Extraordinary people in extraordinary times : heroes, sheroes, and villains / Patrick M. Mendoza.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1999وصف:x, 142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1563086115 (pbk)
- 9781563086113 (pbk)
- CT214 M46 1999
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | CT214 M46 1999 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011075833 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | CT214 M46 1999 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011075832 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-139) and index.
chapter 1. Mochi -- chapter 2. Shadow on the wall -- chapter 3. Medal and the lady: the Mary Edwards Walker story -- chapter 4. Nathan's legacy -- Dempsey shorts -- chapter 5. Mother Maggard -- chapter 6. Silas Soule: a forgotten hero of Sand Creek -- chapter 7. Theodosia: a lady lost -- chapter 8. Jules Bledsoe: the voice -- chapter 9. Charles Gates Dawes: he won the Nobel Peace Prize and wrote a song that went to the Top 40 -- Ten interesting facts about presidents and vice-presidents -- chapter 10. Day Doris Miller became a man -- First shots fired on December 7, 1941 -- chapter 11. Billie and Patches -- chapter 12. Sam Antonio: the last Acoma to survive -- chapter 13. Shoichi Yokoi: the last Japanese soldier -- Last officer to surrender -- chapter 14. One extraordinary event: the day they hanged an elephant -- Hartleypoole chimp incident -- chapter 15. Governor Ralph Carr: a man of compassion -- Interesting facts about the internment camps -- chapter 16. Jeannette Pickering Rankin: the lady from Montana -- Quotes from Jeannette Pickering Rankin -- chapter 17. Villains: Lavinia Fisher -- Footnotes in crime -- chapter 18. Those weren't ladies, they were pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read -- Pirate briefs -- chapter 19. Jonita -- chapter 20. Jóse Marti: his eloquence is still heard -- Quotes from Jóse Marti -- chapter 21. Daisy Anderson: "I just want people to get along with each other" -- chapter 22. Doctor Victor Westphall and Angel Fire.
A collection of twenty-two tales about extraordinary heroes and villains from different historical eras.