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National Book Award Finalist: An account of the disease that ravaged eighteenth-century Philadelphia, written and illustrated for young readers.
1793, Philadelphia: The nation’s capital and the largest city in North America is devastated by an apparently incurable disease, cause unknown…
This dramatic narrative describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on...
1793, Philadelphia: The nation’s capital and the largest city in North America is devastated by an apparently incurable disease, cause unknown…
This dramatic narrative describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on...
2) Fever, 1793
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English
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In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
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[2013]
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English
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Twelve-year-old Thomas Walker has never left New York City. His father, a traveling salesman hoping to earn money by selling Samuel Colt's recent invention, the "Improved Revolving Gun," takes young Thomas with him on the road. But even the world's first true revolver cannot save them from danger, and what starts as an adventure soon turns into a nightmare. Thomas soon finds himself alone, and must rely on his own wits, courage, and determination,...
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Dear America volume 2
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English
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Eleven-year-old Abigail Stewart uses her journal to describe her day-to-day life in Valley Forge from December 1777 to July 1778 as General Washington prepares his troops to fight the British. Includes a historical note with information on the American Revolution and reproductions of important documents and paintings from the era.
16) Taming democracy: "the people," the founders, and the troubled ending of the American Revolution
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2007.
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English
17) Triumvirate: the story of the unlikely alliance that saved the Constitution and united the nation
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[2009]
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English
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