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Joy Hakim

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born

January 01, 1931 in The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.joyhakim.com/

genre

History, Science, Children's Books

About this author

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My husband and I live most of the year in Colorado, but we also have a longtime home in Virginia. I grew up in Rutland, Vermont and graduated from Rutland High School. I earned a bachelor's degree in government at Smith College, a master's degree in education from Goucher College, as well as an honorary doctorate from Goucher.

I've been a teacher: in Syracuse, New York; Omaha, Nebraska; and Virginia Beach, Virginia. And I've taught in elementary school, middle school, high school, and in a community college.

I've also been a newspaper woman: a general reporter, a business reporter, and an associate editor and editorial writer at Norfolk's Virginian-Pilot.

We have three children and five grandchildren.

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Books by Joy Hakim

Average rating: 3.75 · 1,257 ratings · 158 reviews · 109 distinct works

	A History of US: Book One: The First Americans (Prehistory-1600) (A History of Us) 3.58 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A History of US: Book Two: Making Thirteen Colonies (1600-1740) (History of Us, 2) 3.71 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A History of Us: Book 3: From Colonies to Country 1735-1791 3.69 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1993 — 11 editions	My rating:
	A History of US: Book 6: War, Terrible War 1855-1865 (History of Us, Book 6) 3.64 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A History of US: Book 5: Liberty for All? 1820-1860 3.78 avg rating — 92 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	The New Nation (History of Us) Vol. 4 3.67 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A History of US: Book 7: Reconstructing America 1865-1890 3.68 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Story of Science, Book One: Aristotle Leads the Way 4.11 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	A History of US: Book 8: An Age of Extremes 1880-1917 3.65 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1996 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Story of Science, Newton at the Center 4.24 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2005	My rating:

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Quotes by Joy Hakim

“My new favorite quote is, "Feed kids Cokes and french fries and you get an obesity crisis. Feed them mental junk food and you get non-readers and poor thinkers.”
― Joy Hakim

tags: learning

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“Some people like danger and adventure, some like to be free of civilization, and some like to live by their wits. It was those special people who headed west.”
― Joy Hakim, A History of US: Book Two: Making Thirteen Colonies (1600-1740)

tags: history

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“Elizabeth Cady read the nation's great Declaration, and it bothered her. All men are created equal, it said. But what about women?”
― Joy Hakim, A History of Us: Book 3: From Colonies to Country 1735-1791

tags: history-politics , women-s-history

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