Follows the life and career of the statesman who, after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, became the seventeenth president of the United States.
In the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, two men stood facing each other on a New Jersey cliff side. One was the U.S. vice president, Aaron Burr, and the other was Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of the treasury. They were ready to fight to the death for honor.
Stagecoaches and the Pony Express (American Adventure)
by Sally Senzell Isaacs
An account of the most widely-used delivery systems in the nineteenth-century United States, stagecoaches and the Pony Express, discussing their development and challenges faced during their growth.
California Gold Rush Cooking (Exploring History Through Simple Recipes)
by Lisa Golden Schroeder
One Nation Again/Sourcebk-Cw (American Albums from the Collections of the Library of Congr)
by Unknown
Follow the lives of the March sisters, who are forced to pull together when their father leaves to fight in the war. But will the girls cope when disaster strikes and their mother has to leave too, or will their changing world pull them apart? This edition, written by Katie Dale has all the warmth of Louisa May Alcott's original classic. Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap b...
Describes the events surrounding the bloody confrontation between Union and Confederate troops in the Maryland countryside on September 17, 1862.
The Transcontinental Railroad (American History)
by Therese Harasymiw
Provides a short history of the Battle of Gettysburg and the commemorative address President Lincoln made there during the Civil War.
Meet the Allens in Whaling Days (Early American Family)
by John J. Loeper
Young Riders of the Pony Express (Graphic History)
by Jessica Gunderson
A Timeline of the War of 1812 (Timelines of American History)
by Sandra Giddens and Owen Giddens
Provides a chronological look at the activities in the United States and abroad that led up to the War of 1812, as well as events of the war itself.
Now in full color for the first time, this updated and expanded edition discusses sectionalism, industrialism, and literary regionalism; slave narratives and race relations; the life and works of Mark Twain; urban writers and internationalism; regionalism; and naturalism, determinism, and social reform.Topics include:
Rooting for the Home Team (Daily Life in America in the 1800s)
by Zachary Chastain
America's love of sports goes back a long way. Baseball, basketball, and football all came of age in America of the 1800s. While men like Abner Doubleday may not have invented these sports, they did much to popularize them as rules were officially standardized and national-level organizations were founded. Amateur (and, later, professional) teams sprang up in towns, factories, and schools across America and "rooting for the home team" built strong community bonds and stimulated (usually) friendl...
From Canal Boy to President or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield
by Horatio Alger
Birth of the Star-Spangled Banner (Fly on the Wall History)
by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
The Louisiana Purchase (Watts Library: American West)
by Gloria G Schlaepfer
The Gettysburg Address (Documents That Shaped the Nation) (Documents That Shaped a Nation (Hardcover))
by David Armentrout and Patricia Armentrout
To The West We Go! Western American History Grade 5 Children's American History
The Mexican War (First Books--America at War, #49)
by Alden R. Carter
Discusses the causes, events, campaigns, personalities, and aftermath of the Mexican War.