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2003., A&E Home Video Call No: Global Studies Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explore the origins of the Huns, Goths, Vikings, and Mongols. Shot on location featuring interviews, reenactments and narrated by Clancy Brown, this brings to life the powerful leaders, and drive that kept empires in terror for centuries.
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By Smith, Clint2021., Adolescent, LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY Call No: HI-INT 306.3 SMI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest about the past and those that are not--that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves. It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of Angola, a former plantation-turned-maximum-security prison in Louisiana that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for virtually no pay. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery, the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our country's most essential stories are hidden in plain view--whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women, and children has been deeply imprinted. Informed by scholarship and brought to life by the story of people living today, Smith's debut work of nonfiction is a landmark of reflection and insight that offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country and how it has come to be"--From the publisher's web site.
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2003., Viking Call No: 910.973 PHI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: One of the largest voyages of discovery the Western world had ever seen; the goal was to cover the Pacific Ocean and plant the American flag around the world.
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2004., Penguin Books Call No: Adventure 910.73 Phi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Uncovers the multitude of scientific accomplishments achieved by the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 and explains how the personal flaws of its captain, Charles Wilkes, almost cost the expedition its place in history.