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Author
Publisher
Jerome Historical Society
Language
English
Description
This is the most comprehensive book about Jerome Arizona's history during the mining era. It chronicles the town's life from its beginnings as a copper camp in the late 1800s through its mining heyday before the Great Depression. Herbert Young was secretary to the general manager of Jerome's United Verde Copper Company and his writings draw upon 43 years of experience in the development and decline of Jerome's mining operations.
7) A Quilt of words: women's diaries, letters & original accounts of life in the Southwest, 1860-1960
Publisher
Johnson Books
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This series chronicles the history of New York City from its beginnings in 1609 as a Dutch trading post, through the depression, onto the turbulent years of change in the following decades after WWII, to its present day status as one of the most important and influential cities in the world. The final episode was created in response to the destruction of the World Trade Center.
Author
Language
English
Description
After two decades spent living in England, popular humorist Bill Bryson returned to the United States, his English wife and four children in tow. Much has changed here in the ol' U.S. of A. since Bryson left, and in I'm A Stranger Here Myself, he recounts, in hilarious fashion, his struggles to successfully repatriate himself. In this excerpt, Bryson compares and contrasts the U.S. Postal Service with Britain's Royal Mail.
Author
Lexile measure
1250L
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young readers alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?" to "Why is it called a 'traditional Indian fry bread taco'?" to "What's it like for natives who don't look native?" to "Why are Indians so often imagined rather than understood?", and beyond, Everything...
13) Rome
Author
Publisher
Rourke
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the rise and fall of the Roman Empire from the eighth century B.C. to the fifth A.D., and includes a time line, glossary, pronunciation guide, and further resource list.
14) Louisiana blues
Publisher
Fremeaux & Associes Televisions
Pub. Date
[1992 & c2005]
Language
Français
Description
"This delightful documentary takes you on an amazing ride as it celebrates the wonderful variety of French Louisiana's treasured musical heritage. In the intimacy of their homes as well as in rollicking honky-tonks, we meet an earful of the most renowned and talented Cajun and Creole musicians" -- Container.
Author
Publisher
Red Rock Mountain Press
Language
English
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Description
"Touching letters written by a loving couple; musty letters that detail past lives, my parent's letters. A housewife and her sailor husband with shared immigrant experiences penned more than 500 letters during World War II, and the letters inform this book. Abridged versions of the letters weave a loving romantic story with actual events occurring on the home front and the battlefront. The letters are further brought to life through the 25 original...
Author
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
"An intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas"--
America's First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs...
19) Kedi
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Türkçe
Description
Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they've wandered in and out of people's lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city so rich. Claiming no owners, these animals live between two worlds, neither wild nor tame, and they bring joy and purpose to those people they choose to adopt. In Istanbul, cats are the mirrors to the people, allowing them to reflect on their lives...