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Presents a biography of the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Also traces the history of all-black baseball teams.

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Find out how these fun, stackable blocks became the most popular toys in the world.

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"Four score and seven years ago . . ." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. With black-and-illustrations throughout and 16 pages of photos, this turning point in history is brought vividly to life.

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Presenting all sides of a complicated and tragic chapter in recent history, O'Connor explains why the United States got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America. Original.

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The Emperor Titus opened the Colosseum in AD 80 to host 100 days of games and it will astound readers to learn what the ancient Romans found entertaining. Over 50,000 screaming fans watched gladiators battling each other to the death, men fighting wild beasts, and even mock sea battles with warships floating on an arena floor flooded with water.

(Hardback)

A short history of rock from country music and Elvis to today.