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Tim McNeese
For thousands of years, before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Europeans, the vast American landscape was home to millions of Native Americans, whose ancestors still remain on the…
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Presents the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times.
On March 6, 1857, the United States Supreme Court ruled on a case that would decide the fate of a slave named Dred Scott. This work traces Scott’s suit through…
They were poor exiles, having lived in a foreign land for a dozen years. The members of the Leyden congregation of Separatists were ready to leave Holland and make a…
Before Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Caribbean, the landscape of the United States looked much different. Thousands of years ago ancient hunters migrated to North America following the animals they…
As the economy grew during the years following the American Civil War, so did the personal wealth of a handful of intrepid investors. In 1890 the Sherman Antitrust Act was…
In the mid-1840s, a group of 33 settlers, their goods, and animals began moving west by wagon train from Springfield, Illinois, to California. This book details the trials faced by…
When it was completed in 1825, the Erie Canal brought an increase in goods and capital, making New York the leading financial and commercial center in the nation. This book…
During the 19th century, hardy pioneers used the Oregon Trail to migrate to the Pacific Northwest. This book focuses on the period of 1840-1859, when approximately 52,000 pioneers moved to…
From April 1860 to October 1861, the mail service known as the Pony Express operated between Saint Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. This title explores the history of the predecessor…
Presents the lives and contributions made by the Civil War era’s greatest leaders, representatives of both sides in the conflict, Northerners and Southerners. This title helps to learn about the…
The clashes between the Union and the Confederates are nearly countless, ranging from minor skirmishes to full-scale engagements that sometimes stretched across battlefields measuring miles in length. This book presents…
During Reconstruction, the nation sought to reestablish itself in the aftermath of the Civil War, overcome regional politics, determine how the states of the Confederacy should be readmitted into the…
Though the United States stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, the shape of the nation has shifted many times over the course of its history. This title tells…
Covers the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times onwards. This title chronicles the people and events that have shaped the nation. It is suitable for…
Traces the history of the Missouri River from prehistoric through modern times, including how people have used it for exploration, commerce, and recreation.
Examines the nature of selected political revolutions in the past three centuries and around the world. Identifies the causes of revolution and evaluates the effects of major political revolutions of…
A major North American river, the St. Lawrence river is the chief outlet for shipping on the Great Lakes. It also forms 120 miles of the United States-Canadian border.
In 1271, the ruler of the enormous Mongol Empire invited Marco Polo into his service, thus began Polo’s 25 years of travel to the far corners of the Mongol empire…
During the Revolutionary War, Alexander Hamilton led his troops as captain. After the war he worked to make the new national government stronger, and served as the First U.S Secretary…
His accomplishments ran from sonnets and love poems to the most famous sculptures, paintings, and buildings ever created. Michelangelo is frequently considered the Creator of the Renaissance.
Galileo was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He is also noted for being the first to study the skies with a refracting telescope. In one year - 1610 -…
These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they collectively represent to the world. Photographs, illustrations, and lively text tell…
In 1973 and 1974, Allan Bakke, a white male, was denied admission to the medical school at the University of California in Davis, despite being well qualified. Bakke filed suit…
Provides an illustrated history of the first permanent English colony in North America.
Introduced in the last decade of the 19th century as a direct response to the changes brought about by industrialization, the progressive movement helped reform the political process in the…
The abolitionist movement, which was a campaign to end the practice of slavery and the slave trade, began to take shape in the wake of the American Revolution. This book…
The labor movement espoused social equality and honest labor through the formation of labor unions. By the 1930s, labor unions were becoming more accepted which gave workers the right to…
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka case of 1954, declared that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional, the civil rights movement began to gain momentum. This…
He read and wrote with the greatest of passions. And Jorge Luis Borges, the greatest of Argentine writers, created, through a 60-year-long career, one of the significant and enduring literary…
Describes his early years and experiences, fleshing out the years of remote postings, accompanied by sporadic Indian fighting, often overlooked in other biographies.
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William Henry Jackson was an explorer, photographer, and artist. He is also one of those most often overlooked figures of the American West. His larger claim to fame involves his…
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This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Social Studies: Civic Ideals & Practices Individuals, Groups, & Institutions People, Places, & Environments Power, Authority, & Governance Science, Technology, & Society Time…
Series presents six rivers in a combined geographical & historical perspective. Documents how rivers were corridors for exploration, cultural exchange, conflict, migrations, economic development & trade. This 2,300 mile river…
Shane Mountjoy
In 1861, Americans became engaged in a bloody civil war in which more than 600,000 Americans lost their lives. The conflict began after several states withdrew from the Union. This…
When Civil War broke out between the North and the South in 1861, the United States was still a growing nation, living with traditions of the past and beginning to…
Ronald A. Reis
Though at first shunned when it was made clear that the Civil War was to be a white man’s fight, Northern blacks sought to contribute to the war effort from…
Founded by the Spanish admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles in 1565, St Augustine remained in Spanish hands until the 1763 Treaty of Paris awarded Florida to Great Britain. This book…
The women’s rights movement grew out of the women’s suffrage movement of the mid-1800s. The second wave of the movement, which promoted economic, political, and social equality, gained momentum in…
Liz Sonneborn
Introduces readers to the movement, which arose in the United States in the late 1800s in response to the nation’s dwindling forests and the pollution caused by a greater number…
