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Title
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Missouri's Hall of Fame: Lives of Eminent Missourians
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Description
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Photo and bio of General John Joseph Pershing, or John Pershing, "America's Commanding General in France" during World War I and nicknamed Black Jack Pershing. Born in Linn County, Missouri, near Laclede, Missouri, in 1860 and starting out as a teacher and lawyer before entering the military as an Indian fighter in the Southwest in the 1880s-1890s, then engaging in the Spanish-American War before leading troops against Mexican leader Pancho Villa just before World War I and then entering France during the war.
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Date
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1923
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Object Type
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Book
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Missouri's Hall of Fame: Lives of Eminent Missourians
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Photo and bio of General James Shields (1810-1879), a Missouri soldier and statesman. Native of Ireland emigrating to America for the Seminole War in the 1830s before serving as a military leader in the Mexican War (residing in Illinois as a state representative there) and the Civil War for the Union, then moving to Carrollton, Missouri as a Missouri state representative and then national senator.
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Date
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1923
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Object Type
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Book
