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English
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"It is blatant, it is cheap, it is the apotheosis of the ridiculous. But it is something more; it is like Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone Park; it is a national playground, and not to have seen it is not to have seen your own country," said Reginald Wright Kauffman in 1909 of Coney Island, the tiny spit of land at the foot of Brooklyn that, at the turn of the century, became the most extravagant playground in the country and one of...
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
45 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview of the world from 1800 to the present that brings to life the story of human civilization around the globe through maps, photographs, timelines, and text.
Language
English
Description
With the failure of President Hoover’s policies at the end of 1929, marked by the stock market crash on October 24, 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression, the decade that began with the dream of endless progress and prosperity came to an end with millions unemployed. American industrial workers who had lost their jobs lined up in the streets for a bowl of soup and hunk of bread. Depression, new technology and foreclosure by the banks drove more...
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The creators of 1968 examine the important historical events and people of 1789 and their significance on modern perspectives about human equality, in a nonfiction anthology that includes coverage of the U.S. Bill of Rights, the French Revolution and the digits of pi. Simultaneous eBook.
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