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1) Thomas Edison

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Focuses on ten crucial days in Thomas Edison's life.

2) Michelle Obama: an American story

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This YA biography of the former First Lady considers her journey from Chicago to the White House in the larger context of African American history.

Michelle Obama grew up on Chicago's South Side, and while the world outside her door was chaotic and ever-changing, her family provided a stable environment in which she could grow and flourish. This biography of the former First Lady shows how a girl from a working class...

3) Eyewitness to America: 500 years of America in the words of those who saw it happen

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Hundreds of eyewitness accounts of great moments in American history include Langston Hughes on the Scottsboro boys, Jack London on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and other chronicles of the Salem witch trials and the Scopes trial.

4) Eyewitness to the American West: from the Aztec Empire to the digital frontier in the words of those who saw it happen

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Includes firsthand accounts from diaries, letters, memoirs, and reportage.

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