First facts about American heroes / by David C. King.

Author/creator King, David C.
Format Book
Publication InfoWoodbridge, Conn. : Blackbirch Press, ©1996.
Description112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe first facts reference series
First facts reference series. ^A682911
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.
Contents 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.
Abstract Introduces important people and events in American history, highlighting individuals who contributed to the nation's development over the centuries.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 104-105) and index.
LCCN 95000291
ISBN1567111653 (alk. paper)

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