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Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
David Crockett was an adventurer, a pioneer, and a media-savvy national celebrity. In his short-but-distinguished lifetime, this charismatic frontiersman won three terms as a US congressman and a presidential nomination. His 1834 memoir enjoyed frenzied sales and prompted the first-ever "official" book tour for its enormously popular author. Down-to-earth, heroic, and independent to a fault, the real Crockett became lost in his own hype, and he's...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
His name was David Crockett. He never signed his name any other way, but popular culture transformed his memory into "Davy Crockett," and Hollywood gave him a raccoon hat he hardly ever wore. Bestselling historian Michael Wallis casts a fresh look at the frontiersman, storyteller, and politician behind these legendary stories. Born into a humble Tennessee family in 1786, Crockett never "killed him a b'ar" when he was only three. But he did cut a huge...
Author
Language
English
Description
The lives of Arizona Senator Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, United States Naval Captain and astronaut Mark Kelly, were forever changed when she was attacked and shot in the head. Follow their amazing journey of recovery and redemption as they fight to overcome adversity with the power of their love and their unending commitment to each other.
19) March: Book one
Author
Series
March volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Presents in graphic novel format events from the life of Georgia congressman John Lewis, focusing on his youth in rural Alabama, his meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.
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