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(0)Ann Gaines
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and accomplishments of Mexican American labor leader Cesar Chavez, who founded the United Farm Workers union to promote better wages and working conditions for migrants and other farm workers.
Author
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of the famous Alamo, which was built as a mission, but later used as a fort, the battle fought there, and its significance for the history of the United States.
4) Henry Ford
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
2001
Language
Español
Description
A biography of the engineer and industrialist whose innovative methods enabled his company to build and mass-produce reliable and inexpensive automobiles.
5) Hedy Lamarr
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publishing
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Describes how glamorous film star Hedy Lamarr achieved recognition as the inventor of a radio communications device.
6) Eli Whitney
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publishing
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin, whose application of standardized parts to the production of weapons and other machines was a major influence in the development of industry.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Discusses the lives and influences of Mathew B. Brady, Jacob A. Riis, Alfred Stieglitz, Lewis Wickes Hine, Man Ray, Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, Margaret Bourke-White, Diane Arbus, and Gordon Parks.