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"Through a variety of poetic forms, readers journey across the continental United States to visit 14 historic tree sites. Trees include the Emancipation Oak in Virginia to the Methuselah tree in California. Facts cover geography, history, and nature"-- Provided by publisher.
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If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her?
She's in New York.
She's holding a torch.
And she's taking one step forward.
But why?
In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its frank tone and honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What...
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Cityfiles Press
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[2023]
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English
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Lost in America chronicles the life and death of great American buildings. It's the first book that documents in words and pictures the destruction of more than 100 structures. A number were fought for. Some were mourned. Most slipped away unnoticed.
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As a longstanding cultural icon and beloved vacation destination, U.S. Route 66's legendary notoriety continues unabated. In fact, thanks to a corps of preservationists dedicated to keeping nostalgia for the road alive, interest in America's Main Street is actually growing. But modern 66 enthusiasts aren't the first to spread the word about the Mother Road-in fact, Route 66 has a rich, decades-long history of advertising behind it.It's been more than...
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Scholastic Reference
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2004.
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English
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Dramatic storytelling and lighthearted illustrations give children historical background and highlight the creation of 20 of the nation's most important symbols, landmarks, and documents. Each symbol is described on a two-page spread decorated with fun, bright pastels.
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12-Story Library, an imprint of Peterson Publishing Company
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[2015]
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English
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Amazing America celebrates the most incredible aspects of the United States. Each book highlights 12 of the most interesting people, events, things, or places that make the country great. Learn about the country's most important battles, life-changing inventions, meaningful landmarks, breathtaking natural wonders, fascinating myths and legends, and significant monuments. Each book in this series is packed with fun facts and historical information...
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A One-of-a-Kind Guide to fifty of the most important cultural and historic sites in the United States guaranteed to fascinate, educate, and entertain-selected and described by the former director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. From Massachusetts to Florida, from Washington, D.C., to Hawaii, 50 Great American Places takes readers on a journey through American history. Sharing the inside stories of sites as old as Mesa Verde...
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Scholastic Nonfiction
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©2004
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English
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Reveals the stories behind the many symbols, landmarks, and documents that have shaped American history, including Plymouth Rock, the White House, Ellis Island, the flag, Uncle Sam, the National Anthem, and the Pledge of Allegiance.
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"In this examination of landscape and memory, four sites of American history are revealed as places where historical truth was written over by oppressive fiction-with profound repercussions for politics past and present. Popular narratives of American history conceal as much as they reveal. They present a national identity based on harvesting the treasures that lay in wait for European colonization. In Whose Ruins tells another story: winding through...
14) Pilgrimage
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Random House
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[2011]
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English
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"Pilgrimage took Annie Leibovitz to places that she could explore with no agenda. She wasn't on assignment. She chose the subjects simply because they meant something to her. The first place was Emily Dickinson's house in Amherst, Massachusetts, which Leibovitz visited with a small digital camera. A few months later, she went with her three young children to Niagara Falls. "That's when I started making lists," she says. She added the houses of Virginia...
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Overturns the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. Loewen provides an examination of historic sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses, forts, and ships. The author uses his investigation of these public versions of history, often literally written in stone, to correct historical interpretations that are profoundly wrong, to...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Filled with striking full-color photographs, more than 500 historic battlefield sites, and dozens of exquisitely detailed maps, National Geographic the Civil War : A Traveler's guide is the best-in-class travel guide on the market. This beautifully illustrated handbook, built on the expertise of the country's most renowned Civil War historians and dozens of Park Service experts, is an indispensable guide for exploring American's War Between the States."--Page...
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