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Author
Publisher
Alfred A Knopf
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"West Point graduate, secretary of war under President Pierce, U.S. senator from Mississippi - how was it that this statesman and patriot came to be president of the Confederacy, leading the struggle to destroy the United States? This is the question at the center of William Cooper's biography of Jefferson Davis. Basing his account on the massive archival record left by Davis and his family and associates, Cooper delves not only into the events of...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
A personal memoir of the first black president of South Africa records every stage in his life, including his efforts as an anti-apartheid activist, years as a political prisoner, and receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
Photographs from Mandela's childhood, career, imprisonment, and presidency are accompanied by text from his memoir "Long walk to freedom"--
Author
Series
Coleccion Andanzas volume 314
Publisher
Tusquets Editores
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
Español
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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Alexander Hamilton, including his early years as an orphan in the West Indies, his role in the Revolutionary War and his contributions as America's first secretary of the treasury.
Author
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The Founding Fathers on Leadership takes you into the world of "team leaders" Thomas Paine, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison as they mapped strategy, forged consensus, picked the right staff people - such heretofore unproven talents as Lafayette and John Paul Jones - and made crucial decisions and daring choices. From Washington's recapture of Boston - achieved through intimidating, outmaneuvering, and outsmarting the British...
Author
Series
Making of America (Abrams) volume 1
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. He envisioned something else: a multi-racial, urbanized, capitalistic America with a strong central government. He believed that such an America would be a land of opportunity for the poor and the newcomers. But Hamilton's vision put him at odds with his archrivals who envisioned a pastoral America of small towns, where governments were local, states would...
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