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A Walking Tour of McKinney's Saloon History

1) The Brooklyn nine: a novel in nine innings

Author

Gratz, Alan

Pub. Date

[2009]

Language

English

Description

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Follows the fortunes of a German immigrant family through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball.

2) Before Columbus: the Americas of 1491

Author

Mann, Charles C

Pub. Date

[2009]

Language

English

Description

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This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests.

3) Pizza for the queen

Author

Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco)

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

Description

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In 1889 Napoli, Italy, Raffaele Esposito prepares a special pizza for the queen. Based on a true story. Includes a recipe.

4) The World Series: baseball's biggest stage

Author

Doeden, Matt

Series

Spectacular sports

Pub. Date

[2014?]

Language

English

5) Terrible storm

Author

Hurst, Carol Otis

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

Description

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A child's two grandfathers relate their boyhood experiences of the "terrible blizzard of 1888," during which each was stuck for three days doing what he disliked the most.

6) Roanoke: the mystery of the Lost Colony

Author

Miller, Lee

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

Description

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Describes the two failed attempts by English colonists to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island at the end of the sixteenth century.

7) Sent

Author

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Series

The missing volume 2

Language

English

Description

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Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging. Author's note includes historical facts about the princes and king.