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23) Colin Powell
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Traces the life and career of the Army general who was appointed National Security Advisor by Ronald Reagan and became the country's first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989.
24) Benedict Arnold
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Profiles Benedict Arnold, an accomplished soldier of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War who is best remembered as a traitor and spy for the British during his time as commander of West Point.
26) Ulysses S. Grant
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Follows the life of the war hero who became the eighteenth president of the United States.
27) George A. Custer
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The life of the Civil War general whose controversial fame rests chiefly on the disaster at the Little Big Horn in 1876.
34) Colin Powell
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Tells the inspiring story of the first African American to be Secretary of State.
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"Ely S. Parker (1828-1895) is one of the most unique, but little-known figures in US history. A member of the Seneca, an Iroquois nation, Parker was an attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. Raised on a reservation but schooled at a Catholic institution, he learned English at a young age and became an interpreter for his people. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel and was the primary draftsman of the terms...
40) George Washington, spymaster: how the Americans outspied the British and won the Revolutionary War
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A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.
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