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2) Locomotive
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Details what the first passengers experienced as they traveled West on the transcontinental railroad in the summer of 1869.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Presents a visual guide to the people, battles, and events of America's war for independence, and includes explanatory text.
Become an eyewitness to the American struggle for independence, from the events that sparked the war all the way through to the signing of the Constitution. This picture-led guide will take you on a visual tour through revolutionary America. Discover how American soldiers won battles against the great British Empire, plus see...
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American diaries volume 4
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When her wounded brother returns from battle, twelve-year-old Mary must get help for him without telling her father, a wealthy Tory, who has disowned his son for joining General Washington's Continental Army.
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Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Relates the Revolutionary War adventures Of Mary Hays, called Molly Pitcher for bringing fresh water to colonial troops during the Battle of Monmouth, interspersed with verses of original song lyrics to be sung to the tune of "She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain."
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Army of the Potomac volume 3
Pub. Date
1953
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An historical account of the final year of the Civil War and the surrender at Appomattox.
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Pub. Date
c.2021
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What did it take to start a colony in the United States? For some, it took eating shoe leather during the harsh winter in Jamestown. These extreme conditions weren't the only challenges colonists faced as they settled in America. Explore even more about the 13 original colonies by reading this book. Did you know earlier colonists had to eat shoe leather to survive? Or that George Washington didn't really want to be president? Learn these cool facts...
14) Bull Run
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.
17) The beloved land
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Song of Acadia volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Faith in God and family have brought Henri Robichauds to Louisiana and a lllife of tranquility in the bayous. Back in Nova Scotia, the family of Andrew Harrows have been beacons of light in both the British and French communities. Two sisters Anne and Nicole are separated by the American Revolution.
18) The Civil War
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the events leading up to the Civil War, the major conflicts, the lives of the soldiers, and the outcome of the war.
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Pub. Date
2003
Description
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book...