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Eugene "Pineapple" Jackson : his own story / by Eugene W. Jackson II with Gwendolyn Sides St. Julian ; with a foreword by Zaiid Leflore

Author:
Jackson, Eugene W. 1916-2001  Search this
St. Julian, Gwendolyn Sides  Search this
Subject:
Jackson, Eugene W. 1916-2001  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1999
©1999
Topic:
African American entertainers  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1089595

More than gold in California : the life and work of Dr. Mary Bennett Ritter / Mary Bennett Ritter, MD ; introduction by Gesa E. Kirsch ; edited by Gesa Kirsch

Title:
Life and work of Dr. Mary Bennett Ritter
Author:
Ritter, Mary Bennett 1860-1949  Search this
Writer of introduction:
Kirsch, Gesa  Search this
Subject:
Ritter, Mary Bennett 1860-1949  Search this
Physical description:
xxxii, 295 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
California
Date:
2017
Topic:
Women physicians  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1090764

The French chef in America : Julia Child's second act / Alex Prud'homme

Author:
Prud'homme, Alex  Search this
Subject:
Child, Julia  Search this
Physical description:
318 pages ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
Date:
2016
Topic:
Cooks  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1072047

Bill Clinton / Michael Tomasky

Author:
Tomasky, Michael 1960-  Search this
Subject:
Clinton, Bill 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 184 pages ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
Date:
2017
1993-2001
Topic:
Presidents  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1074466

Fifth Chinese daughter / Jade Snow Wong ; with a new introduction by the author ; illustrations by Kathryn Uhl

Author:
Wong, Jade Snow  Search this
Subject:
Wong, Jade Snow  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
California
Date:
1989
1950
Topic:
Potters  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1076162

Stolen five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home Richard Bell

Author:
Bell, Richard 1978-  Search this
Physical description:
318 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2019
19th century
Topic:
Child slaves  Search this
Kidnapping victims  Search this
Fugitive slaves  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Free African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--History  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century  Search this
HISTORY / African American  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Slaves  Search this
African Americans--Biography  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1117729

Where eagles dare to soar : Indians, politics and AIDS / by Kevin White

Author:
White, Kevin 1962-1993  Search this
Subject:
White, Kevin 1962-1993  Search this
Physical description:
110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Canada
Date:
1993
©1993
Topic:
AIDS (Disease)--Patients  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1069575

The agitator's daughter : a memoir of four generations of one extraordinary African American family / Sheryll Cashin

Author:
Cashin, Sheryll  Search this
Subject:
Cashin family  Search this
Cashin, John L (John Logan) 1928-2011  Search this
Cashin, Sheryll  Search this
National Democratic Party of Alabama History  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 268 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Alabama
Date:
2008
©2008
19th century
20th century
1865-1950
1951-
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
African Americans--Politics and government  Search this
African Americans--Civil rights--History  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1076658

Pushkin : a biography / Elaine Feinstein

Author:
Feinstein, Elaine  Search this
Subject:
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich 1799-1837  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 309 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1999
1999, ©1998
19th century
Topic:
Poets, Russian  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1076794

Grandad Mandela Zindzi, Zazi & Ziwelene Mandela ; Sean Qualls

Author:
Mandela, Zindzi 1960-2020  Search this
Mandela, Zazi 2010-  Search this
Mandela, Ziwelene 2011-  Search this
Illustrator:
Qualls, Sean  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations 30 cm
Type:
Biography
Juvenile literature
Biographies
Juvenile works
Picture books
Nonfiction
Place:
South Africa
Date:
2018
Topic:
Grandparent and child  Search this
Anti-apartheid activists  Search this
Presidents  Search this
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage  Search this
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Africa  Search this
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1117921

The huntress : the adventures, escapades, and triumphs of Alicia Patterson: aviatrix, sportswoman, journalist, publisher / Alice Arlen and Michael J. Arlen

Author:
Arlen, Alice 1940-2016  Search this
Author:
Arlen, Michael J  Search this
Subject:
Patterson, Alicia 1906-1963  Search this
Physical description:
357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
Date:
2016
Topic:
Women publishers  Search this
Women journalists  Search this
Women air pilots  Search this
Women adventurers  Search this
Horsemen and horsewomen  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1088044

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:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1074723

My father and Atticus Finch : a lawyer's fight for justice in 1930s Alabama / Joseph Madison Beck

Title:
My father & Atticus Finch
Author:
Beck, Joseph Madison  Search this
Subject:
Beck, Foster (Lawyer)  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 218 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
Alabama
Date:
2016
Topic:
Criminal defense lawyers  Search this
Defense (Criminal procedure)  Search this
Trials (Rape)--History  Search this
Race relations--History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1091269

The man who stole himself : the slave odyssey of Hans Jonathan / Gisli Palsson ; translated from the Icelandic by Anna Yates

Author:
Gísli Pálsson 1949-  Search this
Translator:
Yates, Anna 1955-  Search this
Subject:
Hans Jónatan 1784-1827  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 288 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
Iceland
Djúpivogur
Date:
2016
Topic:
Fugitive slaves  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1093443

George and Barbara Bush : a great American love story / by their granddaugther Ellie LeBlond Sosa and Kelly Anne Chase ; foreword by President George W. Bush

Author:
Sosa, Ellie LeBlond  Search this
Chase, Kelly Anne  Search this
Subject:
Bush, George 1924-  Search this
Bush, Barbara 1925-2018  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
Date:
2018
Topic:
Presidents  Search this
Presidents' spouses  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1095860

The making of Donald Trump / David Cay Johnston

Author:
Johnston, David Cay 1948-  Search this
Subject:
Trump, Donald 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 263 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biografie
Biographies
Place:
United States
Date:
2016
21st century
Topic:
Businessmen  Search this
Real estate developers  Search this
Celebrities  Search this
Television personalities  Search this
Presidential candidates  Search this
Political campaigns--History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1078046

Toussaint Louverture : a revolutionary life / Philippe Girard

Author:
Girard, Philippe R.  Search this
Subject:
Toussaint Louverture 1743-1803  Search this
Physical description:
340 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
Haiti
Date:
2016
Revolution, 1791-1804
Topic:
Revolutionaries  Search this
Generals  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1091168

Buckets from an English sea : 1832 and the making of Charles Darwin / Louis B. Rosenblatt

Author:
Rosenblatt, Louis Barry  Search this
Subject:
Darwin, Charles 1809-1882  Search this
Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
History
Place:
England
Great Britain
Date:
2018
19th century
Topic:
Naturalists  Search this
Evolution (Biology)--History  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1095106

Dezba: woman of the desert. With photos. by Lilian J. Reichard and the author

Author:
Reichard, Gladys Amanda 1893-1955  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 161 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1971
1939
[1971]
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Navajo women  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1098355

The loyal son : the war in Ben Franklin's house / Daniel Mark Epstein

Author:
Epstein, Daniel Mark  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Franklin, William 1731-1813  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 438 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
New Jersey
Date:
2017
1775-1783
Topic:
Statesmen  Search this
Governors  Search this
American loyalists  Search this
Statesmen's children  Search this
Statesmen--Biography  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1084298

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