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Blacklisted by history : the untold story of Senator Joe McCarthy and his fight against America's enemies.

Authors : Evans, M. Stanton (Medford Stanton), 1934-2015

Subjects: Legislators -- Biography; Communism -- History -- 20th century; Anti-communist movements -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography...

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Up from history : the life of Booker T. Washington.

Authors : Norrell, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson)

Subjects: African Americans -- Biography; Educators -- United States -- Biography; BiographiesWashington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Availability: 1 Holdings

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A great unrecorded history : a new life of E.M. Forster.

Authors : Moffat, Wendy, 1955-

Subjects: Forster, E. M. 1879-1970; Forster, E. M. 1879-1970 -- Relations with men; Forster, E. M. 1879-1970 -- Friends and associates

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A sober desire for history : William Gilmore Simms as historian.

Authors : Busick, Sean R., 1969-

Subjects: Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism; Literature and history -- South Carolina; Historiography -- South CarolinaSouth Carolina -- Historiography; South Carolina -- In literatureSimms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 -- Knowledge -- History; Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 -- Knowledge -- South Carolina

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Ambling into history : the unlikely odyssey of George W. Bush.

Authors : Bruni, Frank

Subjects: Presidents -- Biography; BiographiesUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-Bush, George W. 1946-

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Prisoner of history : Aspasia of Miletus and her biographical tradition.

Authors : Henry, Madeleine Mary, 1949-

Subjects: Mistresses -- Greece -- Athens -- Biography; Women -- Political activity -- Greece -- Athens -- BiographyGreece -- History -- Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.Aspasia; Pericles, 499-429 B.C.

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Hitler in history.

Authors : Jäckel, Eberhard

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Heads of state -- Germany -- BiographyGermany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945

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The bus ride that changed history : the story of Rosa Parks.

Authors : Edwards, Pamela Duncan; Shanahan, Danny, illustrator

Subjects: African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literatureMontgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literatureParks, Rosa, 1913-2005 -- Juvenile literature

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The mysterious history of Columbus : an exploration of the man, the myth, and the legacy.

Authors : Wilford, John Noble

Subjects: Explorers -- America -- Biography; Explorers -- Spain -- BiographyAmerica -- Discovery and exploration -- SpanishColumbus, Christopher

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Mathew Brady and the image of history.

Authors : Panzer, Mary; National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution); ... ...

Subjects: Photographers -- Biography -- Exhibitions; Portrait photography -- History -- ExhibitionsUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photography -- ExhibitionsBrady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896 -- Exhibitions

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