Compra de Luisiana by Lynch, Seth 

PaperbackSPANISH(Gareth Stevens, 2020)

BTSB #: 591070 Available

Dewey: 973.4/NAges: 8-11   


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Subjects: Spanish language - Reading materials Louisiana Purchase United States - History|y19th century

Summary: When the Louisiana Territory was added to the United States in 1803, it about doubled the size of the young nation. It took years to clarify its boundaries and explore every square mile. How this momentous purchase came to be and its implications on the future of the United States are explained in detail in this book. In Spanish.

Cyrus Field's big dream : the daring effort to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable by Cowan, Mary Morton 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2018)

BTSB #: 246005 Available

Dewey: 384.1/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.2 MG RC: 8.3 6-8 Lexile: 980 F&P: Y

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Subjects: Field, Cyrus W.|q(Cyrus West),|d1819-1892 Telegraph United States - History|y19th century

Summary: Explores the extraordinary achievement of Cyrus Field and one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: laying a transatlantic telegraph cable to create instant communication between two continents.

Hopeful heart : Louisa May Alcott before Little Women by Noyes, Deborah 

BTSB Prebound(Schwartz & Wade Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 683924 Available

Dewey: 813/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 8.1 MG+ Lexile: 1180 F&P: Z

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Subjects: Alcott, Louisa May,|d1832-1888 American women authors|y19th century - Biography American literature|y19th century Canon (Literature) Abolitionists - Biography United States - History|y19th century

Summary: Explores the unique family and unusual circumstances of literary icon Louisa May Alcott.

Saving Lady Liberty : Joseph Pulitzer's fight for the Statue of Liberty by Friddell, Claudia 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2020)

BTSB #: 356251 Available

Dewey: 974.7/BAges: 7-10   
AR: 5.9 LG Lexile: 1130 NC

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Subjects: Pulitzer, Joseph,|d1847-1911 Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) Newspaper publishing - Biography Fund raising New York (N.Y.) United States - History|y19th century

Summary: The story of how the Statue of Liberty got its pedestal when Joseph Pulitzer, a Jewish immigrant and famous newsman, created one of the first American crowdfunding campaigns to raise money for it.