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America’s Outlaws and the Treasures They Left Behind
by WC Jameson (Author)

Booktalk: The stories in this new collection of over two-dozen outlaw tales for ages 9-13, feature an eccentric cast of misfits, bandits and adventurers like the infamous Frank and Jesse James, treacherous Dalton Gang, notorious Doolin Gang, Black Jack Ketchum, daring Texan Sam Bass, glamorous Belle Starr, bloodthirsty John J. Glanton, Mexican bandit Tiburcio Vasquez, the Apache warrior, Chief Victorio, legendary Montana outlaw Henry Plummer, Curly Bill Brocius, deadly Ella Watson, along with the pirate Jean Lafitte and more.

Snippet: Many Americans can’t tell you who their congressman is or who the fortieth president was, but they can name any number of prominent outlaws and recite their deeds. Who does not know of Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, the Dalton Gang and others? Their exploits and tales, the lives and times, of these colorful characters have been memorialized in thousands of books, articles and films.

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Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to Washington and Changed the Nation (Revised and Updated)
by Ilene Cooper (Author) and Elizabeth Baddely (Illustrator)

Booktalk: For the first 128 years of America’s history, only men served in the Senate and House of Representatives. All that changed in January 1917 when Jeannette Rankin was sworn in as the first woman elected to Congress. From the women’s suffrage movement to the 2018 election, this update highlights influential and diverse female leaders who opened doors for women in politics. Women featured include Nancy Pelosi (the first woman Speaker of the House), Margaret Chase Smith (the first woman elected to the Senate), Patsy Mink (the first woman of color to serve in the House), and newcomers like Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar.

Snippet: Did your parents or relatives leave you an inheritance? Sorry–that automatically becomes your husband’s property.

Not married? Well, you might be able to keep your own money . . . but you’ll have a hard time earning any. There are only a few jobs open to women. You can be a teacher, perhaps, or a seamstress. And with no husband and no children to take care of, many people wil look down on you. You’ll be called an “old maid.”

Oh, and one more thing. You will not be able to vote.

That’s right. Until 1920, there was no national law that guaranteed all women in the United States the right to vote.

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