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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 41 097481109033 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took in Pennsylvania, relating the epidemic to the major social and political events of the day and to 18th-century medical beliefs and practices.
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By Murphy, Jim2003., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: 973.4 MUR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 Mur Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc., by arrangement with Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 MURPHY Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Publisher Description Summary Note: Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
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c2003., Clarion Books Call No: HI-INT 614.5 MUR Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: It's 1793, and there's an invisible killer roaming the streets of Philidelphia, yellow fever. The conditiions that helped the disease spread, and the heroic role that three black Philidelphians played in saving their city are vividly detailed.
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2014., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: HI-INT 974.88 WAL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Presents a history of the Mason-Dixon line, including how it came to be, and the symbolism it holds in America. Includes black-and-white illustrations.
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2014., Candlewick Press Call No: 974.8 802 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces the history of the Mason-Dixon Line as reflected by family feuds, exploration, scientific advancement and the cultural conflicts between America's northern and southern states.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Fic ANDERSON Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC ANDERSON Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Historical fiction FIC ANDERSON Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Contributor biographical information Summary Note: Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.
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c2010., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: HISTORICAL F AND Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Seeds of America Volume: 2Summary Note: Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Seeds of America Volume: bk 2Summary Note: Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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2019., Aladdin Call No: B JUDGE Edition: Young readers edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Explores the life of Ona Judge, one of George and Martha Washington's slaves, who escaped after the Washingtons moved to Philadelphia--the nation's capital at the time--and she began interacting with the city's free black population. Discusses the lengths the Washingtons went to in order to recapture Ona afterwards.
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c2004., Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: 973.3 341 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an illustrated account of the beginnings of the Revolutionary War, and tells the story of how George Washington transformed his army of ordinary citizens into an unbeatable fighting force over the course of a difficult winter at Valley Forge.
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1993., Fort Church Publishers, Inc Call No: 973.334 PAT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Reinacted photographs of the winter 1777 encampment at Valley Forge.
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2004., Pre-adolescent, Compass Point Books Call No: 973.334 BUR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: We the peopleSummary Note: Recounts the events at Valley Forge at the end of 1777, discussing how they led to a key turning point in the Revolutionary War.
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-- Valley Forgec2006., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 973.3 341 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Graphic library.Summary Note: Presents a short history of the Continental Army's desperate winter at Valley Forge in 1777 written in graphic novel format, and focuses on the events leading up to that fateful encampment and Washington's struggle to keep his army together.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: FIC PAULSEN Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes.