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  • WHAT WAS THE GREAT DEPRESSION?
    WHAT WAS THE GREAT DEPRESSION?
    PASCAL, JANET
    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 na...
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  • WHERE IS THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING?
    WHERE IS THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING?
    PASCAL, JANET
    Includes a color fold-out map attached to inside back cover. ...
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  • ¿QUIÉN FUE ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
    ¿QUIÉN FUE ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
    JANET PASCAL / WHO HQ
    President Abraham Lincoln guided the nation through the Civil War and promoted the abolition of slavery. The life of this remarkable man is now told in Spanish with over 80 black-and-white illustrations and maps. ...
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  • WHAT IS THE PANAMA CANAL?
    WHAT IS THE PANAMA CANAL?
    JANET PASCAL
    Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal! ...
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  • WHAT WAS THE HINDENBURG?
    WHAT WAS THE HINDENBURG?
    JANET PASCAL
    At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic! Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. In under a minute, the Hindenburg was gone, people jumping from windows to escape. However, only 62 of the 97 crew members and passen...
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  • WHO WAS ISAAC NEWTON?
    WHO WAS ISAAC NEWTON?
    JANET PASCAL / TIM FOLEY / NANCY HARRISON
    Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries of the universe. When the plague broke out in London in 1665 he was forced to return home from college. It was during this period of so much death, that Newton gave life to some of the most important theories in modern science, including gravity and the laws of motion. ...
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  • WHO WAS ABRAHAM LINCLON?
    WHO WAS ABRAHAM LINCLON?
    JANET PASCAL
    Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford's Theater—the first President to be assassinated. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations and map...
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  • WHO WAS DR. SEUSS?
    WHO WAS DR. SEUSS?
    JANET PASCAL
    Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books - like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings an amazingly gifted author/illustrator to life. ...
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