Laurie Collier Hillstrom
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English
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Known today for blockbuster films like Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. has bounced back from a decades-long struggle with drug addiction to become a top player in Hollywood. This captivating volume provides an incisive biography of Robert Downey Jr. Readers will learn about Downey's upbringing in an artistic family, the trials of early stardom, his downward spiral and acting failures, his road back to recovery, and his cautious yet successful comeback....
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2013.
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English
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"A comprehensive account of Jackie Robinson's life and career, focusing on the events surrounding the shattering of the "color barrier" in Major League Baseball. Discusses his life after baseball, his influential position in the civil rights movement, and his enduring legacy as a racial pioneer. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more"--Provided by publisher.
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[2015]
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English
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"Provides users with a detailed and authoritative overview of events surrounding the harrowing 1962 confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, telling the story of the tense thirteen-day standoff that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more"--
8) Roe v. Wade
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[2008]
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English
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"Explores the history of abortion in America, describing the Roe v. Wade case, explaining the decision and its implications, and examining the continuing debate over abortion rights and its impact on American society and politics. Features include a narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source documents, detailed chronology, glossary, annotated sources for further study, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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2017.
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English
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"Explores the creation of the founding documents and democratic government of the United States. Examines the debates and compromises at the Constitutional Convention, the ratification battle and the Bill of Rights, and later amendments, interpretations, and controversies. Also includes biographies, primary sources, bibliography, and index"--
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[2009]
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English
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"Provides a detailed account of the Pearl Harbor attack and the war in the Pacific. Covers the dramatic events of December 7, 1941; chronicles America's victory over Japan; and explores the legacy of Pearl Harbor. Features include a narrative overview, biographies, primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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[2009]
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English
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"Explains the events that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Details both the racial discrimination and violence that pervaded the South and the civil rights protests that changed American voting rights. Features include a narrative overview, biographies, primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
19) Reconstruction
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[2016]
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English
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"Presents an account of the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era. Explores the conflict over slavery; the complications and consequences of government policies enacted during Reconstruction; Jim Crow laws and segregation; the legacy of Reconstruction and the promise of racial equality. Includes a narrative, biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--
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[2014]
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English
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"Provides a comprehensive account of the legal drama that established the 'separate but equal' doctrine. Details the postwar Reconstruction era; the legal issues involved in Plessy v. Ferguson; the spread of discriminatory Jim Crow laws; the effects of segregation on African Americans; and the efforts to overturn Plessy. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more"--
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