Arcadia Public Library

Discusses the stock market crash, Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency and his actions to improve the economy and his involvement with World War II, major battles of the war, its affect on the country, and life after the war.

This inspiring story is about an extraordinary woman who changed America forever because she wouldn't take no for an answer.

A biography of the great Civil War president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, including illustrations of people, places, and artifacts of the times.

What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the...