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Author
Publisher
Black
Language
English
Description
A soldier returns home to find his parents displaced and their property stolen in this classic Western. "He leaned propped against the rail of the great ship, in an obscure place aft, shadowed by the life-boats. It was the second night out of Cherbourg and the first time for him to be on deck. The ridged and waved Atlantic, but for its turbulence, looked like the desert undulating away to the uneven horizon. The roar of the wind in the rigging bore...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy--and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Screenwriter David Fuller spent eight years researching Sweetsmoke, in the process discovering that members of his family fought on both sides of the Civil War. Cassius Howard is a skilled slave, once his master's favorite. But his master Hoke is now little more than a fragile old man, depressed about an ever-shrinking plantation and losing a son to war. When an old freedwoman who once saved Cassius from Hoke's wrath is killed, Cassius risks everything...
5) LBJ
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the immediate aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, Lyndon Johnson faces off against enemies from within his own party and his own White House as he frantically struggles to secure the legitimacy of his presidency before it slips through his fingers forever. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
7) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Jim Qwilleran is somewhat disgruntled when his assignment for the Daily Fluxion is to cover the art beat. But that's the job available, and Qwilleran will do just about anything to get back to work. Little does he suspect that this "fluff" assignment will lead down the path to murder.
9) Jackie
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. The film places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a psychological portrait of the First Lady as she struggles to maintain her husband's legacy and the world of a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
first edition
Language
English
Description
Riveting, firsthand account of the events and men who set the world on fire, it is also the human story of a young American caught in these titanic events, struggling to survive and provide a normal life for himsel, his wife and daughter.
11) Glory road
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Don Haskins, a future Hall of Fame coach of tiny Texas Western University, bucks convention by simply starting the best players he can find: history's first all-African American lineup.
12) LBJ
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
[Blu-ray version].
Language
English
Description
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
13) Patton
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
15) Red scare
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: A page-turning sci-fi adventure set in 1953, featuring a clever girl who, against all odds, must outsmart bullies, the FBI, and alien invaders during the height of the communist Red Scare.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
Follows the experiences of a wounded World War II soldier who falls in love with a mysterious Danish woman during his convalescence in London before realizing that she may not be who she claims to be.SOMETHING TO REMEMBER YOU BY, begins on Christmas, 1944. In a foxhole in Bastogne, Belgium, the innocent yet charmingly clever protagonist, Corporal Tom Cole, is injured. Wilder moves the action to a romantic wartime London with dimly lit blackout-compliant...
17) Rogue River feud
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Language
English
Description
Along the notorious Rogue River, gold seekers, crazed by the discovery of nuggets that made them rich overnight, are at war with one another. The river itself swarms with salmon, bringing along with them another kind of wealth and violent fighting between fishermen and the fish-packing monopoly. Into this scene comes Keven Bell, returning to face life after being handicapped by a disfiguring wound he received in World War I. Keven teams up with a...
18) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Edition
[Blu-ray + DVD + digital copy ed.]
Language
English
Description
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 16
Publisher
Random House
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
When Babymouse decides to become president of the student council, she learns that there is more to running for office than being famous and in charge.
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