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421) Whose streets?: DVD
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis, Missouri. Grief, long-standing racial tensions and renewed anger bring residents together to hold vigil and protest this latest tragedy. Empowered parents,...
423) Tom and Huck
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Tom and his friend Huck witness a midnight killing which leads to all kinds of difficulties when they swear not to reveal what they saw.
424) The legend of Zoey
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The diaries of thirteen-year-old Zoey, who lives in modern day Tennessee, and Prudence, who lives in 1811 Missouri, tell how the two girls survive the New Madrid earthquakes and the subsequent floods after Zoey travels back in time.
425) Missouri
Pub. Date
[between 1980 and 1989]
Language
English
Description
Views of the state including Kansas City, Independence, Hannibal and St. Louis.
427) Tom Sawyer
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century.
429) Truman
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
The story of the unlikely rise of a gritty American original, Harry Truman. He was a farmer, a bankrupt businessman, an unknown politician from Missouri who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held America's highest office, Harry Truman was the least prepared, but he would prove to be a surprise. Facing some of the biggest crises of the century, Truman would end the war with Germany, use the atomic bomb against Japan, confront...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"As the rightful heir of late King Ronan, Tilda wants to deliver her people from famine and strife. But on the eve of her coronation, her younger brother, backed by a cabal of power-hungry lords, usurps her throne and casts her into exile, causing Tilda to go on the run. With the help of her last remaining allies, Tankred and Bertil, she travels throughout the hinterland of her kingdom. Wherever she goes, the common folk whisper of a legendary bygone...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
A recording of parts of Lewis' journal which include: first encounters with the Sioux; wintering at the Mandan villages; Sacajawea; portage of the Great Falls of the Missouri; horse trading with the Shoshonees; running rapids on the Columbia; and the first exploration of the Yellowstone.
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
Huckleberry Finn: Always in a bind, Huckleberry Finn (Ron Howard) has learned to think on his feet. When his drunken father kidnaps him, Huck fakes his own death and escapes down the wild Mississippi. While on the run, Huck teams up with his old friend, Jim, a slave headed to free territory. Together they encounter every kind of adventure imaginable -- from a hoax involving a pair of lying crooks, to hunters looking for the runaway Jim, and even...
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