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1880s

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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

By Carole Boston Weatherford

Picture book biography in verse of life of Henry “Box” Brown, an African American slave who mailed himself to freedom. With back matter.

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Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, U.S. Marshal

By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Picture book biography of African American man who was born into slavery, escaped during the American Civil War, lived among many Native American nations and learned their languages, and became a U.S. Marshal, patrolling the wild west of the Oklahoma Territory.

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Kaiulani, The People’s Princess

By Ellen Emerson White

Diary of last princess of Hawaii, who was sent to England for school, while white businessmen angled to take over control of her beloved islands. Part of Scholastic’s Royal Diaries series

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Runs With Horses

By Brian Burks

16 yo Apache boy trains to become warrior and hunter, at time that Geronimo surrenders to U. S. government

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Seabird

By Holling C. Holling

History of America at sea, with a special emphasis on the New England whaling industry

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Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer

By Marguerite Higgins

Fictionalized life of John C. Fremont’s wife, daughter of a prominent senator, supporter of her explorer husband, and editor of his field notes.

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