Central Kansas Library System

October 9, 1967. World-renowned revolutionary Che Guevara is dead at 39. The charismatic Argentinian had been leading guerrilla fighters in Bolivia and was captured by the Bolivian army. A sergeant volunteered to execute the prisoner. Around the globe, reactions to the assassination were mixed. In Cuba, where Guevara had helped overthrow a brutally repressive dictatorship in 1959, more than a million people mourned openly. But elsewhere, many business...

Discusses the British contribution to rock music, emphasizing the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

A biography of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court whose many decisions shaped American law and had lasting effects.

Discusses the rock music of the 1970's, including heavy metal and punk rock.

Presents the life of the third president of the United States, who wrote the Declaration of Independence and was known for his ability as an inventor and architect.

Presents a biography of the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and first president of the United States.

Discusses Black history during the early decades of the twentieth century, profiles such notables as W.E.B. DuBois, George Washington Carver, Langston Hughes, and Louis Armstrong.

A biography of the noted statesman and political leader, who was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr.

Describes the life and political career of the man who was a delegate to the First Continental Congress, one of the authors of "The Federalist," and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.