Cornerstones of Freedom
5 primary works • 29 total works
Book 18
Book 26
Book 26
Book 26
Book 35
Traces the life of the explorer, focusing on his grueling expedition across the frozen Arctic to become the first person to reach the North Pole.
Describes the devastation incurred by the Union general's march from Atlanta to Savannah during the Civil War--an act which hastened the Confederate surrender by destroying the South's economic resources.
Examines the history of the American volunteer service whose young members dedicated their talents and skills to helping needy people throughout the Third World.
Chronicles the design and construction of the nineteenth-century suspension bridge linking Brooklyn and Manhattan which took fourteen years to complete and claimed several lives.
A biography of the Apache warrior who led attacks on settlers and soldiers in Mexico and the Southwestern United States during the 1870's and 1880's.
Biography of the engineer and industrialist whose pioneering company showed the world how to build and mass-produce reliable, inexpensive automobiles.
An account of the worst disaster in the twenty-five-year history of United States space exploration, the loss of the shuttlecraft Challenger and its seven member crew.
A biography of the Shawnee warrior, orator, and leader who united a confederacy of Indians in an effort to save Indian land from the advance of white soldiers and settlers.
Describes the final skirmishes west of Richmond which ended the Confederate Army's hopes of victory and depicts the surrender at Appomattox and its aftermath.
Recounts the last military campaign of the Revolutionary War which culminated in the surrender of Cornwallis' men to the French and Americans in 1781.
Describes the origins, significant historical landmarks, and recent events of the New York Stock Exchange.
Describes the causes, events, and aftermath of the raid led by John Brown on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry.