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Description not available.A fascinating study of one of the Georgia's most important black families retraces the steps of a former slave who became an extremely wealthy man within the four decades of being freed from bondage.
PUBLISHER: University of Georgia Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Thomas Jefferson, His Words & Vision by Nick Beilenson
America's Renaissance Man is quoted on democracy, public policy, women, slavery, and morals. AUTHOR: Nick Beilenson
PUBLISHER: Peter Pauper Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Picture Book of Jesse Owens by David A. Adler, Robert Casilla
An introduction to the life of the track-and-field champion who became a noted figure in the fight for human equality. Illustrated with watercolor paintings. AUTHOR: David A. Adler, Robert Casilla
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | In Praise of Public Life by Joseph I. Lieberman, Michael D'Orso
In this political memoir, a two-term senator from Connecticut writes on how he has learned to value consensus and compromise, and on the need for working within the political process for the common weal. Lieberman was selected as the Democratic candidate for the Vice-Presidency in 2000. AUTHOR: Joseph I. Lieberman, Michael D'Orso
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Road to Berlin by John Erickson
Completing the most comprehensive and authoritative study ever written of the Soviet-German war, Erickson presents the vivid and compelling story of the Red Army's epic struggle to drive the Germans from Russian soil. AUTHOR: John Erickson
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Fathering Words by Ethelbert Miller
African-American Poet E. Ethelbert Miller, in an effort to understand his enigmatic father, talks about his childhood and maturation. This memoir also reflects the simultaneous growth of the Black Arts Movement. AUTHOR: Ethelbert Miller
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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