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"Tunnel 13" the story of the DeAutremont brothers and the West's last great train hold up by Art Chipman

Author:
Chipman, Art  Search this
Physical description:
159 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Oregon authors
Place:
Oregon
Date:
1977
Topic:
Train robberies  Search this
Brigands and robbers  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1114325
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7 immigrant women who revolutionized food in America

Author:
Sen, Mayukh  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 259 pages 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2022
Topic:
Women cooks  Search this
Women immigrants  Search this
Cuisinières (Personnes)  Search this
Immigrantes  Search this
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Culinary  Search this
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women  Search this
COOKING / History  Search this
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Diversity & Multicultural  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159896
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A Victorian gentleman & Ethiopian nationalist : the life & times of Hakim Wärqenäh, Dr. Charles Martin / Peter P. Garretson

Title:
Victorian gentleman and Ethiopian nationalist
Author:
Garretson, Peter P  Search this
Subject:
Warqenah ʼEšaté 1865-1952  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Ethiopia
Date:
2012
Topic:
Physicians  Search this
Diplomats  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1047165
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A border passage : from Cairo to America-- a woman's journey / Leila Ahmed

Author:
Ahmed, Leila  Search this
Subject:
Ahmed, Leila  Search this
Physical description:
x, 307, 11 pages ; 20 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Egypt
United States
Date:
2000
1999
2000, ©1999
Topic:
Women  Search this
Muslim women  Search this
Women in Islam  Search this
Egyptians  Search this
Feminism  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1074723
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A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier / Ishmael Beah

Author:
Beah, Ishmael 1980-  Search this
Subject:
Beah, Ishmael 1980-  Search this
Physical description:
229 p. : map ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Personal narratives
Place:
Sierra Leone
Date:
2007
Civil War, 1991-2002
1961-
Topic:
Child soldiers  Search this
History  Search this
Participation, Juvenile  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_899559
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A mirror garden / Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian and Zara Houshmand

Author:
Farmanfarmaian, Monir Shahroudy 1924-  Search this
Houshmand, Zara  Search this
Subject:
Farmanfarmaian, Monir Shahroudy 1924-  Search this
Physical description:
322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Iran
Date:
2007
Topic:
Women  Search this
Iranian American women  Search this
Iranian Americans  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044588
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A mother's debt : the true story of an African orphan / Talent Chioma Mundy-Castle

Author:
Mundy-Castle, Talent Chioma 1954-  Search this
Subject:
Mundy-Castle, Talent Chioma 1954-  Search this
Biafran Army  Search this
Physical description:
x, 157 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Personal narratives
Biographies
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
2012
Civil War, 1967-1970
Topic:
Orphans  Search this
Child soldiers  Search this
Spies  Search this
Mothers  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1088166
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A place in El Paso : a Mexican-American childhood / Gloria López-Stafford

Author:
López-Stafford, Gloria 1937-  Search this
Subject:
López-Stafford, Gloria 1937- Childhood and youth  Search this
Physical description:
212 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Texas
El Paso
El Paso (Tex.)
Date:
1996
C1996
Topic:
Mexican Americans--Biography  Search this
Biography  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_512764
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A soldier reports / William C. Westmoreland

Author:
Westmoreland, William C (William Childs) 1914-2005  Search this
Subject:
Westmoreland, William C (William Childs) 1914-2005  Search this
Physical description:
x, 446 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Personal narratives, American
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1976
Topic:
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975  Search this
Vietnam War, 1961-1975  Search this
Generals  Search this
Call number:
DS559.5 .W47X
DS559.5.W47X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_70502
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Africans in the old South : mapping exceptional lives across the Atlantic world / Randy J. Sparks

Author:
Sparks, Randy J.  Search this
Physical description:
204 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
History
Place:
Southern States
Atlantic Ocean Region
Date:
2016
18th century
19th century
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Black people  Search this
Slaves  Search this
Slave trade--History  Search this
Women slaves  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1100035
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Alberto Childe : o homem, a obra e a sua época, por L. de Castro Faria

