Summary: In 1893, the intersection of Broadway and 42nd was nobody's idea of "the crossroads of the world." But by 1913, Flo Ziegfeld had transformed the area into an entertainment mecca. This program tells Ziegfeld's story, introduces many of the era's key figures-such as Irving Berlin, Fanny Brice, Bert Williams, and George M. Cohan-and culminates with a look at Ziegfeld's 1927 production of Jerome...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Vogt, John.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Iberian Pub. Co. 1988
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 Vogt,Vogt, John.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Iberian Press 1984
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3755 VOGDobson, David.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1990
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.341 DOBEaton, John.
Contents: Introduction, biography, and opening comments from the perspective of a New York cab driver -- Get happy -- Jay Leonhart's introduction and commentary on the influence of Gershwin, the Cotton Club, and jazz on Harold Arlen -- Cotton Club medley -- Commentary on Arlen's influence on jazz -- Let's fall in love -- Blues in the night -- Commentary on Arlen's incorporation of the blues in his work...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Wolf Trap 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN EATHayward, John
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bookmark 1977
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 917.303 HAYTarshis, Lauren
Summary: "It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. Everything changes: Corporal Henry Green brings Thomas and Birdie back to his regiment, and suddenly it feels like they've found a new home. Best of all, they don't have to find their way...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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Summary: "Traces John Adams's career from his leading role in the debate over independence, [...] to his tireless efforts to establish the fledgling government of the United States and supply its army in the filed, to his crucial diplomatic service in Europe [...]. It includes his hightly influential 1776 pamphlet Thoughts on Government, dozens of his characteristically frank and revealing personal...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 ADAFeltwell, John.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.789 FELDickinson, John N.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Published for Miami University by the Ohio State University Press 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.47 DICBarry, John.
Contents: The Opening (2:16) -- Maybe My Luck Has Changed (1:49) -- Arrival On The Island (2:45) -- Sacrifice-Hail To The King (7:09) -- Arthusa (2:21) -- Full Moon Domain-Beauty Is A Beast (4:23) -- Breakout To Captivity (4:09) -- Incomprehensible Captivity (2:55) -- Kong Hits The Big Apple (2:36) -- Blackout In New York-How About Buying Me A Drink (3:23) -- Climb To Skull Island (2:27) -- The End Is At...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino/Warner Bros. 2012
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Benn, Carl
Summary: Examines the events leading up to the War of 1812 and the major phases of the war, and describes the views of all parties--the Indians and the Canadians as well as the United States and Great Britain.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.52 BENBudd, Anne Lockwood Dallas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio Genealogical Society 1974
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3771 Budd,Groom, Winston
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7344 GROShakespeare, William
Summary: King John of England is pitted against the united powers of France, Brittany, Austria, and the Papacy. Will England be destroyed by his fatal indecision? As alliances are made, broken, and remade, the paranoid and erratic John reveals his weakness and reliance on those around him--including his powerful mother Queen Elinor and Faulconbridge, the cynical and witty bastard son of the dead King...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHASummary: Introduces 6 main characters of the American Revolution. Promotes interest in reading of biography with comedy, tragedy, error, foolishness, courage and persistence that is relevant to life today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV JEASummary: This program contains speeches by two of the 20th century's greatest orators: John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. Included are Kennedy's inaugural address, the American University speech calling for an end to nuclear proliferation, and the politically-charged "Ich Bin ein Berliner" address delivered at the Berlin Wall. King's moving "I Have a Dream" speech to civil rights marchers in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 EAR3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 1
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Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 3
Summary: Throughout the 1930s and 40s, John L. Lewis was the most powerful figure in the U.S. labor movement. This episode of A&E Classroom examines the president of the United Mine Workers of America, an independent and strong-willed leader who secured rights and benefits for the miners. A major force behind the founding of the CIO, Lewis also played a role in Franklin D. Roosevelt's election.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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John, Elton.
Contents: Circle of life -- Grasslands chant -- The morning report -- The lioness hunt -- I just can't wait to be king -- Chow down -- They live in you -- Be prepared -- The stampede -- Rafiki mourns -- Hakuna matata -- One by one -- The madness of King Scar -- Shadowland -- The lion sleeps tonight -- Endless night -- Can you feel the love tonight -- He lives in you (reprise) -- Simba confronts Scar --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LIO JUVJohn, Elton.
Contents: Sixty years on -- I need you to turn to -- The greatest discovery -- Tonight -- Sorry seems to be the hardest word -- The king must die -- Take me to the pilot -- Tiny dancer -- Have mercy on the criminal -- Madman across the water -- Candle in the wind -- Burn down the mission -- Your song -- Don't let the sun go down on me.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Records 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JOHSummary: Spanish-American war re-enactment credited to Thomas Edison; "Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan"; staged shot of US soldiers advancing on Spanish/Cubans and exchange of gunfire with lots of smoke and dramatic "falling in death" action.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1990
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Berton, Pierre
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.52 BERJakes, John
Summary: The final volume of The Kent Family Chronicles, following family members as they race for wealth, leaving young Will to redeem Philip Kent's American dream.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jove Books 1980