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1) Days of infamy: how a century of bigotry led to Japanese American internment

Author

Goldstone, Lawrence

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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"On December 7, 1941 -- "a date which will live in infamy" -- the Japanese navy launched an attack on the American military bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, and the US Army officially entered the Second World War. Three years later, on December 18, 1944, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which enabled the Secretary of War to enforce a mass deportation of more than 100,000...

2) A Break with charity: A story about the Salem witch trials (pbk)

Author

Rinaldi, Ann

Publisher

Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2003], c1992

Language

English

Description

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While waiting for a church meeting in 1706, Susanna English, daughter of a wealthy Salem merchant, recalls the malice, fear, and accusations of witchcraft that tore her village apart in 1692.

3) The Borden murders: Lizzie Borden & the trial of the century

Author

Miller, Sarah

Publisher

Schwartz & Wade Books

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

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Examines the Borden murders, using newspaper articles to recreate the events and the trial and acquittal of Lizzie Borden and exploring Lizzie's story to theorize on what may have happened

4) The minister's daughter

Author

Hearn, Julie

Language

English

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In 1645 in England, the daughters of the town minister successfully accuse a local healer and her granddaughter of witchcraft to conceal an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, but years later during the 1692 Salem trials their lie has unexpected repercussions.