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Language
English
Description
"The current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America, Meacham shows us how what Lincoln called the 'better angels of our nature' have won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others, and illuminating the courage of such influential citizen activists...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
At a moment of crisis over our national identity, journalist Dan Rather reflects on what it means to be an American. He reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. Looking at the freedoms that define us, from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to inclusion to service; the institutions that sustain us, such as public education; and the traits that helped form our young country, such as...
3) Loyalty
Author
Publisher
Clarion books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When his father is killed by rebel vigilantes, Noah flees with his family to Boston. Intent on avenging his father, Noah becomes a spy for the British and firsthand witness to the power of partisan rumor to distort facts, the hypocrisy of men who demand freedom while enslaving others, and the human connections that bind people together regardless of stated allegiances. Awash in contradictory information and participating in key events leading to the...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores what primed Salem for its witchcraft fever, key people in the drama, and the events of the Salem witch trials that led to the execution of 19 innocent people.
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 419 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"What does it take to be a good American? And who gets to decide? Journalist Jess McHugh examines thirteen seemingly innocuous, mega-bestselling reference books, guidebooks, and self-help books that have become blueprints for core American values and shaped our national story" --
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents the theory that the American dream, all but abandoned in the United States, has been adopted successfully in other countries, including Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and Iceland, looking at such areas as worker benefits, public expenditure for the common good, and state-funded higher education.
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this book, Judy Kutulas complicates the common view that the 1970s were a time of counterrevolution against the radical activities and attitudes of the previous decade. Instead, Kutulas argues that the experiences and attitudes that were radical in the 1960s were becoming part of mainstream culture in the 1970s, as sexual freedom, gender equality, and more complex notions of identity, work, and family were normalized through popular culture--television,...
Author
Series
Yale historical publications. Miscellany volume 129
Pub. Date
1982
Physical Desc
xviii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Dottir Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A white child sees a TV news report of a white police officer shooting and killing a black man. "In our family, we don't see color," his mother says, but he sees the colors plain enough. An afternoon in the library's history stacks uncover the truth of white supremacy in America. Racism was not his idea and he refuses to defend it.
"A necessary children's book about whiteness, white supremacy, and resistance. Important, accessible, needed." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the 1918 influenza outbreak, nine-year-old Rettie seeks ways to make Thanksgiving special for her siblings and ailing mother.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
x, 197 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
While The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities remain perhaps his best known works, the author's journalism and fiction continues to enjoy a large audience, perhaps chiefly because of the variety of his subjects and his controversial approach to them. Here, he offers an account of the man and his works, explaining along the way Wolfe's use of irony, his obsessive themes, and even his use of pranks. More comprehensive in scope than any preceding...
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Over two hundred years after his death, George Washington is still often considered the metaphorical father of the United States. Washington was first known as the "Father of His Country" during his lifetime, when the American people bestowed the title upon him as a symbolic act of resistance and rebirth. Since then, presidents have stood as paternal figureheads for America, often serving as moral beacons. This book tracks political fatherhood throughout...