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J.M. Barrie & the lost boys / by Birkin, Andrew.; Goode, Sharon.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-304) and index.Geneaology -- 1860-1885 -- 1885-1894 -- 1894-1897 -- The Davies Family -- 1898-1900 -- 1900-1901 -- 1901-1904 -- 1904-1905 -- 1905-1906 -- 1906-1907 -- 1907-1908 -- 1908-1910 -- 1910-1914 -- 1914-1915 -- 1915-1917 -- 1917 1921.
Subjects: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937.; Llewelyn Davies, Nicholas, 1903-1980; Llewelyn Davies, Peter, 1897-1960; Llewelyn Davies, John, 1894-1959; Authors, Scottish; Father figures; Adopted children; Peter Pan (Fictitious character); Orphans; Boys; Barrie, J. M (James Matthew), 1860-1937.; Barrie, J. M (James Matthew), 1860-1937;
© 2003., Yale University Press,
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We the people : the modern-day figures who have reshaped and affirmed the Founding Fathers' vision of America / by Williams, Juan.;
Life in the United States today is vastly different from anything the original Founders could have imagined in the late 1700s. The notion of an African-American president of the United States, or a woman as Secretary of State would have been unimaginable to the men who wrote and ratified the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Williams examines the lives of the men and women in the 20th century who have extended the Founding Fathers' original vision of the country and reshaped what America is.Includes bibliographical references and index.The Founding Fathers and modern America -- The great American melting pot. JFK, Ted Kennedy, and the immigration reform that changed America -- The living Constitution. Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon Johnson, and the fight for civil rights -- Broken windows, urban crime, and hard data. Bill Bratton and modern policing -- "No apologies, no regrets." General William Westmoreland and the rebirth of the U.S. military -- It's the economy, stupid. Milton Friedman's new math of free markets, big business, and small taxes -- Liberty and justice for all. Eleanor Roosevelt and the fight for universal human rights -- The bridge and tunnel crowd. Robert Moses, William Levitt, and the American city -- "Keep the boys happy." George Meany, labor unions, and the rise of the middle class -- One nation under God. Billy Graham and the power of the Christian right -- Girls to women to your boss. Betty Friedan and American feminism -- The power of diplomacy. Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, and the opening of China -- One-third of a nation. Pat Moynihan and the war on poverty -- Equal protection under the law. Harry Hay, Barry Goldwater, and gay rights -- Back to the future. Ronald Reagan, Ed Meese, and the remaking of the judicial system -- The social safety net. Social Security, Medicare, and Robert Ball -- 'Silent spring.' Rachel Carson and the environmental movement -- A new beginning. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson, and the fight for racial equality -- The right to bear arms. Charlton Heston and the NRA.
Subjects: Celebrities; United States.; Founding Fathers of the United States.; American Dream.;
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The Spartans : the world of the warrior-heroes of ancient Greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse / by Cartledge, Paul.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index.This book traces the rise and fall of Spartan society and explores the influence the Spartans had on their world and even on ours. Paul Cartledge brings to life figures like legendary founding father Lycurgus and King Leonidas, who embodied the heroism so closely identified with this culture, and he shows how Spartan women enjoyed an unusually dominant and powerful role in this hyper-masculine society. --From publisher's description.
Subjects: Soldiers; Soldiers;
© 2004., Vintage Books,
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Dreams from my father : [electronic resource] : A story of race and inheritance. by Obama, Barack.;
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father--a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man--has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey--first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.Electronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Obama, Barack; African Americans; Racially mixed people; Racism; Nonfiction.; African American Nonfiction.; Biography & Autobiography.; Sociology.;
© 2007.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=115463 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Space exploration / by Mallick, Nita,editor.; Gale (Firm);
Includes bibliographical references and index.The realm beyond Earth -- Reaching into space -- Spacecraft fundamentals -- Human spaceflight -- Milestones in human spaceflight -- International cooperation in space.In this volume, readers will discover how the scientific theories of figures like Isaac Newton inspired the advancements of Hermann Oberth, a founder of modern astronautics, and Robert Hutchings Goddard, the father of modern rocketry. Mathematical equations and physics lessons that fit well into Common Core standards explain the principles these pioneers shaped.Grades 7-12.Description based on print version record.
