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Steve Sheinkin
(325)
Summary: Just nine years after American women finally got the right to vote, a group of trailblazers soared to new heights in the 1929 Air Derby, the first women's air race across the U.S. Follow the...
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Call #: 797.52 SHE YA
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Steve Sheinkin
(2,201)
Summary: Native American Jim Thorpe became a super athlete and Olympic gold medalist. Indomitable coach Pop Warner was a football mastermind. In 1907 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania,...
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Call #: 796.332 SHE YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
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Steve Sheinkin
(334)
Summary: Presents the greatest adventures of America's Westward expansion, from the Louisiana Purchase and the gold rush to the Indian wars and life of the cowboy, as well as the everyday happenings that defined living on the frontier.
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Call #: J 978 SHE
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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Steve Sheinkin
(1,065)
Summary: "What do the most famous traitor in history, hundreds of naked soldiers, and a salmon lunch have in common? They're all part of the amazing story of the American Revolution" -- Back cover.
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Call #: J 973.3 SHE
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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by
Steve Sheinkin
(4,760)
Summary: From Steve Sheinkin, the award-winning author of "The Port Chicago 50" and "Bomb "comes a tense, exciting exploration of what the Times deemed "the greatest story of the century": how Daniel Ellsberg...
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Call #: 959.7043 SHE YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
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Steve Sheinkin (read by Ray Porter)
(4,760)
Summary: On June 13, 1971, the front page of the New York Times announced the existence of a 7,000-page collection of documents containing a secret history of the Vietnam War. Known as The Pentagon Papers,...
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Call #: CD BOOK 959.7043 SHE YA
Location: YA CD Books Nonfction
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by
Steve Sheinkin
(5,760)
Summary: Presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.
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Call #: 940.54 SHE YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
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Steve Sheinkin
(3,865)
Summary: A dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and...
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Steve Sheinkin (read by Roy Roy Samuelson)
(15,470)
Summary: Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.
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Call #: J CD BOOK 623.4 SHE
Location: Junior CD Books Nonfiction
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by
Steve Sheinkin
(15,470)
Summary: Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.
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Call #: J 623.4 SHE
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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by
Steve Sheinkin
(3,864)
Summary: A dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and...
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Call #: J 973.7 SHE
Location: Junior Nonfiction
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by
Steve Sheinkin
(4,227)
Summary: On a bitter cold day in January 1741 Benedict Arnold was born. Little did anyone know that he would grow up to become the most infamous villain in American history. But first, he would be one of the...
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by
Steve Sheinkin
(4,227)
Summary: An introduction to the life of Benedict Arnold that highlights not only the traitorous actions that made him legendary, but also his heroic involvement in the American Revolution.
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Call #: B ARNOLD YA
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