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.