Subjects: Manned space flight.;
On-line resources: https://libproxy.kirtland.edu/login?url=https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/8384/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=lom_kirtlandcc -- Available online. Click here to access.;
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George Washington : the Founding Father / by Johnson, Paul,1928-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-126).Young gentleman's youth in Virginia -- Gallant young colonel and his rich wife -- Slaveowner, agricultural pioneer, builder -- Commander in chief and victor -- Creating a nation: Theory -- Creating a nation: Practice -- Last years.Washington is the most important figure in the history of the United States. Against all military odds, he liberated the colonies from the superior forces of the British and presided over the process to produce a Constitution. In two terms as president, he set that Constitution to work. Despite his importance, Washington remains today a distant figure to many Americans. Previous books about him are immensely long and complicated. Paul Johnson has now produced a brief life that presents a vivid portrait of the great man as young warrior, masterly commander-in-chief, patient Constitution maker, and exceptionally wise president. He also shows Washington as a farmer of unusual skill and an entrepreneur of foresight, patriarch of an extended family, and proprietor of one of the most beautiful homes in America, which he largely built and adorned.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799.; Presidents; Generals; United States. Continental Army;
© c2005., Atlas Books/HarperCollins,
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The house of secrets / by Meltzer, Brad.; Goldberg, Tod,author.;
When Hazel Nash was six years old, her father taught her that mysteries need to be solved. Hazel's father is Jack Nash, the host of America's favorite conspiracy TV show, The House of Secrets. Now, years later, Hazel wakes up in the hospital and remembers nothing. She's told she's been in a car accident that killed her father and injured her brother. Then a man from the FBI shows up, asking questions about her dad -- and about his connection to the corpse of a man found with an object stuffed into his chest: a priceless book that belonged to Benedict Arnold. Trying to put together the puzzle pieces of her past and present, Hazel Nash needs to figure out who killed this man and how the book wound up in his chest. The answer will tell her the truth about her father, what he was really doing for the government, and who Hazel really is. Mysteries need to be solved. Especially the ones about yourself.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Conspiracy theories; Traffic accident victims; Fathers and daughters; Television personalities; Memory disorders; Murder;
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John Quincy Adams / by Unger, Harlow G.,1931-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-348) and index.A first son for a founding father -- The seeds of statesmanship -- The land of lovely dames -- "He grows...very fat" -- Never was a father more satisfied -- A free, independent, and powerful nation -- A profile in courage -- Diplomatic exile -- Restoring peace to the world -- Stepladder to the presidency -- The great and foul stain -- The end of the beginning -- A new beginning -- Freedom is the prize.He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered the annexation of Florida, and won the Supreme Court decision that freed the African captives of The Amistad. He served his nation as minister to six countries, secretary of state, senator, congressman, and president. John Quincy Adams was all of these things and more. In this biography, the author reveals Quincy Adams as a towering figure in the nation's formative years and one of the most courageous figures in American history, which is why he ranked first in John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning book Profiles in Courage. This biography and sweeping panorama of American history from the Washington to Lincoln eras, follows one of America's most important yet least-known figures.
Subjects: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.; Presidents;
© c2012., Da Capo Press,
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Finn : [electronic resource] : A novel. by Clinch, Jon.;
In this masterful debut by a major new voice in fiction, Jon Clinch takes us on a journey into the history and heart of one of American literature's most brutal and mysterious figures: Huckleberry Finn's father. The result is a deeply original tour de force that springs from Twain's classic novel but takes on a fully realized life of its own. Finn sets a tragic figure loose in a landscape at once familiar and mythic. It begins and ends with a lifeless body--flayed and stripped of all identifying marks--drifting down the Mississippi. The circumstances of the murder, and the secret of the victim's identity, shape Finn's story as they will shape his life and his death. Along the way Clinch introduces a cast of unforgettable characters: Finn's terrifying father, known only as the Judge; his sickly, sycophantic brother, Will; blind Bliss, a secretive moonshiner; the strong and quick-witted Mary, a stolen slave who becomes Finn's mistress; and of course young Huck himself. In daring to re-create Huck for a new generation, Clinch gives us a living boy in all his human complexity–not an icon, not a myth, but a real child facing vast possibilities in a world alternately dangerous and bright.Finn is a novel about race; about paternity in its many guises; about the shame of a nation recapitulated by the shame of one absolutely unforgettable family. Above all, Finn reaches back into the darkest waters of America’s past to fashion something compelling, fearless, and new.-- provided by Amazon.com.Electronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Runaway children; Fugitive slaves ; Male friendship; Race relations ; Boys ; Fiction.; Literature.;
© 2007.,
On-line resources: http://kirtland.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=7AEEC771-8913-4FAE-AB3A-84ECFB578B46 -- http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=;
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True grit / [electronic resource]. by Portis, Charles.; Tartt, Donna.;
Narrator: Donna Tartt.In the 1870s, young Mattie Ross learns that her beloved father was gunned down by his former handyman. But even though this gutsy 14-year-old is seeking vengeance, she is smart enough to figure out she can't go alone after a desperado who's holed up in Indian territory. With some fast-talking, she convinces mean, one-eyed US Marshal "Rooster" Cogburn into going after the despicable outlaw with her.Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4800Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 177438 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Western.;
© 2006., Recorded Books Inc.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=239159 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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