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Santillana USA
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[2016]
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Español
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"No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground...
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Publisher
Santillana USA Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
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""Remember the Alamo!" is still a rallying cry more than 175 years after the siege in Texas, where a small band of men held off about two thousand soldiers of the Mexican Army for twelve days. The Alamo was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution, and led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, young readers will relive this famous moment in...
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Santillana USA
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©2016.
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Español
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"Fue la puerta de entrada a una nueva vida en Estados Unidos para millones de personas. Los enemigos de Estados Unidos fueron retenidos aquí durante la Primera y Segunda Guerras Mundiales...[pero,] ahora es un museo que rinde homenajea la historia de los inmigrantes"--Cover.
Describes the history of Ellis Island, a gateway for many immigrants coming to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and details the restoration...
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Publisher
Santillana USA Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
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The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, spouting ash that buried the city and its inhabitants. The disaster left thousands dead, and Pompeii was no more than a memory for almost 1,700 years. In 1748, explorers rediscovered the port city with intact buildings and beautiful mosaics. This easy-to-read account is gripping and includes...
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Santillana USA
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Español
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On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s.
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Series
Publisher
Santillana USA
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
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Describe cómo los peregrinos de Plymouth compartieron una fiesta de tres días con sus vecinos nativos americanos después de su primera cosecha en 1621, estableciendo una tradición que se convertiría en una fiesta nacional.
Describes how the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors after their first harvest in 1621, establishing a tradition that would become a national holiday.
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Publisher
Santillana USA Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Español
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Describes the nineteenth century American gold rush, and includes information on gold rush "boomtowns," relations between Native Americans and gold rush pioneers, and the importance of the gold rush on American history.
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Santillana USA
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Español
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D-Day spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who had been tricked into thinking the attack would take place elsewhere.
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Publisher
Loqueleo, Santillana USA
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
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Describe la Boston Tea Party, incluyendo los eventos que llevaron al partido, sus efectos inmediatos en las relaciones estadounidense-británicas, y por qué sigue siendo un evento importante hoy.
Describes the Boston Tea Party, including the events leading up to the party, its immediate effects on American-British relations, and why it is still an important event today.
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Santillana USA Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Español
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"On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market the system that controls money in America plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses, or both and ended up in shantytowns called Hoovervilles named for the president at the time of the crash. By 1933, many banks had...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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Retroceda en el tiempo al nacimiento de Estados Unidos en esta obra en espa�nol de la serie WHO HQ, y conozca a los rebeldes de la vida real que hicieron libre a este pa�is. En un caluroso d�ia de verano de 1776, cerca de Filadelfia, Thomas Jefferson se sent�o en su escritorio y escribi�o intensamente hasta la ma�nana siguiente. Estaba redactando la Declaraci�on de Independencia, un documento que romper�ia los lazos de este pa�is...
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edición en español publicada por Penguin Workshop, un sello de Penguin Random House LLC, Nueva York
Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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"Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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Los hispanohablantes pueden ahora conocer m�as sobre la serie m�as famosa del campeonato de b�eisbol: �la Serie Mundial! "Tercer strike, ponchado". "Quieto". "Jonr�on". Cada octubre, millones de aficionados al b�eisbol de todo el pa�is esperan ansiosamente ver qu�e equipo gana la mayor competencia del b�eisbol. Pero los partidos originales de la d�ecada de 1900 dif�icilmente se parec�ian a los de hoy. Echa un vistazo a m�as...
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
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"Every four years, thirty-two of the best men's soccer teams from across the globe compete for the title of FIFA World Cup winner. Over one billion people tuned in worldwide to watch the final game of the 2014 competition, making the World Cup the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Summer Olympics! This book takes a look back at what has changed since the first tournament in 1930 and what lies ahead for the most popular...
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