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What Was the Great Chicago Fire?
ISBN: 9780399541582 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series. On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything that could go wrong did. Firemen first went to the wrong location. Fierce winds helped the blaze jump the Chicago River twice. The Chicago Waterworks burned down, making it impossible to fight the fire. Finally after two days, Mother Nature took over, with rain smothering the flames....
Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series. <...
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What Was the Great Depression?
ISBN: 9780448484273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market - the system that controls money in America - plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses, or both and ended up in shantytowns called "Hoovervilles" named for the president at the time of the crash. By 1933, many banks had gone under. Though the U.S. has seen other times of struggle, the Great Depression remains one of the hardest and most widespread tragedies...
On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market - the system that controls money in America - plunged to a ...
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What Was the Wild West?
ISBN: 9780399544248 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Saddle up and get ready for a ride back into the wild and wooly past of the American West. The west was at its wildest from 1865 to 1895, when territories west of the Mississippi River remained untamed and lawless. Famous for cowboys, American Indians, lawmen, gunslingers, pioneers, and prospectors, this period in US history captures the imagination of all kids and now is brought vividly to life.
Saddle up and get ready for a ride back into the wild and wooly past of the American West. The west was at its wildest from 1865 to 1895, w...
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What Is the Panama Canal?
ISBN: 9780448478999 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world's most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal
Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey...
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Who Was Isaac Newton?
ISBN: 9780448479132 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries of the universe. When the plague broke out in London in 1665 he was forced to return home from college. It was during this period of so much death, that Newton gave life to some of the most important theories in modern science, including gravity and the laws of motion.
Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries of the universe. When the plague broke out in London in 1665...
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Where Is the Empire State Building?
ISBN: 9780448484266 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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What Was the Hindenburg?
ISBN: 9780448481197 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. In under a minute, the Hindenburg was gone, people jumping from windows to escape. However, only 62 of the 97 crew members and passengers onboard survived. The exact cause of the disaster is still unknown and remains a fascinating historical mystery perfect for this series.
At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin bu...
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Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
ISBN: 9780448448862 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age--literally (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford's Theater--the first President to be assassinated. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations and maps are included.
Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age--literally (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United ...
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