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3) I am Gandhi
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
unnumbered pages cm.
Description
This book tells the story of how Gandhi used the principles of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa and to end British rule in India. Like the series biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi's story focuses on his peaceful heroism in the struggle for civil rights and social change.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kalyani Navyug Media Pvt Ltd
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
205 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
In graphic novel format, introduces the life and accomplishments of the Indian political and spiritual leader who led his country to freedom from British rule through his policy of nonviolent resistance.
Publisher
First Run Icarus Films
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Goebbels experiment lets the Nazi propaganda mastermind behind Hitler talk directly to you as actor Kenneth Branagh reads pages of the diary he kept without interruption from 1924 to 1945.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation's forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton. Exploring the iconic American political and financial institutions he helped to create, from the U.S. Mint and Wall Street to the two-party political system.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
Description
"More so than almost anyone outside of McCain's immediate family, Mark Salter had unparalleled access to and served to influence the Senator's thoughts and actions, cowriting seven books with him and acting as a valued confidant. Now, in The Luckiest Man, Salter draws on the storied facets of McCain's early biography as well as the later-in-life political philosophy for which the nation knew and loved him, delivering an intimate and comprehensive...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Alexander Hamilton, including his early years as an orphan in the West Indies, his role in the Revolutionary War and his contributions as America's first secretary of the treasury.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
47 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Description
Presents a life of the American statesman who was a diplomat, postmaster, inventor, and revolutionary and played an integral part in the founding of the nation through his great writings and communication skills.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Mahatma Gandhi's grandson tells the story of how his grandfather taught him to turn darkness into light in this uniquely personal and vibrantly illustrated tale that carries a message of peace"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
86 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Description
An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
85 p. : ill., ports., maps ; 31 cm.
Description
From his humble days as the son of a French immigrant through his significant involvement in the insurgency against England, this biography provides a look at the life and accomplishments of an American hero.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (4 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
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