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Hernando De Soto and His Expeditions Across the Americas
Av Janet Hubbard-Brown, William H. Goetzmann
Inbunden, 2005
363 kr
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In 1536, De Soto became rich when he helped lead the Spanish conquest of the Inca empire in South America. He continued his explorations through what is today the southern United States. Ages 8+ years.
Scott Joplin
Inbunden, 2006
380 kr
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As the son of a former slave, a musical pioneer, and a posthumous winner of a Pulitzer Prize, composer Scott Joplin fought a lifelong campaign to have ragtime music accepted by the American public. This instructive biography includes all-new information about Joplin's accomplishments. Born in Texas …
How the Constitution Was Created
Inbunden, 2007
349 kr
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Few other government documents have influenced history as much as the U.S. Constitution. It laid the groundwork for the most stable democratic government in the world and provided inspiration to people struggling for freedom everywhere. ""How the U.S. Constitution Was Created"" is a compelling new …
Shirin Ebadi
Inbunden, 2007
380 kr
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As a lawyer, judge, lecturer, writer, and activist, Shirin Ebadi has spoken out in her country, Iran, as well as throughout the world. ""Shirin Ebadi"" is the story of an exceptional figure who has dedicated her life to fighting for basic human rights, especially those of women and children, within …
Condoleezza Rice
Stateswoman
Inbunden, 2008
380 kr
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In 1954, Condoleezza Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama, a city that Martin Luther King called the ""most segregated city in America"" in 1963. Rice's middle-class, college-educated parents instilled in their only child a sense that she could do anything if she put her mind to it, but that she …
Ray Charles
Musician
Inbunden, 2008
380 kr
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Pioneering musician Ray Charles was one of the first performers of soul music - a combination of gospel, jazz, country, and rhythm and blues. Born into poverty to a single mother, he overcame blindness, racism, and the deaths of his bother and mother to play 10,000 concerts and win 12 Grammy Awards …
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady
Inbunden, 2009
380 kr
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Eleanor Roosevelt overcame many hardships throughout her life. Considered homely, Roosevelt grew up at the end of the Victorian era in an aristocratic family, where, as far as women were concerned, looks mattered more than intelligence. She lost both of her parents before she was 10 years old. At …
Abigail Adams
First Lady
Inbunden, 2009
352 kr
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Abigail Adams was one half of America's first husband-and-wife political team. Abigail, and her husband, John, the second president of the United States, were both major players in the birth of the United States. In addition to her role as first lady, Abigail, a spirited, outspoken, and witty …
