François Roca
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Elinor Smith, who first flew in a "flying machine" when she was six, earns her aviation license at the age of sixteen in 1928, and when male pilots and newspapermen mock her abilities, she performs the daring maneuver of flying under all four of New York City's East River bridges.
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Lionel begins to turn into a tree after eating seeds that Sam's uncle brought from the Amazon. Sam tries to bring him to the hospital, but when he puts Lionel next to the river for some water, Lionel becomes planted there and the tree grows around him. Sam and his uncle must get Lionel out of the tree.
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Upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, P.T. Barnum and his twenty-one elephants parade across to prove to everyone that the bridge is safe.
Al completarse el puente de Brooklyn, P.T. Barnum y sus ventiun elefantes pasan sobre el puente, para probarle a todos que el puente es seguro.
10) Jesús Betz
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Jesús Betz, a trunk-man, tells his mother about his life as a social outcast and the friendships he made along the way.