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 Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Westward Expansion: America's Push to the Pacific)
by Therese M Shea
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.
The Oregon Trail (Exploring the West) (Let Freedom Ring)
by Elizabeth Dana Jaffe
Examines the famous westward route of American settlement during the 1800s, including everyday life on the trail, what it took to make the journey successfully, and what happened to unsuccessful attempts to reach the Oregon Territory.
Everyone knows the story of the raft on the Mississippi and that ol' whitewashed fence, but now it's time for youngins everywhere to get right acquainted with the man behind the pen. Mr. Mark Twain! An interesting character, he was...even if he did sometimes get all gussied up in linen suits and even if he did make it rich and live in a house with so many tiers and gazebos that it looked like a weddin' cake. All that's a little too proper and hog tied for our narrator, Huckleberry Finn, but no o...
Spotlight on American History: Set 2 (Spotlight on American History)
What was it like to live as a Native American in the Southwest? Why not let Geronimo tell you about it? You'll read about his rise to power, his triumphant successes and devastating defeats in battle, and what general life was like for the Apache Indians. A postscript explains how and what happened after he died.
Andrew Jackson's Presidency (Spotlight on American History)
by Steve Wilson
Seminole Chief Osceola (Native American Chiefs and Warriors)
by William R. Sanford
"Discusses American cowboys, including the origins of cowboys, their day-to-day lives, cattle drives, cow towns, famous cowboys, and their importance to the Wild West era in American history"--Provided by publisher.
Spanish-American War (America at War) (America at War (Chelsea House))
by Michael Golay
The United States was swept into the Spanish-American War with the mysterious explosion of the USS Maine in Cuba's Havana harbor, which spurred a surge of anti-Spanish sentiment among Americans through the use of yellow journalism. Spanish-American War, Revised Edition gives a lively account of the events leading to war and of the ensuing battles fought on land and sea, ending with a thought-provoking assessment of this important conflict from which the United States emerged as a major player o...
El Ferrocarril Transcontinental (the Transcontinental Railroad) (Fuentes Primarias de la Expansion Hacia el Oeste (Primary So)
by Budd Bailey
You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Brooklyn Bridge! (You Wouldn't Want To...)
by Thomas Ratliff
Presidents of a Growing Countr (American albums from the collections of the Library of Congress)
by Carter Smith
The Transcontinental Railroad (Milestones in American History)
by Edward J Renehan, Jr.
In May 1869, the U.S. railroad network unified when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads came together in Promontory, Utah. ""The Transcontinental Railroad"" discusses this important milestone in the expansion of the United States and its impact on the nation, both positive and negative. This book tells how the east-west railroad played an integral role in opening western markets to residents of the eastern United States, but it also examines how the railroad led to the demise of many...
Civil War Days (American Kids in History S.) (American Kids in History, #4)
by David C King
American Kids in History?(TM) Dozens of projects and activities that will take you back to the days of the American Civil War Travel back to 1862 and spend a year with the Wheelers, an African American family in New York City, and the Parkhursts, a white family in Charleston, South Carolina, Eleven-year-old Emily Parkhurst and twelve-year-old Timothy Wheeler are eager to share the fun, adventure, and hard work of their daily lives. Along the way, they'll show you how to play the games they play...
The Battle of the Little Bighorn in United States History (In United States History)
by Nancy Warren Ferrell
La Fiebre del Oro (the Gold Rush) (Fuentes Primarias de la Expansion Hacia el Oeste (Primary So)
by Kate Shoup