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Series
Language
English
Description
This beautiful new edition features an eye-opening Afterword written by Tappan Wilder that includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material. Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned...
7) Honestly, Our Music Stole the Show!: The Story of the Bremen Town Musicians as Told by the Donkey
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
500L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
The Bremen Town Musicians never wanted to be heroes. They wanted a recording contract! At least that's the story readers hear from the donkey's point of view in this charming twist on a classic fairy tale that supports curriculm standards.
9) Our town
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stage production of Wilder's play; a study of life, love, and death in a New England town at the turn of the 20th century.
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
After discussing the police shooting of a local Black man with their families, Emma and Josh know how to treat a new student who looks and speaks differently than his classmates. Includes an extensive Note to Parents and Caregivers that provides general guidance about addressing racism with children, child-friendly vocabulary definitions, conversation guides, and a link to additional online resources for parents and teachers.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant...
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is our town: A two-part black & white promotional film of the city of Fairmont, MN, produced by Robert M. Carson. 1934 Cornhusking Contest: Filmed by Roy Paulson on 16 mm black & white film on November 8, 1934, an estimated crowd of 80,000 people attended the 1934 National Cornhusking Contest that was held on a farm in Martin County. 1940s cow milking contest: A cow milking contest held in the city of Fairmont, MN, during the 1940s. 1941 WWII...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 501 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The brutal lynching of two young black men in Marion, Indiana, on August 7, 1930, cast a shadow over the town that still lingers. It is only one event in the long and complicated history of race relations in Marion, a history much ignored and considered by many to be best forgotten. But the lynching cannot be forgotten. It is too much a part of the fabric of Marion, too much ingrained even now in the minds of those who live there. In Our Town journalist...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 413 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic reinvention taking place in America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A realistically positive and provocative view of the country between its coasts. For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, they have met hundreds of civic leaders, workers, immigrants, educators,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In The Overlooked Americans, public policy expert Elizabeth Currid-Halkett breaks through stereotypes about rural America. She traces how small towns are doing as well as, or better than, cities by many measures. She also shows how rural and urban Americans share core values, from opposing racism and upholding environmentalism to believing in democracy. When we focus too heavily on the far-right fringe, we overlook the millions of rural Americans...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 338 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller, The Cabin at the End of the World, and A Head Full of Ghosts"--
"A chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller, The Cabin at the End of the World, and A Head Full of Ghosts. Featuring nineteen pieces of short fiction, Growing...
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