Author:
Faria, L. de Castro (Luis de Castro)  Search this
Subject:
Childe, Alberto  Search this
Physical description:
23 p. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Brazil
Date:
1970
Topic:
Archaeologists--Biography  Search this
Call number:
CC115.C44F37X 1970
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_372234
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Ali : a life / Jonathan Eig

Author:
Eig, Jonathan  Search this
Subject:
Ali, Muhammad 1942-2016  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 623 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2017
20th century
Topic:
Boxers (Sports)  Search this
African American boxers  Search this
Parkinson's disease--Patients  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1089844
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Alva Vanderbilt Belmont : unlikely champion of women's rights / Sylvia D. Hoffert

Author:
Hoffert, Sylvia D  Search this
Subject:
Belmont, Alva 1853-1933  Search this
Belmont, Alva 1853-1933 Political and social views  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2012
C2012
20th century
Topic:
Feminists  Search this
Suffragists  Search this
Women political activists  Search this
Women--Suffrage--History  Search this
Women's rights--History  Search this
Socialites  Search this
Rich people  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_985396
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American tapestry : the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of Michelle Obama / Rachel L. Swarns

Author:
Swarns, Rachel L  Search this
Subject:
Obama, Michelle 1964- Family  Search this
Physical description:
391 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2012
C2012
Topic:
African American families  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Racially mixed people  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1002043
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American warlords : how Roosevelt's high command led America to victory in World War II / Jonathan W. Jordan

Title:
How Roosevelt's high command led America to victory in World War II
Author:
Jordan, Jonathan W. 1967-  Search this
Subject:
Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Military leadership  Search this
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David) 1890-1969  Search this
Stimson, Henry L (Henry Lewis) 1867-1950  Search this
Marshall, George C (George Catlett) 1880-1959  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 607 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
History
Date:
2015
20th century
1933-1945
Topic:
Presidents  Search this
Generals  Search this
Command of troops  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1057437
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Amkoullel, the Fula boy Amadou Hampâté Bâ ; translated and with an introduction by Jeanne Garane ; with a foreword by Ralph A. Austen

Author:
Bâ, Amadou Hampaté  Search this
Translator:
Garane, Jeanne 1960-  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Austen, Ralph A  Search this
Subject:
Bâ, Amadou Hampaté Childhood and youth  Search this
B́, Amadou Hamṕť Childhood and youth  Search this
Physical description:
xxxii, 366 pages map 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Autobiography
Autobiographies
Place:
Mali
Date:
2021
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Fula (African people)  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Oral tradition  Search this
Ethnologists  Search this
Authors, Malian  Search this
Peuls (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Peuls (Peuple d'Afrique)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Tradition orale  Search this
Ethnologues  Search this
Écrivains maliens  Search this
Fula (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153928
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An appetite for wonder : the making of a scientist : a memoir / Richard Dawkins

Author:
Dawkins, Richard 1941-  Search this
Subject:
Dawkins, Richard 1941-  Search this
Physical description:
308 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
2013
Topic:
Biologists  Search this
Ethologists  Search this
Evolution (Biology)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1020937
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Andrew Jackson, his life and times / H.W. Brands

Author:
Brands, H. W  Search this
Subject:
Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 620 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
1829-1837
Topic:
Presidents  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_796138
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Antarctica's lost aviator : the epic adventure to explore the last frontier on Earth / Jeff Maynard

Author:
Maynard, Jeff (Filmmaker)  Search this
Subject:
Ellsworth, Lincoln 1880-1951 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 251 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biografie
Biographies
Place:
Antarctica
United States
Date:
2019
Topic:
Explorers  Search this
Aerial exploration  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1104537
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Apache odyssey; a journey between two worlds, by Morris E. Opler

Author:
Opler, Morris Edward 1907-1996  Search this
Subject:
Chris  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 301 pages illustrations, maps. 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1969
[1969]
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_777371

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