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Booker T. Washington : educator and racial spokesman / Alan Schroeder ; with additional text by Anne Beier

Author:
Schroeder, Alan  Search this
Beier, Anne  Search this
Subject:
Washington, Booker T. 1856-1915  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 150 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Juvenile literature
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Educators  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_910609
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My grandfather's knocking sticks : Ojibwe family life and labor on the reservation / Brenda J. Child

Title:
Ojibwe family life and labor on the reservation
Author:
Child, Brenda J. 1959-  Search this
Subject:
Auginash, Fred 1888-1957  Search this
Auginash, Jeanette 1905-  Search this
Physical description:
242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Type:
Anecdotes
Biography
Place:
Minnesota
Red Lake Indian Reservation
Red Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.)
Date:
2014
20th century
Topic:
Ojibwa Indians--History  Search this
Ojibwa Indians--Social life and customs  Search this
Ojibwa Indians--Social conditions  Search this
Subsistence hunting  Search this
Wild rice--Harvesting  Search this
Prohibition  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1050060
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General Scott and his staff: comprising memoirs of Generals Scott, Twiggs, Smith, Quitman, Shields, Pillow, Lane, Cadwalader, Patterson and Pierce; Colonels Childs, Riley, Harney, and Butler, and other distinguished officers attached to General Scott's army ... Compiled from public documents and private correspondence

Subject:
Scott, Winfield 1786-1866  Search this
Physical description:
11-224 p. illus., ports. 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1970
1848
[1970]
Topic:
Mexican War, 1846-1848  Search this
Call number:
E403 .G32 1970X
E403.G32 1970X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_3814
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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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Caroline Gordon / edited by Eleanor H. Beiswenger and Steven T. Ryan

Author:
Childs, Bruce  Search this
Beiswenger, Eleanor Haven  Search this
Ryan, Steven Tom 1947-  Search this
Subject:
Gordon, Caroline 1895-1981  Search this
Childs, Bruce  Search this
Physical description:
135 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Southern States
Date:
1990
C1990
20th century
Topic:
Novelists, American  Search this
Authors, American  Search this
Call number:
CT275.G6337 B4 1990
CT275.G6337B4 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_396795
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The journey of Crazy Horse [sound recording] : [a Lakota history] / Joseph M. Marshall, III

Author:
Marshall, Joseph 1945-  Search this
HighBridge Audio (Firm)  Search this
Subject:
Crazy Horse approximately 1842-1877  Search this
Physical description:
9 sound discs (11 hr.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Biography
Audiobooks
Date:
2004
P2004
Topic:
Kings and rulers  Search this
Government relations  Search this
Wars  Search this
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876  Search this
Call number:
disc 000471
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_748035
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Mary Church Terrell : speaking out for civil rights / Cookie Lommel

Author:
Lommel, Cookie  Search this
Subject:
Terrell, Mary Church 1863-1954  Search this
Physical description:
112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Juvenile literature
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
African American women  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Civil rights workers  Search this
African American women social reformers  Search this
African Americans--Segregation--History  Search this
African Americans--Civil rights--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_734344
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The immortal cell : one scientist's quest to solve the mystery of human aging / Michael D. West

Author:
West, Michael (Michael D.)  Search this
Subject:
West, Michael (Michael D.)  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 244 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Popular works
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
Topic:
Human cloning  Search this
Cells--Aging  Search this
Gerontologists  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_744237
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Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Linda Brent ; edited by L. Maria Child ; new introduction and notes by Walter Teller

Author:
Jacobs, Harriet A (Harriet Ann) 1813-1897  Search this
Child, Lydia Maria 1802-1880  Search this
Subject:
Jacobs, Harriet A (Harriet Ann) 1813-1897  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 210 p ; 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1983
1973
[1983] c1973
Topic:
Slaves--Social conditions  Search this
Slaves  Search this
Call number:
E444.B84 1983X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_395899
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The life of Benjamin Franklin / J.A. Leo Lemay

