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|  | Cesar Chavez by Rodolfo Cardona
Biography of the Mexican-American labor activist who organized and led the braceros, or migrant farm workers, in their struggle for better working conditions. AUTHOR: Rodolfo Cardona
PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Black Bottom Stomp by David A. Jasen, Gene Jones
Providing biographical sketches of some of the earliest masters of ragtime and early jazz, Jasen and Jones create a history of these highly influential forms. Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and sheet music. AUTHOR: David A. Jasen, Gene Jones
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | An Uncommon Friendship by Frederic C. Tubach, Sally Patterson Tubach
This volume contains the memoirs of two figures who, despite divergent pasts during the Holocaust, forged a friendship in the United States in the 1980s. Rosner, a Hungarian Jew, was transported to Auschwitz, where his family perished, while Tubach, the son of a German soldier, was involved with Nazi youth. AUTHOR: Frederic C. Tubach, Sally Patterson Tubach
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Raised in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian War (1971-1979), this memoirist expresses the violence of African politics and the African landscape from her perspective as a white citizen born in England. Insects, landmines, leopards, and terrorists imprint this coming-of-age story. A New York Times Notable Book of 2002. AUTHOR: Alexandra Fuller
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Janet and Jackie by Jan Pottker
Description not available.The first book to explore Jackie Kennedy's relationship with her mother examines Jackie's early life and illuminates often-overlooked aspects of the Kennedy family following the assassination of JFK. Reprint. 20,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Jan Pottker
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | All Aboard! by Richard P. Kughn, Ron Hollander
Those marvelous toy trains, and the man who made them are profiled here, with 32 pages of color photographs. AUTHOR: Richard P. Kughn, Ron Hollander
PUBLISHER: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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