Quakers in Early America (Rourke Discovery Library (Paperback))
by Zenaide A. Ragozin
A simple introduction to William Penn, the Quakers, and their life in colonial Pennsylvania.
You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Pioneer! (You Wouldn't Want To...)
by Jacqueline Morley
A light-hearted look at some of the difficulties faced by the pioneers who traveled by wagon train across the United States to settle in the West.
La Vida En La Republica de Texas (Life in the Republic of Texas), La
by John Wimberley
The 71-day occupation of the village at Wounded Knee - February 27 to May 8, 1973 - is a watershed event in the chronology of American Indian activism, because it reflects both the height of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the beginning of the end of the power of that organization. It was at Wounded Knee Village where government forces surrounded a small, poorly armed band of AIM members who were protesting the death of Raymond Yellow Thunder and Wesley Bad Heart Bull and the subsequent c...
The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Westward Expansion: America's Push to the Pacific)
by Therese M Shea
Nathan Hale (On My Own Biographies)
by Shannon Knudsen and Shannon Zemlicka
Recounts the life of Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale, whose decision to become a spy for General George Washington cost him his life.
Viewpoints and Perspectives (Set) (Perspectives Library: Viewpoints and Perspectives)
Betsy Ross and the Creation of the American Flag (Spotlight on American History)
by Kirsten Urwin
Did Anything Good Come Out of the Civil War? (Innovation Through Adversity)
by Philip Steele
In addition to putting an end to the inhumane institution of slavery, the Civil War also spurred important inventions that improved people s lives, such as canned food, pocket watches, federal paper currency, and standard sizes for shoes. Although medical technology lagged behind the development of new weapons that could kill and maim more soldiers than ever, there were advances in amputation techniques and anesthesia delivery. Additionally, the railroad and telegraph systems were hugely benefic...
The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls (Young Palmetto Books)
by Louise Meriwether
A brief biography of the slave who escaped to freedom with his family and other runaway slaves on a captured Confederate gunboat.
Taxation (Understanding the United States Constitution)
by Jeff Mapua
Colony of Maryland (Primary Source Library of the Thirteen Colonies and the Lost)
by Melody S Mis
Haunted History (A Haunted History)
by Matt Chandler and Megan Cooley Peterson
Born to two uneducated farmers, Abraham Lincoln came from meager origins and had only 18 months of formal education. Yet, he worked himself up from farmer to respected lawyer to U.S. Congressman to the 16th U.S. president. He was a humanitarian who did not believe in killing animals for food. From the start of his political career, he fought for the abolition of slavery, and once elected president, he passed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring the freedom of any slaves in territories not un...
America in Words and Song Set (America in Words and Song)
by Liz Sonneborn and Kerry A Graves
Paul Revere (Heroes of American History)
by Carin T Ford and Carin T Patriot
A biography of Paul Revere, who is best remembered for his dangerous ride to warn other American patriots that British troops were on the move at the start of the Revolutionary War.
