUNISHMENT NF MIT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Look at how the disappearance and murders of civil rights workers Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney would help bring about civil rights and social justice.
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2014., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: 323.1 MIT Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African Americans for the vote.
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2014., Scholastic Press Call No: HI-INT 323.11 MIT Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the 1964 murders of three young men by the Ku Klux Klan for helping black Americans vote in Mississippi, the FBI's investigation, and its aftermath. Includes black-and-white photographs and quotes.
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2014., Scholastic Press Call No: 976.2 063 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African Americans for the vote in Mississippi.
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2014., Scholastic Press Call No: 323.11 Mit Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the 1964 murders of three young men by the Ku Klux Klan for helping black Americans vote in Mississippi, the FBI's investigation, and its aftermath. Includes black-and-white photographs and quotes.
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[2014]., Adolescent, Scholastic Inc. Call No: U S HISTORY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Looks at how the disappearance and murders of civil rights workers Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney would help bring about civil rights and social justice.
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2019., Adolescent, Scholastic Focus Call No: WAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted across the continent, instead of returning home, she headed to France. In a country divided between freedom and fascism, Virginia was determined to do her part for the Allies. An ordinary woman from Baltimore, Maryland, she dove into the action, first joining a French ambulance unit and later becoming an undercover agent for both the British Special Operations Executive and the US Office of Strategic Services. Working as a spy in the intelligence network, she made her way to Vichy, coordinating Resistance movements, assisting in the sabotage of Nazis, and rescuing downed Allied soldiers. She passed in plain sight of the enemy, and soon found herself being hunted by the Gestapo. But Virginia cleverly evaded discovery and death, often through bold feats and daring escapes. Her covert operations, efforts with the Resistance, and risky work as a wireless telegraph operator greatly contributed to the Allies' eventual win"--
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-- Lift off2006., Pre-adolescent, National Geographic Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of astronaut and legislator John Glenn, Jr. featuring numerous photographs. Includes quotes and reflections on his historic space missions as well as his career in politics.
