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First facts about American heroes /

Introduces important people and events in American history, highlighting individuals who contributed to the nation's development over the centuries.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, David C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Conn. : Blackbirch Press, [1996]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:First facts reference series.
Subjects:
Heroes > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
United States > History > Juvenile literature.
United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Colonial America: John Smith
  • Squanto
  • Anne Hutchinson
  • William Penn
  • Daniel Boone
  • The American revolution: Paul Revere
  • Patrick Henry
  • Molly Pitcher
  • Francis Marion
  • John Paul Jones
  • The early United States: Tecumseh
  • Stephen Decatur
  • Oliver Hazard Perry
  • Dolly Madison
  • Andrew Jackosn
  • The civil war era: Harriet Tubman
  • Frederick Douglass
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Clara Barton
  • Heroes of the West: Jim Beckworth
  • Kit Carson
  • Wild Bill Hickok
  • Chief Joseph
  • Annie Oakley.
  • The early twentieth century: John J. Pershing
  • Jane Addams
  • Robert Peary
  • Mother Jones
  • Jim Thorpe
  • Charles A. Lindbergh
  • Douglas MacArthur
  • Audie Murphy
  • Jackie Robinson
  • America since 1950: Jonas Salk
  • Rosa Parks
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Cesar Chavez
  • Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Rachel Carson
  • H. Norman Schwarzkopf.