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English
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One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country; a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and yes Herbert Hoover, and a gallery of criminals (Al Capone), eccentrics (Shipwreck Kelly), and close-mouthed politicians (Calvin Coolidge).
12) Nothing to fear
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1991.
Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression, when his father moves away to find work and his mother becomes ill, Danny struggles to help his family.
14) The friendship
Author
Series
[Logan family saga] volume 4
Language
English
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Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A novel set in the 1930's about five American women--Gold Star Mothers--who travel to France to visit the graves of their WWI soldier sons. The women meet for the first time just before their journey begins: Katie, an Irish maid from Dorchester, Massachusetts; Minnie, wife of an immigrant Russian Jewish chicken farmer; Bobbie, a wealthy Boston socialite ; Wilhelmina, a former tennis star in precarious mental health; and Cora Blake, a single mother...
20) White lilacs
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1993.
Language
English
Description
A 12-year-old girl sees trouble threatening her black community in Texas in 1921, when families are pressured to relocate to accomodate a white park.
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