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(0)David G McCullough
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"Best-selling author David McCullough tells the story of the settlers who began America's migration west, overcoming almost-unimaginable hardships to build in the Ohio wilderness a town and a government that incorporated America's highest ideals. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of...
2) John Adams
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English
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Chronicles the life of America's second president, including his youth, his career as a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, his marriage to Abigail, his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and his influence on the birth of the United States.
3) 1776
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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Draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a history of the American Revolution that ranges from the siege of Boston, to the American defeat at Brooklyn and retreat across New Jersey, to the American victory at Trenton.
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English
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David McCullough chronicles the lives of American artists and scientists who studied in Paris and ultimately changed America because of their experiences. From Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in America, and abolitionist Charles Sumner to artist Samuel F. B. Morse and literature greats Nathaniel Hawthorne and Mark Twain, Paris has left its mark on the American identity.
"...two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough delivers another...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Over the course of his distinguished career, David McCullough has spoken before Congress, the White House, colleges and universities, historical societies, and other esteemed institutions. Now, as many Americans engage in self-reflection following a bitter election campaign that has left the country divided, McCullough has collected some of his most important speeches in a brief volume that articulates important principles and characteristics that...
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English
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At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity, among them Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Despite...
8) Truman
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English
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Story of the American President who governed the country during the closing days of World War II, gave the order to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and witnessed the beginning of the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
10) The Great Bridge
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English
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McCullough gives the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time--the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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English
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The enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nation's history, the building of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. The Brooklyn Bridge rose out of the expansive era following the Civil War, when Americans believed all things were possible. So daring a concept as spanning the East River to join two great cities required vision and dedication of the kind that went into building Europe's great cathedrals....
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
At a time of self-reflection in America following a bitter election campaign that has left the country divided, these speeches by David McCullough remind listeners who they are as a people and what they stand for, to help them find their way forward.
18) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
19) Citizen Kane
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
English
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Description
Feature film: An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it. Documentary: Looks at the lives and careers of Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst, and how Hearst tried to...
20) The Donner Party
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the tale of the pioneer group that set out for California in the spring of 1846 and ended in disaster in the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains the following winter.