By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90058ISBN: 978-0-635-09005-8Format: Paperback
Hector P. Garcia learned early in life what it felt like to be discriminated against. His family came from Mexico and he worked as a laborer as a child. His parents encouraged him to pursue an education and he grew up to become a doctor! He spent his life working to increase rights and equality for Mexican Americans.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90074ISBN: 978-0-635-09007-2Format: Paperback
James A. Lovell grew from a boy who dreamed about rockets into the astronaut who commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission to the moon! His quick thinking and leadership helped avert disaster and bring him and the other astronauts back to Earth.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90082ISBN: 978-0-635-09008-9Format: Paperback
This Interactive Write-In Reader Packs includes 30 readers. This popular reader includes easy-to-read information, activities, fun facts and trivia about the life and mission of John Wise, a minister and political activist whose ideas for government reform were used to write the Declaration of Independence.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90090ISBN: 978-0-635-09009-6Format: Paperback
As one of the founding fathers of Texas, José Antonio Navarro helped free Mexico form the Spanish, and then Texas from Mexico! He also served as a legislator in the Republic of Texas and worked to increase and defend Tejano rights.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90104ISBN: 978-0-635-09010-2Format: Paperback
Juan de Oñate, a Spanish explorer, journeyed through the New World in search of silver and gold and founded the colony of New Mexico. A cruel and brutal conquistador, his life of adventure came to an end when he was called upon by the Spanish king to pay for his crimes.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90112ISBN: 978-0-635-09011-9Format: Paperback
The Interactive Write-In Reader Packs include 30 readers. This popular reader includes easy-to-read information, activities, fun facts and trivia about the life of Lizzie Johnson, a businesswoman who excelled in the cattle industry in the latter half of the nineteenth century, a time when most women had few rights and even fewer financial freedoms.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90139ISBN: 978-0-635-09013-3Format: Paperback
Soldier, rancher, and Texas revolutionary, Martín De León was the only Mexican empresario to colonize in Texas. After the Spanish government refused to give Martín a grant to colonize, he received one from the new Mexican government. He, his family, and other settlers used this grant to build what would become Victoria, Texas.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90147ISBN: 978-0-635-09014-0Format: Paperback
Known as the Father of Texas Education, Mirabeau B. Lamar was a poet, soldier, and statesman. He fought in the Texas Revolution and completed a term as President of the Republic of Texas before he did some of his most important work, setting aside land for public schools.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90155ISBN: 978-0-635-09015-7Format: Paperback
Nathan Hale was a Revolutionary War hero best known for being hanged by the British for spying. Trained as a schoolteacher, Nathan became a loyal American soldier as soon as he was old enough. Still a young man when he died, his famous last words were, "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90163ISBN: 978-0-635-09016-4Format: Paperback
William Bradford traveled from England to govern Plymouth Colony in the seventeenth century. He and the other Pilgrims left England to find religious freedom for the Separatist Church. His difficult life and arduous experience in the New World are a momentous part in the history of the founding of America.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 90171ISBN: 978-0-635-09017-1Format: Paperback
A child from a poor family, Richard King grew up to become one of the most successful businessmen in Texas. As a young man, Richard’s life moved him around the country as an apprentice, a runaway and a soldier until he found his way to Texas, where he made his fortune in steamboat shipping and cattle ranching.
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By author: Carole MarshProduct Code: 9018XISBN: 978-0-635-09018-8Format: Paperback
Known as the Father of Texas, Stephen P. Austin was reluctant to take on the task of building an American colony in Texas. He did it only to fulfill his father’s dying wish. Aside from his occasional quarrels with the Mexican government, Stephen’s colony was a success. It became part of the Republic of Texas and later, the United States.
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