In the shadow of liberty : the hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five black lives by Davis, Kenneth C. 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2016)

BTSB #: 262831 Available

Dewey: 920.0092/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 8.2 MG RC: 10.6 9-12 Lexile: 1110

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Subjects: Slaves African Americans Presidents - Relations with African Americans - History Slavery - United States - History United States - Race relations - History

Summary: An examination of American slavery through the true stories of five enslaved people who were considered the property of some of our best-known presidents.

Strongman : the rise of five dictators and the fall of democracy by Davis, Kenneth C. 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2020)

BTSB #: 263071 Available

Dewey: 321.9092/CAges: 10-14   
AR: 9.4 MG+

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Subjects: Hitler, Adolf,|d1889-1945 Stalin, Joseph,|d1878-1953 Mao, Zedong,|d1893-1976 Hussein, Saddam,|d1937-2006 Mussolini, Benito,|d1883-1945 Dictators - Biography Dictatorship - History|y20th century Democracy - History

Summary: A nonfiction account of some of the deadliest dictators in modern history.