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bibliography biography encyclopedia essay Essays. History. Large type books. Oral history.Summary: "'Journeys' captures the quintessential idea of the American dream. The individuals in this book are only a part of the brilliant mosaic of people who came to this country and made it what it is today. Read about the governor's grandfathers who dug ditches and cleaned sewers, laying the groundwork for a budding nation; how a future cabinet secretary crossed the ocean at age eleven on a cargo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RosettaBooks 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.873 TISSummary: Encapsulating the people, places, events and trends that shaped our nation during the last 100 years, this book arrives in time to be a major gift book of the season. Beautifully illustrated and produced, it offers more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, creating an extraordinary chronicle of our history and an essential volume for any family library. A collection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 LETSummary: Thirteen essays written by notable authors and honoring modern-day political heroes pay tribute to recipients of the Profile in Courage award in a collection that includes Anna Quindlen on James Florio and Bob Woodward on Gerald Ford.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 PROAllen, Mary Moore.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1958
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 910.3 ALLAmbrose, Stephen E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 AMBBaldwin, Neil
Summary: Identifying ten values that have inspired and defined the American national consciousness, a history names the leaders who presented each ideal and explains how they shaped the nation's intellectual heritage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BALBeard, Jo Ann.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BEABeck, Glenn.
Summary: "The new nonfiction from #1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.9 BECBesaw-Button-Fuller, Eva
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Publisher / Publication Date: JB Press Co. 1993
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 929.2 BESBingham, Sallie
Summary: A bold portrait of Doris Duke, the defiant and notorious tobacco heiress who was perhaps the greatest modern woman philanthropist. In The Silver Swan, Sallie Bingham chronicles one of the great underexplored lives of the twentieth century and the very archetype of the modern woman. "Don't touch that girl, she'll burn your fingers," FBI director J. Edgar Hoover once said about Doris Duke, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUKE, DORIS BINBolton, Charles Knowles
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1976
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.373 BoltoBracken, Sam.
Summary: Documents the story of the author's childhood in an abusive and impoverished family, describing how he earned a full college football scholarship and reinvented himself by embracing specific positive rules for living.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRACKEN, SAM BRABradley, Ernestine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRADLEY, ERNESTINE BRABrinkley, Douglas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLargePrint 2004