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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian War and the American Revolution"--Amazon.com.
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Language
English
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"Taking place during the most critical period of our nation's birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington's character, but also illuminates the origins of America's counterintelligence movement that led to the modern day CIA. In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington's bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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On a bitter cold day in January 1741 Benedict Arnold was born. Little did anyone know that he would grow up to become the most infamous villain in American history. But first, he would be one of the country’s greatest war heroes. Fearless in the line of fire, a genius at strategy and motivating his men, General Arnold was America’s first action hero. But his thirst for recognition would ultimately be his undoing. Hopeless at political...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this action-packed memoir that inspired the hit television series The Unit, Eric Haney offers his inside account of the Delta Force, the US Army's most elite counterterrorism unit. As a founding member of Delta Force, Haney has been through it all: airplane hijackings, urban warfare in Beirut, rescue missions in Iran and Sudan, and guerrilla wars in Central America. Here Haney relives every heart-pumping moment.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kickstart the first African American military flight program in the US at Tuskegee University in Alabama. While this...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Robert E. Lee seemed destined for greatness. His father was a Revolutionary War hero and at West Point he graduated second in his class! In 1861, when the Southern states seceded from the Union, Lee was offered the opportunity to command the Union forces. However, even though he was against the war, his loyalty to his home state of Virginia wouldn't let him fight for the North."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
OTTN Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A biography of the general whose successful campaign in the South, in what seemed an impossible situation, turned the tide of the American Revolution and led to a Patriot victory"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Ely S. Parker (1828-1895) is one of the most unique, but little-known figures in US history. A member of the Seneca, an Iroquois nation, Parker was an attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. Raised on a reservation but schooled at a Catholic institution, he learned English at a young age and became an interpreter for his people. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel and was the primary draftsman of the terms...
15) Robert E. Lee
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life, career, and achievements of the general who commanded the Confederate army during the Civil War.
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on Arnold's surviving writings and on the letters, memoirs, and political documents of his contemporaries ... a fascinating portrait of a brilliant man, consistently undervalued by his peers, who made a choice that continues to reveberate through American history."
