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		A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world Pulitzer prizing winning journalist Horwitz uses humor and candor to literally follow in the footsteps of the first American explorers—from the Vikings and French utopians to America’s first African-American trailblazer—whose discoveries took place hundreds of years before the mythical landing on Plymouth Rock. Horwitz, Tony, 1958- 970.01 HORWITZ

		The known world In this Pulitzer Prize winning novel Jones approaches a little explored chapter in antebellum history, that of African American slave owners. Set several decades before the beginning of the Civil War, this title skillfully weaves plot, time, and perspective amongst a diverse and powerful cast of characters in order to explore the moral complexities inherent to human freedom (or the lack thereof). Jones, Edward P. FIC JONES

		The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America The 1893 Chicago World's Fair captured the imagination of the whole world, and also provided a playground for a cunning serial killer. Larson, Erik. 364.1523 LARSON

		The night birds Three generations of settlers and native Dakota weave a dark tale of family secrets and brutal injustice in Civil War era America. Maltman, Thomas, 1971- FIC MALTMAN

		The race beat : the press, the civil rights struggle, and the awakening of a nation When Harry Reasoner thrust a microphone at an angry mob, and yelled "I don't care what you're going to do to me, but the whole world is going to know it!" he spoke for all the reporters and photographers, black and white, north and south, who played a critical role in bringing the reality of the Civil Rights movement into the living rooms and consciousness of the American public. Roberts, Gene. 070.4493 ROBERTS

		Persepolis 2 : [the story of a return] Marjane Satrapi's memoir of her childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution is beautifully rendered in this graphic novel series. Satrapi, Marjane, 1969- TEEN 955.054 SATRAPI

		Persepolis Marjane Satrapi's memoir of her childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution is beautifully rendered in this graphic novel series. Satrapi, Marjane, 1969- TEEN 955.054 SATRAPI

		Maus II : a survivor's tale : and here my troubles began A man struggles to come to terms with his parents' brutal past at Auschwitz in this seminal graphic novel. Spiegelman, Art. 940.5318 SPIEGEL

		Maus : a survivor's tale A man struggles to come to terms with his parents' brutal past at Auschwitz in this seminal graphic novel. Spiegelman, Art. BIO SPIEGEL SPIEGEL

		First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers The perils of life under the brutal Pol Pot regime change a young woman’s life forever, as she and her family find themselves fugitives of war, without even their names to remind them of what they lost. Ung, Loung. 959.6042 UNG