Nancy Roe Pimm
Author
Series
Publisher
Milbrook Press
Publication Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Who won the first Daytona 500? What do teams do to prepare their cars for 500 miles of hard, high-speed racing? Who gave the Daytona 500 the nickname the "Great American Race"? Learn all about stock car racing's biggest event and the drivers and crew who make it possible in this fascinating, fact-filled book. You will join in the excitement of forty-three cars running nose-to-tail and side-by-side at almost 200 miles per hour. You'll also discover...
Author
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In this biography for middle-grade readers, Nancy Roe Pimm tells the story of Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world. In her trusty Cessna, The Spirit of Columbus-also known as Charlie-she traveled from Columbus, Ohio, on an eastward route that totaled nearly twenty-three thousand miles and took almost a month. Overcoming wind, ice, mechanical problems, and maybe even sabotage, Mock persevered. Mock caught the aviation...
Author
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"World War II soldier Bill Wynne met Smoky while serving in New Guinea, where the dog, who was smaller than Wynne's army boot, was found trying to scratch her way out of a foxhole. After he adopted her, she served as the squadron mascot and is credited as being the first therapy dog for the emotional support she provided the soldiers. When they weren't fighting, Bill taught Smoky hundreds of tricks to entertain the troops. Smoky became a war hero...
Author
Publisher
Quindaro Press
Publication Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
"A history from the Civil War onward of the partnership between military dogs and their human companions. Describes the evolving relationship as the dogs' skills are discovered and exploited by their handlers, and the U.S. military's changing policy toward the dogs."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Columbus Zoo
Publication Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Celebrates and chronicles the surprise birth and endearing milestones of Colo, a gorilla born in 1956 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. Follows Colo's journey from a cuddly baby, to a feisty toddler, to a mother of three, to the matriarch of one very large gorilla family and now the oldest living gorilla in the world.

