Résultats de recherche de titre
Articles 41 à 60 sur 4393
The Alamo
Par Leonard Fisher. 1987
The Alamo, a national historic landmark, is known as "the shrine of Texas liberty." William B. Travis, Davy Crockett, James…
Bowie, and some 180 other Texans lost their lives during the battle that took place there in 1836. Originally built as a Franciscan mission, the Alamo has also been used as a supply depot and a general store. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe Brooklyn Bridge: they said it couldn't be built
Par Judith George. 1982
The remarkable story of a determined, nineteenth-century family who built the bridge they said couldn't be built--a suspension bridge connecting…
Brooklyn with New York City. For grades 5-8 and older readersKhubilai Khan: his life and times
Par Morris Rossabi. 1987
Portrait of the legendary Mongol drawn from Chinese, Korean, Persian, Russian, Armenian, and Syrian sources. The author focuses on Khan's…
military exploits and political maneuverings and suggests that the leader's mother and his favorite wife played essential roles in his rise to power. Without their guidance, Rossabi states, the Khan descended to drunkenness and debaucheryVenice, birth of a city
Par Piero Ventura. 1988
Venice, considered by many to be the most beautiful city in the world, is built on islands in the Adriatic…
Sea. This book traces the city's history from 452 to the height of its power in the 1400s and to its conquest by Napoleon in 1797. For grades 6-9 and older readersWilliam H. Taft, 27th president of the United States
Par Lucille Falkof. 1990
William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 15, 1857. Like his grandfather and his father, he chose…
law as a profession and was admitted to the bar in 1880. Taft was elected to the presidency in 1909. At the end of his term he became a law professor at Yale, and was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1921. For grades 5-8 and older readersWarren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States
Par Anne Canadeo. 1990
Warren Harding was born on November 2, 1865, near Blooming Grove, Ohio, the eldest of eight children. His father was…
a physician. Harding was elected to the presidency in 1920. Several members of his administration became involved in the Teapot Dome scandal, which embittered his last days. He became ill and died in 1923. For grades 5-8 and older readersZachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par David Collins. 1989
Zachary Taylor was born in 1784 in Virginia, and grew up in Kentucky. During the Revolutionary War his father had…
won acclaim as a soldier, and Zach loved to listen to his war stories and play war games. When Zach was twenty-three, he began his own military career, which would make him a national hero and lead to the presidency. For grades 5-8 and older readersGerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States
Par David Collins. 1990
Ford was born in Nebraska on July 14, 1913, and named Leslie King, Jr. Two years later his parents divorced,…
and he and his mother moved to Michigan. His mother remarried, and his name was changed to Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Upon the resignation of Nixon, Ford became the first president never elected to the presidency or the vice-presidency. For grades 5-8 and older readersGeorge Washington: 1st president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par Lucille Falkof. 1989
Washington was born in 1732 in Virginia. When he was six, his half-brother, Lawrence, returned from England. George was captivated…
by his brother, whose service in the military convinced George that he, too, was meant for military life. Many year later he would become commander-in-chief of the American forces in the War of Independence. For grades 5-8 and older readersJames E. Carter, 39th president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par Daniel Richman. 1989
Jimmy Carter was born in 1924 in Plains, Georgia, and grew up on a 350-acre farm. His childhood dream was…
to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. Accepted when he was eighteen, he became an officer upon graduation, and later served as an aide to Adm. Rickover. After the death of his father he returned to Plains and began his rise to the presidency. For grades 5-8 and older readersRichard M. Nixon: 37th president of the United States
Par Rebecca Stefoff. 1990
Richard Nixon was born into a working-class Quaker family in California on January 9, 1913, the second of five sons.…
Nixon was an excellent, hardworking student. He began his political career in 1946 after returning from World War II, and was elected president in 1968. Reelected in 1972, he became the first president to resign from office. For grades 5-8 and older readersBenjamin Harrison: 23rd president of the United States
Par Rita Stevens. 1989
Benjamin Harrison was born in 1833 in Ohio. His great-grandfather was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, his grandfather…
was the ninth president, and his father was a member of Congress. After graduating from college and passing the bar, Benjamin moved to Indiana. A Civil War hero, he was elected to the Senate in 1881, and became president in 1888. For grades 5-8 and older readersThis entertaining as well as informative collection provides a continuous history of English monarchy from Celtic times to the reign…
of Elizabeth II. Longford gathered these anecdotes from information written by victims, perpetrators, eye-witnesses, biographers, historians, and the monarchs themselvesHarry S. Truman: 33rd president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par David Collins. 1988
Harry S. Truman was born in 1884 in Missouri. Because he wore thick glasses and loved to read, he was…
often teased by the other boys. After finishing high school he went to work because he could not afford college. In 1944, after serving in the Senate, he was elected vice-president. When President F. D. Roosevelt died in 1945, Truman became president. For grades 5-8 and older readersAndrew Johnson: 17th president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par Rita Stevens. 1989
No president had more humble origins than Andrew Johnson, born in North Carolina in 1808. His family lived in a…
borrowed shack, and he was unable to attend school for even a day. At thirteen he became a tailor's apprentice. Later, he moved to Tennessee and became involved in politics. He succeeded Lincoln as president. For grades 5-8 and older readersScience in ancient China (A First book)
Par George Beshore. 1988
Documents the achievements of the ancient Chinese in medicine, astronomy, cosmology, science, and technology over thousands of years. Describes the…
compass, water wheels, rockets, movable type, and other innovations. For grades 6-9 and older readersJohn Quincy Adams: 6th President of the United States
Par Miriam Greenblatt. 1990
John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, on July 11, 1767. His family had lived in Massachusetts for more…
than one hundred years and was quite prominent. John Quincy's career in public service began with his appointment as ambassador to the Netherlands in 1794. He also served as secretary of state before becoming president. For grades 5-8 and older readersFranklin D. Roosevelt: 32nd president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par Miriam Greenblatt. 1989
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in 1882 into a wealthy, well-known New York family. Shortly after finishing the Columbia School…
of Law, he was elected to the New York State Senate. At the age of thirty-nine polio paralyzed his legs, but he did not let that stop him. He was the only president elected to four terms, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. For grades 5-8 and older readersJames Madison, 4th president of the United States
Par Barbara Polikoff. 1989
James Madison was born in Virginia in 1751. The eldest of twelve children, Jemmy loved to walk among the trees…
at Montpelier, the family home. After graduating from Princeton, he returned to Virginia and entered politics. Madison served as chief recorder at the Constitutional Convention, and is known as the "Father of the Constitution." For grades 5-8 and older readersWoodrow Wilson: 28th president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par David Collins. 1989
Woodrow Wilson was born in 1856 in Virginia and grew up in Georgia during the Civil War, which left an…
indelible impression on his young mind. A graduate of Princeton and the University of Virginia Law School, Wilson served as president of Princeton, governor of Virginia, and president of the U.S. during World War I. For grades 5-8 and older readers