Author: James Stoddard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578872445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
What if American history became the stuff of legend? Two hundred years after the Great Blackout obliterates the world's digitized books, a scholar traveling through America collects the oral histories of its people and uses them to write The Americana, a book depicting a golden age ruled by President Washington and the Knights of the Pentagonal Table, figures such as Eisenhower Iron-Hewer, the wizard Ben Franklin, Waynejon the Pilgrim, and Betsee Ross, the Star Weaver. Centuries later, seventeen-year-old Liberty Bell, growing up raised on The Americana, is thrown into a quest with secret agent, Antonio Ice, to find the legendary gold of Fort Knox. But in the Old Forest, electricity is returning, the heroes and legends of The Americana are coming to life, and what Liberty decides to do will determine her country's fate. Includes a copy of the United States Constitution.
Liberty Bell and the Last American
Author: James Stoddard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578872445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
What if American history became the stuff of legend? Two hundred years after the Great Blackout obliterates the world's digitized books, a scholar traveling through America collects the oral histories of its people and uses them to write The Americana, a book depicting a golden age ruled by President Washington and the Knights of the Pentagonal Table, figures such as Eisenhower Iron-Hewer, the wizard Ben Franklin, Waynejon the Pilgrim, and Betsee Ross, the Star Weaver. Centuries later, seventeen-year-old Liberty Bell, growing up raised on The Americana, is thrown into a quest with secret agent, Antonio Ice, to find the legendary gold of Fort Knox. But in the Old Forest, electricity is returning, the heroes and legends of The Americana are coming to life, and what Liberty decides to do will determine her country's fate. Includes a copy of the United States Constitution.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578872445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
What if American history became the stuff of legend? Two hundred years after the Great Blackout obliterates the world's digitized books, a scholar traveling through America collects the oral histories of its people and uses them to write The Americana, a book depicting a golden age ruled by President Washington and the Knights of the Pentagonal Table, figures such as Eisenhower Iron-Hewer, the wizard Ben Franklin, Waynejon the Pilgrim, and Betsee Ross, the Star Weaver. Centuries later, seventeen-year-old Liberty Bell, growing up raised on The Americana, is thrown into a quest with secret agent, Antonio Ice, to find the legendary gold of Fort Knox. But in the Old Forest, electricity is returning, the heroes and legends of The Americana are coming to life, and what Liberty decides to do will determine her country's fate. Includes a copy of the United States Constitution.
Can We Ring the Liberty Bell?
Author: Martha E. H. Rustad
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1467747696
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Do you know when the Liberty Bell was rung for the last time? Or why it has a huge crack? Join Mr. Chen's class as they take a field trip to find out the facts about this important US symbol. Ranger Marcela explains who made the Liberty Bell, what words appear on it, and how it got its name.
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1467747696
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Do you know when the Liberty Bell was rung for the last time? Or why it has a huge crack? Join Mr. Chen's class as they take a field trip to find out the facts about this important US symbol. Ranger Marcela explains who made the Liberty Bell, what words appear on it, and how it got its name.
Who Cracked the Liberty Bell?
Author: Peter Roop
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439025232
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
"Who put that giant crack in the Liberty Bell? Would you believe it happened all by itself? Have you ever wondered who was invited to the Boston Tea Party? Well, it wasn't really a party at all! And why do we celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks every summer? This book will answer all kinds of questions about the American Revolution!"--page [4] of cover.
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439025232
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
"Who put that giant crack in the Liberty Bell? Would you believe it happened all by itself? Have you ever wondered who was invited to the Boston Tea Party? Well, it wasn't really a party at all! And why do we celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks every summer? This book will answer all kinds of questions about the American Revolution!"--page [4] of cover.
Our Liberty Bell
Author: Henry Jonas Magaziner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823418923
Category : Liberty Bell
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the history of the Liberty Bell from its original casting in England to its home in Philadelphia to present day.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823418923
Category : Liberty Bell
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the history of the Liberty Bell from its original casting in England to its home in Philadelphia to present day.
