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An Honorable Legacy
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Nobody's Fault
Twelve-year-old Tery Ordway takes a reporter's job under an overbearing editor on Balona High School's summer newspaper, the Korndogger. The subject of her article is 105-year-old Junior Kuhl, a survivor of the fearsome 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
The Yellow Demon of Fever
A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge As the slave trade brought Europeans, Africans, and Americans into contact, diseases were traded along with human lives. Manuel Barcia examines the battle waged against disease, where traders fought against loss of profits while enslaved Africans fought for survival. Although efforts to control disease and stop epidemics from spreading brought little success, the medical knowledge generated by people on both sides of the conflict contributed to momentous change in the medical cultures of the Atlantic world.
Around and about Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, and Lyons
Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, and Lyons form the nucleus of Bernards Township, a region with a history as fascinating as it is long. Originally chartered in 1760 by King George II, the area figured prominently in the American Revolution: Lafayette's troops were quartered here; General Lee was arrested at Widow White's Tavern; and General Washington visited Lord Stirling's estate. After the Civil War tourism and other industries flourished, and the arrival of the railroad in 1872 brought further economic boom to the area.
