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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian War and the American Revolution"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
United States presidents) volume No. 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This biography introduces readers Ulysses S. Grant including his military service in the Mexican and American Civil War and key events from Grant's administration including several scandals, as well as the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
11) Benedict Arnold
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the life and times of Benedict Arnold, giving a glimpse into the man whose name became synonymous with the word "traitor." Known far and wide as our country's most infamous traitor, Benedict Arnold was also one of the nation's most talented military officers during the American Revolution. So what went wrong?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 13
Description
"Drawing on Arnold's surviving writings and on the letters, memoirs, and political documents of his contemporaries ... a fascinating portrait of a brilliant man, consistently undervalued by his peers, who made a choice that continues to reverberate through American history."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Follows the life of Ulysses S. Grant from his childhood in Ohio through his two terms as the eighteenth president of the United States and into his post-White House years, and includes photographs and illustrations, a time line and glossary, articles on key events that influenced Grant, and other reference materials.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Under siege on the island of Corregidor, General Douglas MacArthur received a warning from the enemy. "You are well aware that you are doomed," the Japenese general wrote. "The end is near. The question is how long you will be able to resist. You are advised to surrender." Of course, there was no way Douglas was going to surrender. Whether masterminding battle strategies or guiding the peace process among war-torn nations, 5-Star general MacArthur...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Ely S. Parker (1828-1895) is one of the most unique, but little-known figures in US history. A member of the Seneca, an Iroquois nation, Parker was an attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. Raised on a reservation but schooled at a Catholic institution, he learned English at a young age and became an interpreter for his people. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel and was the primary draftsman of the terms...
20) George Custer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The life of the Civil War general whose controversial fame rests chiefly on the disaster at the Little Big Horn in 1876.