Independence Hall in American Memory
Author: Charlene Mires
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812204239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Independence Hall is a place Americans think they know well. Within its walls the Continental Congress declared independence in 1776, and in 1787 the Founding Fathers drafted the U.S. Constitution there. Painstakingly restored to evoke these momentous events, the building appears to have passed through time unscathed, from the heady days of the American Revolution to today. But Independence Hall is more than a symbol of the young nation. Beyond this, according to Charlene Mires, it has a long and varied history of changing uses in an urban environment, almost all of which have been forgotten. In Independence Hall, Mires rediscovers and chronicles the lost history of Independence Hall, in the process exploring the shifting perceptions of this most important building in America's popular imagination. According to Mires, the significance of Independence Hall cannot be fully appreciated without assessing the full range of political, cultural, and social history that has swirled about it for nearly three centuries. During its existence, it has functioned as a civic and cultural center, a political arena and courtroom, and a magnet for public celebrations and demonstrations. Artists such as Thomas Sully frequented Independence Square when Philadelphia served as the nation's capital during the 1790s, and portraitist Charles Willson Peale merged the arts, sciences, and public interest when he transformed a portion of the hall into a center for natural science in 1802. In the 1850s, hearings for accused fugitive slaves who faced the loss of freedom were held, ironically, in this famous birthplace of American independence. Over the years Philadelphians have used the old state house and its public square in a multitude of ways that have transformed it into an arena of conflict: labor grievances have echoed regularly in Independence Square since the 1830s, while civil rights protesters exercised their right to free speech in the turbulent 1960s. As much as the Founding Fathers, these people and events illuminate the building's significance as a cultural symbol.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812204239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Independence Hall is a place Americans think they know well. Within its walls the Continental Congress declared independence in 1776, and in 1787 the Founding Fathers drafted the U.S. Constitution there. Painstakingly restored to evoke these momentous events, the building appears to have passed through time unscathed, from the heady days of the American Revolution to today. But Independence Hall is more than a symbol of the young nation. Beyond this, according to Charlene Mires, it has a long and varied history of changing uses in an urban environment, almost all of which have been forgotten. In Independence Hall, Mires rediscovers and chronicles the lost history of Independence Hall, in the process exploring the shifting perceptions of this most important building in America's popular imagination. According to Mires, the significance of Independence Hall cannot be fully appreciated without assessing the full range of political, cultural, and social history that has swirled about it for nearly three centuries. During its existence, it has functioned as a civic and cultural center, a political arena and courtroom, and a magnet for public celebrations and demonstrations. Artists such as Thomas Sully frequented Independence Square when Philadelphia served as the nation's capital during the 1790s, and portraitist Charles Willson Peale merged the arts, sciences, and public interest when he transformed a portion of the hall into a center for natural science in 1802. In the 1850s, hearings for accused fugitive slaves who faced the loss of freedom were held, ironically, in this famous birthplace of American independence. Over the years Philadelphians have used the old state house and its public square in a multitude of ways that have transformed it into an arena of conflict: labor grievances have echoed regularly in Independence Square since the 1830s, while civil rights protesters exercised their right to free speech in the turbulent 1960s. As much as the Founding Fathers, these people and events illuminate the building's significance as a cultural symbol.
The Liberty Bell
Author: Kirsten Chang
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780531129432
Category : Liberty Bell
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces the Liberty Bell to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780531129432
Category : Liberty Bell
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces the Liberty Bell to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
Saving the Liberty Bell
Author: Megan McDonald
Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
ISBN: 9780689851674
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Some tall tales are actually true. This is a grand one, told with rightful pride by a boy who was there in the city of Philadelphia in 1777 and was lucky enough to play a role in the American Revolution. John Jacob Mickley, eleven years old, and his father were in the city when the Great Bell began ringing Brong! Brong! BRONG! from atop the State House to warn the citizens: "Redcoats! The Redcoats are coming!" And come the British did -- with their muskets and their cannons and their will to keep the colonies for their king. Looting they came and stealing any metal they could get their hands on to melt down for the making of more weapons. And the prize above all? The Great Bell itself -- metal for many a cannon! But the clever Pensylvanians (yes, the word was spelled like that then) had other plans for keeping the Bell safe from the British. Megan McDonald has aptly caught John Jacob's excited retelling of the story, and Marsha Gray Carrington has relished every wild and wooly moment of it in her pictures -- both funny and carefully researched.
Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
ISBN: 9780689851674
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Some tall tales are actually true. This is a grand one, told with rightful pride by a boy who was there in the city of Philadelphia in 1777 and was lucky enough to play a role in the American Revolution. John Jacob Mickley, eleven years old, and his father were in the city when the Great Bell began ringing Brong! Brong! BRONG! from atop the State House to warn the citizens: "Redcoats! The Redcoats are coming!" And come the British did -- with their muskets and their cannons and their will to keep the colonies for their king. Looting they came and stealing any metal they could get their hands on to melt down for the making of more weapons. And the prize above all? The Great Bell itself -- metal for many a cannon! But the clever Pensylvanians (yes, the word was spelled like that then) had other plans for keeping the Bell safe from the British. Megan McDonald has aptly caught John Jacob's excited retelling of the story, and Marsha Gray Carrington has relished every wild and wooly moment of it in her pictures -- both funny and carefully researched.
The Liberty Bell
Author: Maria Weston Chapman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American authors
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American authors
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Liberty Bell
Author: Alison Eldridge
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 9780766040595
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"Introduces pre-readers to simple concepts about the Liberty Bell using short sentences and repetition of words"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 9780766040595
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"Introduces pre-readers to simple concepts about the Liberty Bell using short sentences and repetition of words"--Provided by publisher.
Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell
Author: Robert W. Sands Jr.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738592439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, two of America's most revered symbols of freedom, date back to the British rule of the American colonies. The main structure of Independence Hall was completed in 1732, and the final casting of the Liberty Bell was completed in 1753. Visited by over two million people yearly, these historic icons have been used as backdrops for many political and social demonstrations and speeches. Filled with images from the archives of Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia Department of Records, and collections from around the country, Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell illustrates how these two historic relics generate a sense of pride and patriotism set forth by the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738592439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, two of America's most revered symbols of freedom, date back to the British rule of the American colonies. The main structure of Independence Hall was completed in 1732, and the final casting of the Liberty Bell was completed in 1753. Visited by over two million people yearly, these historic icons have been used as backdrops for many political and social demonstrations and speeches. Filled with images from the archives of Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia Department of Records, and collections from around the country, Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell illustrates how these two historic relics generate a sense of pride and patriotism set forth by the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.