Search Results: Returned 20 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 20
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c2000., Free Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An autobiography written by a Union mapmaker who witnessed the worst of the Civil War firsthand, including an account of his experiences during a two-year stay at the notorious Andersonville prison.
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2016., Hachette Books Call No: WAR Edition: 1st ed.: October 20 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of World War II pioneering naval aviator, Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn, and his mission to rescue his family from a Japanese internment camp in the Philippines, where they were taken while he carried out a top-secret mission to Australia. Includes discussion of the effect his aeronautical innovations had on modern air warfare.
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c2010., Abdo Pub. Call No: B MCCAIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Military heroesSummary Note: Examines the life and military career of John McCain, discussing his military family, his education, his years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, and his work as a politician.
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c2008., Juvenile, Millbrook Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On my own historySummary Note: Tells the story of James Forten, a free African-American boy from Philadelphia who was taken prisoner aboard a British warship and later on a British prison ship until the end of the war.
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2017., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: 917.70409 WAL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the sinking of the Sultana, a steamboat that was overloaded with thousands of Union soldiers released from Confederate prisoner-of-war camps and sunk in the Mississippi when its boilers exploded, exploring the question of who was responsible for this disaster.
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-- Louis ZamperiniBy Doeden, Matt[2018], Juvenile, Lerner Publications Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: During World War II, Louis Zamperini survived a plane crash, 46 days stranded on a life raft at sea, and two years in a prisoner-of-war camp. Discover how his strong will and positive attitude helped him survive against all odds.
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-- Louis ZamperiniBy Doeden, Mattc2019., Pre-adolescent, Lerner Publications Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Alternator books.Summary Note: Readers discover how Louis Zamperini's strong will and positive attitude helped him survive against all odds.
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2016., Scribner Call No: B 920 Rus Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Explores the history of Crystal City, the only family internment camp set up by the U.S. government during World War II, which served as a prisoner exchange junction--German, Japanese, Italian immigrants and their American-born child citizens deemed less important than American POWs in Japan or Germany were traded, in the hopes that they could return once the war was over.
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Ã2010., Random House Trade Paperbacks Call No: WAR Edition: 2014 Random House t Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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c2010., Random House Call No: WWII NF HIL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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c2010., Random House Call No: HI-INT B ZAM Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the efforts of Louis Zamperini to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after his bomber crashed in May 1943. Discusses how Zamperini managed to endure his ordeal and fought through feelings of desperation along the way.
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c2010., Random House Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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c2010., Random House Call No: B Zamperini Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the efforts of Louis Zamperini to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after his bomber crashed in May 1943. Discusses how Zamperini managed to endure his ordeal and fought through feelings of desperation along the way.
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c2010., Random House Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
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-- World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemptionc2010., Random House Call No: B Edition: 1st edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
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[2014]., Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: WWII NF HIL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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[2014]., Juvenile, Delacorte Press Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)
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2014., Juvenile, Delacorte Press Call No: 940.54 HILLENBRAND Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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2014., Juvenile, Delacorte Press Call No: 940.54 HILLENBRAND Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.