Crowley County Combined Library

Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it is the American commander-in-chief...

Discusses the events of the Boston Tea Party, one of the acts by the American patriots that led to the American Revolution.

Examines from both the American and Japanese points of view the political and military events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

For years, Colorado has been labeled the "leanest" state in the United States for having low adult obesity prevalence. The adult obesity prevalence has been rising in the U.S. over the past three decades. Colorado is not immune from this trend. One theory is that the influx of migration to Colorado has brought in heavier people and contributed to the increasing obesity trend. The purpose of this report is to explore this theory by estimating the...

Seven chapters and picture essays describe conditions and situations contributing to the beginning of World War II.

The Colorado Trauma Registry Manual is designed to assist Level I-III trauma centers in Colorado with collection of accurate trauma data. The Manual may also help Level IV and V Colorado trauma centers in making decisions regarding what data could be collected by their trauma programs.

While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941, teenaged Adam is caught in the midst of the Japanese attack and through the chaos of the subsequent days tries to find his father, a naval officer who was serving on the U.S.S. Arizona when the bombs fell.

This title examines the war in Ukraine including the Russian Federation's recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics on February 21, 2022, Russia's subsequent invasion of Ukraine three days later, international reaction to the invasion including economic and political sanctions, and the resulting humanitarian crisis. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.

This report provides insight into the prevalence of drug-involved driving by examining toxicology information associated with individual DUI court cases. Prior to this publication, data regarding impaired driving in Colorado have been available for only the aggregate number of case filings, the presence of Delta-9 THC in some toxicology samples, and impaired driving fatalities.

Why did the American Revolution take place? It was about more than the dates and details we all know: war elephants charging a fort in India and high-stakes gambles of bankers in Scotland, among other events, also played a part in the "real revolution" in the minds of the entire population of what would become the United States.