Leonard Everett Fisher has written 109 work(s)
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9780374363086 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 20, 2007, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.
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9780374307806 | 1 edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 21, 2006), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: In 1718, off the coast of North Carolina, a young cabin boy assists in the final capture and execution of Blackbeard the pirate.
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9780823416165 | 1 edition (Holiday House, September 30, 2005), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In this retelling of a Jewish legend, a girl is possessed by the spirit of the man she was destined to, but did not, marry.
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9780374306717 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, May 7, 2005, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A simple, brief retelling of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow, to save the people of Heorot Hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.
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9781586170387 | Ignatius Pr, March 1, 2005, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Dominican Fr.
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9781586170332 | Ignatius Pr, October 1, 2004, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Presents the story of the saintly Father Damien, who journeyed to the island of Molokai in 1872 to care for the exiled lepers.
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9780374318253 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 2, 2004, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Immersed in tales of knights and dragons and sorcerers and damsels in distress, Senor Quexada proclaims himself a knight and sets out on his first adventure against some nearby windmills that he thinks are giants.
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9780823416943 | Holiday House, May 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Brings to life sixteen deities of the ancient Chinese world, highlighting their accomplishments, their deeds, their powers, and how they reflected the lives and activities of the mortals on Earth.
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9780823415694 | Holiday House, November 1, 2001, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Gives the history of fourteen of the principal gods and goddesses of the ancient Norse, explaining their powers, their duties, and their images.
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Product Description: In this touching biography, Fischer narrates the life of Mahatma Gandhi. He reflects on the true meaning of the lessons of Gandhi for each of us: his insistence in goodness honesty, humility, nonviolence and reverence for human spirit...read more
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9788466303828 | Punto De Lectura, July 1, 2001, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: In this touching biography, Fischer narrates the life of Mahatma Gandhi.
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A boy sitting on the rocks of a jetty in Sea Gate, Brooklyn, watches as a beautiful day with fair skies turns dark, windy, and stormy, and he must hurry to run for cover.
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9780761450825 | Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb, May 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A young boy describes how a storm sweeps over the ocean jetty where he likes to spend time.
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9780761411499 | Benchmark Books, December 1, 2000, cover price $24.21 | About this edition: Discusses the history, use, and manufacture of pottery in colonial America.
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9780761411451 | Benchmark Books, December 1, 2000, cover price $96.86
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9780879236090, titled "The Tanners" | Reprint edition (David R Godine Pub, August 1, 1986), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Gives a general history of the tanning process and a detailed survey of the craft as practiced in the American colonies.
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9780761411482, titled "The Tanners" | 1 edition (Benchmark Books, December 1, 2000), cover price $24.21 | About this edition: Briefly shares the history of tanning, then explores the role and technique of tanning animal hides into leather during the American colonial period.
9780531010389 | Franklin Watts, June 1, 1966, cover price $6.45
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9780879236083, titled "The Papermakers" | Reprint edition (David R Godine Pub, August 1, 1986), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Gives a short history of American papermaking before the Revolution, and describes the processes used by the colonial papermakers, from the separating of rag fibers to the final finishing of glazing.
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9780761411475, titled "The Papermakers" | 1 edition (Benchmark Books, December 1, 2000), cover price $24.21 | About this edition: Discusses the history, use, and manufacture of paper in colonial America.
9780531010303 | Franklin Watts, June 1, 1965, cover price $6.90 | About this edition: Gives a short history of American papermaking before the Revolution, and describes the processes used by the colonial papermakers, from the separating of rag fibers to the final finishing or glazing.
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9780761411468 | Benchmark Books, September 1, 2000, cover price $24.21 | About this edition: Discusses the history, style, and manufacture of hats in colonial America.
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9780823415533 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, April 1, 2000), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A beautiful and wise princess tests her three suitors by sending them into the world to bring back to her the rarest thing that they can find
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9780823411153 | Holiday House, March 1, 1994, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A beautiful and wise princess tests her three suitors by sending them into the world to bring back to her the rarest thing that they can find
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9780823415045 | Holiday House, March 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Two married gods disobey their orders and visit Earth, are turned into mortals as punishment, and eventually become mountains so that they will always stand side by side.
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Discusses the motivation, materials, and techniques of the first 'artists' in colonial America--the sign painters--and how their works contribute to a better understanding of early American history and society.
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9780761409328 | Reissue edition (Benchmark Books, January 1, 2000), cover price $24.21 | About this edition: Discusses the motivation, materials, and techniques of the first 'artists' in colonial America--the sign painters--and how their works contribute to a better understanding of early American history and society.
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9780761409281 | Reissue edition (Benchmark Books, January 1, 2000), cover price $121.07
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Introduces the history of blacksmithing and discusses the techniques, products, well-known blacksmiths, and commercial importance of this trade in colonial America.
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9780761409304 | Reissue edition (Benchmark Books, January 1, 2000), cover price $24.21 | About this edition: Introduces the history of blacksmithing and discusses the techniques, products, well-known blacksmiths, and commercial importance of this trade in colonial America.
9780531029015 | Franklin Watts, March 1, 1976, cover price $7.45 | About this edition: A brief history of blacksmithing precedes discussions of blacksmithing techniques, equipment, and products and the trade's importance in the American colonies
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Traces the history of architecture in the American colonies, describing the influence of existing styles and the needs of environment
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9780761409311 | Reissue edition (Benchmark Books, December 1, 1999), cover price $24.21 | About this edition: Traces the history of architecture in the American colonies, describing the influence of existing styles and the needs of environment
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Describes the import of wig fashion from Europe to colonial America, and details the wigmaker's craft
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9780761409335, titled "The Wigmakers" | Reissue edition (Benchmark Books, December 1, 1999), cover price $24.21 | About this edition: Describes the advent of the wig as a fashion necessity in France and England, illustrates popular styles of eighteenth-century wigs, and explains the colonial wigmaker's technique in construction and care of the wig.
9780531010396 | Franklin Watts, June 1, 1965, cover price $5.90
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Surveys the history of printing in colonial America, describing the work of the early printers and the development of the free press
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9780879237080, titled "The Printers" | Subsequent edition (David R Godine Pub, April 1, 1991), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Surveys the history of printing in colonial America, describing the work of early printers, the development of the free press, and the printer's craft and technique.
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9780879237097, titled "The Printers" | David R Godine Pub, June 1, 1991, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Surveys the history of printing in colonial America, describing the work of early printers, the development of the free press, and the printer's craft and technique.
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9780761409298, titled "The Printers" | Reissue edition (Benchmark Books, December 1, 1999), cover price $24.21 | About this edition: Surveys the history of printing in colonial America, describing the work of the early printers and the development of the free press
9780531010334 | Franklin Watts, June 1, 1965, cover price $7.45 | About this edition: Surveys the history of printing in colonial America, describing the work of early printers, the development of the free press, and the printer's craft and technique.
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9780823414277 | Holiday House, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Gives the history of the principal gods and goddesses of the ancient Mayans, including Hunab Ku, Itzamna, Ix Tab, and Ah Puch.
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