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Ringside 1925
Views from the Scopes Trial
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In 1925, Tennessee passed a state law against teaching “any theory that denies the story of creation of man as taught in the bible, and to teach instead that man descended from a lower order of animals.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial). John…
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Rosalie
 | Rosalie’s parents were very controlling. They wanted to protect her from all bad things. She was only allowed to be with proper people and to have only the right education. They sought respect and honor for their children. The setting is the early 1900s in... |
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September Dawn
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Carole Whang Schutter weaves a fictional love story into the sharing of an historical event, The Mountain Meadows Massacre, "the first act of religious terrorism in the United States." Told from the point of view of a daughter reading her father's…
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Shamus Ghillie: US Secret Service in Medicine Hat
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Shamus Ghillie is Irish/Choctaw Indian, aka known as The Big One among the different tribes. He was a former Confederate soldier. At one time he planned to Kill General U.S. Grant. He never followed through. The Civil War...
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Stand the Storm
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Breena Clarke brings to life the fictional story of Sewing Annie Coats and her son, Gabriel. Annie taught her son how to sew to keep him from the harsh work in the fields. Stand the Storm tells their struggle to purchase their freedom. Can a former slave ever truly be free...
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Summer by the Sea
 | Helen Moore's parents have sent her to a small fishing community to learn how to keep house. She finds that the people who are boarding in the house where she works are very different from the people she knows at home. She helps one guest... |
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Sunset On Ramree
 | This is a story based on actual events of WWII. Shigeatsu Nakadai,a young musician turned soldier,along with his friend,Kodi, are among the 1000 that are trying to escape from the British. The Japanese army’s motto was “never surrender.” They would... |
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The Badge in the Garden
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The setting is 1912. Tommy is helping his grandfather, Asa in the field. As Asa plowed the ground Tommy dropped the seeds. Tommy loved to hear his grandfather tell stories. As they worked together he once again begged for a story...
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The First Christmas: What Could Have Actually Happened
 | "The First Christmas: What Could Have Happened" is the story of Mary's journey from her visit with the angel who foretold the birth of Jesus and His conception and birth. It uses currently held beliefs about what life was like at that time,... |
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The Good Healer: The Six-Fingered Healer Who Was No Devil
 | The setting is the Swiss Alps in 1411. The Duchesne had a baby boy and the village rejoiced. The celebration turned quickly to fear and loathing. The child had 6 fingers on one hand. The priest declared the child the work of the devil and... |
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