Search Results: Returned 7 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 7
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2007., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: GR 385.09 OLSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Uses a comic strip format to describe the building of the transcontinental railroad in the mid-1860s and focuses on chief engineers, President Buchanan, the laborers, and the Civil War. Includes information on the towns which grew up around the railroad, and the completion of laying track in 1869. Also discusses the Chinese laborers who were paid lower salaries, the snowfalls which delayed completion, and President Lincoln's untimely assassination.
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2022., Pre-adolescent, First Second Call No: GN 385 HIR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History comics (First Second (Firm))Summary Note: "In 1863, America is divided not just by the civil war but by months of travel over thousands of miles. Two railroad companies, one each from East and West, are given the task of connecting the nation by rail. Building this railroad will be a monumental undertaking, difficult and dangerous. The work falls to immigrant laborers from the lowest economic classes. They accomplish astounding feats of engineering while waiting for an answer: Will those who connect the country be accepted into it?"--Provided by the publisher.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates, in graphic novel format, the story of Araminta Ross, who was born a slave in Delaware but eventually escaped north to freedom. Changing her name to Harriet Tubman, she became an "abductor" on the Underground Railroad, risking her life to help other slaves reach freedom.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: GN Tub Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates, in graphic novel format, the story of Araminta Ross, who was born a slave in Delaware but eventually escaped north to freedom. Changing her name to Harriet Tubman, she became an "abductor" on the Underground Railroad, risking her life to help other slaves reach freedom.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Nathan Hale's hazardous talesSummary Note: Relates, in graphic novel format, the story of Araminta Ross, who was born a slave in Delaware but eventually escaped north to freedom. Changing her name to Harriet Tubman, she became an "abductor" on the Underground Railroad, risking her life to help other slaves reach freedom.
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c2008., Juvenile, McGraw-Hill/Glencoe Call No: GR 326 COLLINS Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: A graphic novel which depicts the Underground Railroad and uses stories to present background material on runaway slaves along with biographical sketches. Also includes activities to promote critical thinking and vocabulary practice.
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c2008., Juvenile, Magic Wagon Call No: GR 326 DUNN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Graphic history (Edina, Minn.)Summary Note: Presents the history of the underground railroad in graphic novel format. Describes how the network formed to help slaves escape to freedom until slavery was abolished.