Title:
Benjamin Franklin
Author:
Lemay, J. A. Leo (Joseph A. Leo) 1935-2008  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
volumes <1-3> : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
Date:
2006
2006-<2009>
Topic:
Statesmen  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Printers  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_920814
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The wilderness of ruin : a tale of madness, fire, and the hunt for America's youngest serial killer / Roseanne Montillo

Author:
Montillo, Roseanne  Search this
Subject:
Pomeroy, Jesse Harding 1859-1932  Search this
Physical description:
308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
History
Biographies
Place:
Massachusetts
Boston
Boston (Mass.)
Date:
2015
19th century
Topic:
Serial murderers  Search this
Juvenile homicide  Search this
Murder--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1046096
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The story of Alice : Lewis Carroll and the secret history of Wonderland / Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

Author:
Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert  Search this
Subject:
Carroll, Lewis 1832-1898  Search this
Hargreaves, Alice Pleasance Liddell 1852-1934  Search this
Alice (Fictitious character from Carroll)  Search this
Carroll, Lewis 1832-1898 Alice's adventures in Wonderland  Search this
Carroll, Lewis 1832-1898 Through the looking-glass  Search this
Physical description:
488 pages : illustrations, facsimilies ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Date:
2015
19th century
Topic:
Authors, English  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1051392
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Kālī's child : the mystical and the erotic in the life and teachings of Ramakrishna / Jeffrey J. Kripal

Author:
Kripal, Jeffrey John 1962-  Search this
Subject:
Ramakrishna 1836-1886  Search this
Ramakrishna Mission  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
India
Date:
1995
Topic:
Hindus  Search this
Call number:
BL1280.292.R36 K75
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_890849
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Stanley : the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer / Tim Jeal

Author:
Jeal, Tim  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Reilly, William K (William Kane) 1940- DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Livingstone, David 1813-1873  Search this
Léopold II King of the Belgians 1835-1909  Search this
Stanley, Dorothy Lady -1926  Search this
Emin Pasha 1840-1892  Search this
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 570 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Great Britain
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, Central
Date:
2007
1884-1960
Topic:
Explorers  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
DT351.S9 J43b 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_899701
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Over the river [videorecording] : life of Lydia Maria Child, abolitionist for freedom / written, produced and directed by Constance L. Jackson

Author:
Jackson, Constance L (Constance Lillie) 1954-  Search this
Jackson, Constance L (Constance Lillie) 1954-  Search this
Carroll, Diahann  Search this
Subject:
Child, Lydia Maria 1802-1880  Search this
Physical description:
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Videorecordings
Biography
Documentary films
Biographical films
Place:
United States
Date:
2008
C2008
19th century
Topic:
Women social reformers  Search this
Women abolitionists  Search this
Authors, American  Search this
Antislavery movements--History  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Social justice--History  Search this
Call number:
video 000986
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_905210
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Over the river-- : life of Lydia Maria Child, abolitionist for freedom, 1802-1880 : a companion book to the epic documentary of the same name / Constance L. Jackson ; introduction by Carolyn L. Karcher

Author:
Jackson, Constance L (Constance Lillie) 1954-  Search this
Subject:
Child Mrs (Lydia Maria) 1802-1880  Search this
Physical description:
97 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Juvenile literature
Place:
United States
Date:
2008
C2008
19th century
Topic:
Women social reformers  Search this
Women abolitionists  Search this
Authors, American  Search this
Antislavery movements--History  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Social justice--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_906768
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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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Destiny's child : memoirs of a preacher's daughter / Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

Author:
Gibbs, Jewelle Taylor  Search this
Subject:
Gibbs, Jewelle Taylor  Search this
Taylor family  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 444 pages : illustrations, facsimilies, 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2014
Topic:
Racially mixed women  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Call number:
E185.97.G435 A3 2014
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1060235
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Delta jewels : in search of my grandmother's wisdom / Alysia Burton Steele

Author:
Steele, Alysia Burton  Search this
Subject:
Steele, Alysia Burton Family  Search this
Physical description:
192 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Type:
Biography
Pictorial works
Place:
Mississippi
Delta (Region)
Delta (Miss. : Region)
Date:
2015
Topic:
African American women  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Elders (Church officers)  Search this
African American grandmothers  Search this
Intergenerational relations  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1048815
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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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