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"A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's provocative reinterpretation of the eight decades surrounding the Civil War (and leading into the twentieth century); the next volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner. In this ambitious story of American imperial conquest and capitalist development, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Steven Hahn takes on the conventional histories of the nineteenth century and offers a perspective...
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Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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This biography introduces readers to Chester Arthur including his early political career and key events from Arthur's administration including improvements to the US Navy, and the Pendleton Civil Service Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to the life of Lyndon B. Johnson including his military service, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including the Civil Rights Act, the Vietnam War, and the Voting Rights Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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This biography introduces readers to Andrew Jackson including his military service, early political career, and key events from Jackson's administration including the Indian Removal Act and his opposition to the Bank of the United States. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to the life of Calvin Coolidge including his early political career and key events from Coolidge's administration including the Kellogg-Briand Pact and Coolidge Prosperity. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
6) William Taft
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Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"This biography introduces readers to William Taft including his early political career and key events from Taft's administration including forming the US Children's Bureau and Arizona and New Mexico becoming states. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
7) Gerald Ford
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Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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This biography introduces readers to Gerald Ford including his early political career and key events from Ford's administration including the Watergate scandal, pardon of former President Richard Nixon, and the Vietnam War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"This biography introduces readers to William McKinley including his early political and key events from McKinley's administration including the Spanish-American War, the expansion of US territory to include the Hawaiian Islands, and his assassination by Leon F. Czolgosz. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"This biography introduces readers to James K. Polk including his early political career and key events from Polk's administration, including the Oregon Treaty, the Mexican War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's website.
10) Barack Obama
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Series
United States presidents) volume No. 44
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Barack Obama including his early political career and key events from Obama's administration including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Affordable Care Act, and the Clean Power Plan. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is...
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Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"This biography introduces readers to James A. Garfield including his early political career and key events from Garfield's administration including his surprise nomination, the Star Route Scandal, and his assassination by Charles Guiteau. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.
13) Thomas Jefferson
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Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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This biography introduces readers to Thomas Jefferson including his early political career and key events from Jefferson's administration, including the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"This biography introduces readers to Warren G. Harding including his early political career and key events from Harding's administration including the Teapot Dome scandal. Information about his childhood, family and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.
15) George W. Bush
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Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to George W. Bush including his early political career and key events from Bush's administration including the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Iraq War, and Hurricane Katrina. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard...
16) John F. Kennedy
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to John F. Kennedy including his military service, early political career, and key events from Kennedy's administration including the Cold War, space race, Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban missile crisis, and his assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to George Washington including his military service, early political career, and key events from Washington's administration including creating the first presidential cabinet, creating a financial plan for the new nation, and planning Washington, DC. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.
18) James Monroe
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Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to James Monroe including his military service, early political career, and key events from Monroe's administration including the Monroe Doctrine. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Franklin D. Roosevelt including his early political career and key events from Roosevelt's administration including the Great Depression, the New Deal, Pearl Harbor, and World War II. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website. .
20) John Adams
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Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to John Adams including his early political career and key events from Adams's administration including the French Revolution the Alien and Sedition Acts. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.
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