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History and Current Events December 2018
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Hidden History of Jackson
by Ryan Starrett
What's in it: The history of Jackson is filled with gripping tales of horrors and heroism. A recording company founded in the mid-1960s with the expectation of competing with New Orleans and Memphis was a national success, outlasting its better-funded rivals. Known as the "Devil's Backbone," the Natchez Trace is the graveyard for countless travelers slain by the road's numerous serial killers, brigands and land pirates. Yet one mass grave stands above the others: the Boyd Mounds, which hold the remains of thirty-one Choctaws. Although legend has it that the father of Jackson, Louis LeFleur, was a Canadian trapper famous in high society for his dancing, the truth is even stranger. Join Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman as they reveal the hidden past of the City with Soul.
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Rise of the Superheroes : Greatest Silver Age Comic Books and Characters
by David W. Tosh
What's in it: Lavishly illustrated with comic book covers and original art, the book chronicles: The new frontier of DC Comics, with a revamped Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, and new characters including Hawkman Marvel's new comics featuring Thor and The Fantastic Four The pop art years that saw Batman's "new look" and the TV series Independent characters, including Fat Fury and T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Spotlights new and re-imagined superheroes, like Wonder Woman, who have become central to modern pop culture Includes values of these comics, which are popular with collectors Thanks to the Silver Age, superheroes are bigger and badder than ever.
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A blueprint for war : FDR and the hundred days that mobilized America
by Susan Dunn
What's in it: "In the cold winter months that followed Franklin Roosevelt's election in November 1940 to an unprecedented third term in the White House, he confronted a worldwide military and moral catastrophe. Almost all the European democracies had fallen under the ruthless onslaught of the Nazi army and air force. Great Britain stood alone, a fragile bastion between Germany and American immersion in war. In the Pacific world, Japan had extended its tentacles deeper into China. Susan Dunn dramatically brings to lifethe most vital and transformational period of Roosevelt's presidency: the hundred days between December 1940 and March 1941, when he mobilized American industry, mustered the American people, initiated the crucial programs and approved the strategic plans for America's leadership in World War II. As the nation began its transition into the preeminent military, industrial, and moral power on the planet, FDR laid out the stunning blueprint not only for war but for the American Century"--Front dust jacket flap
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Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson
What's in it: The #1 New York Times best-selling author of In the Garden of Beasts presents a 100th-anniversary chronicle of the sinking of the Lusitania that discusses the factors that led to the tragedy and the contributions of such figures as President Wilson, bookseller Charles Lauriat and architect Theodate Pope Riddle. Includes two maps.
Available as print and downloadable eBook.
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Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History...
by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic
What it's about: On July 30, 1945, a Japanese submarine torpedoed and sank the USS Indianapolis, with all but 317 of the 1,196 crew perishing after the initial attack and in the four days before help arrived.
Did you know? The Indianapolis was torpedoed mere days after the completion of its highly classified mission to deliver the atomic bomb "Little Boy" to the Pacific Islands. Little Boy, the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare, was dropped on Hiroshima one week after the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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