Graphic library: graphic history
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Presents the story of Betsy Ross in graphic novel format. Betsy and her husband John owned an upholstery shop. When John decided to fight against the British in the American Revolution, Betsy kept the business going and continued to run it after John's death. Legend has it that George Washington asked Betsy Ross to sew the first American flag. Includes a list of key facts, a glossary, and a bibliography.
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
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Presents the story of patriot Paul Revere's ride to Lexington and Concord in graphic novel format. Revere warned the colonial militia that British troops were coming before the battles at Lexington and Concord. Includes a list of key facts, a glossary, and a bibliography.
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2006
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Presents a short history of the Continental Army's desperate winter at Valley Forge in 1777 written in graphic novel format, and focuses on the events leading up to that fateful encampment and Washington's struggle to keep his army together.
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Capstone Press
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"Describes the building of the Transcontinental Railroad between Omaha, Nebraska, and Sacramento, California, that, when completed in 1869, allowed rail travel from the east coast to the west coast of the United States."--Source other than the Library of Congress.