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03018aam a2200277 a 4500 001 34FD1CE429C211E499A8AD93DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140822010437 008 140815s1993 xxu eng d 020 $a 9780805017199 (hardcover) 020 $a 0805017194 (hardcover) 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Perl, Lila. 245 10 $a It happened in America : $b true stories from the fifty states / $c Lila Perl, Ib Ohlsson. 250 $a First edition. 260 $a New York : $b Henry Holt, $c ©1992. 300 $a xiii, 288 p. : $b color illustrations, maps ; $c 26 cm 500 $a The day rosa Parks said no to "Jim Crow" -- Ma Pullen and the Chilkoot Pass -- Hadji Ali and the camel experiment -- James Black and the "Arkansas toothpick" -- The forty-niners in Death Valley -- Silver king of the Rockies -- Don't take any wooden nutmegs -- Brave as the blue hen's chickens -- Dolley Madison stands her ground -- The oranges of Lue Gim Gong -- The little White House at Warm Springs -- The farewell song of Queen Liliuokalani -- Rendezvous of the mountain men -- Come to the fair, ride the first ferris wheel -- Mr. Studebaker's horseless carriage -- Home cooking, Amana style -- Dinner with the Harvey Girls -- Mammoth Cave, where the blind fish live -- Jean Lafitte, pirate or patriot? -- Martha Ballard made house calls -- Mary Pickersgill and the flag at Fort McHenry -- The ice king of New England -- Breakfast from Battle Creek -- "America letters" to the folks back home -- How Mississippi mud pie got its name -- Gateway to the West -- Miss Fligelman's mother was shocked -- Ugly as a mud fence -- Sam Clemens changes his name to Mark Twain -- Laura Bridgman, out of the darkness -- Atlantic City, Monopoly's hometown -- Sky City, home of the Acoma -- Yours till Niagara Falls -- Was the "lost colony" really lost? -- Sacagawea, a gift from the plains -- Heading north on the underground railroad -- Sooners and Boomers in Indian Territory -- "Dear diary" on the Oregon Trail -- Home of the Prairie Schooner -- The smuggled secret of Samuel Slater -- The revolt of Denmark Vesey -- Sitting Bull's last stand -- Casey Jones and the Cannonball Express -- Cowboys of the Chisholm Trail -- All those dinosaur bones -- Father Coolidge swears in a president -- Robert E. Lee makes a painful decision -- Asa Mercer, matchmaker -- Mother Jones, the coal miners' angel -- The Ringling brothers start a circus -- Where women came first. 520 $a Presents historical anecdotes from each of the fifty states, with an emphasis on women and ethnic minorities. 650 $a Minorities $x Juvenile literature. $x History $x Anecdotes $x Juvenile literature. 650 $a United States $x Juvenile literature. $x Anecdotes $x Juvenile literature. 700 1 $a Ohlsson, Ib. 856 40 $3 URL $u http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805017194/chopaconline-20 941 $a 1 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20151216021145.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=34FD1CE429C211E499A8AD93DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search