Don Mitchell
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Combining illustrations, photographs, and inspirational quotes, this biography traces the life of John Glenn--war hero, test pilot, American astronaut, and U.S. Senator--from his childhood days in New Concord, Ohio to his adventures in space.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African Americans for the vote.
In June of 1964, three idealistic young men (one black and two white) were lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. They were trying to register African Americans to vote as part of the Freedom Summer effort to bring democracy to...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Left wheelchair-bound by a sniper's bullet, long-time San Francisco Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside, becomes the head of his own special police unit. Operating from a specially equipped office at SFPD headquarters, Ironside fights crime using intelligence and action. His crack team includes Sgt. Ed Brown, ex-con-turned-assistant Mark Sanger, and beautiful policewoman Eve Whitfield.