Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. Yet in no time she exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball; and in April 1896 she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led her team to victory in the first-ever intercollegiate women's basketball game, earning national attention and putting women's basketball on the map.
California Gold Rush, The: Stories in American History
by Linda Jacobs Altman
In this nonfiction title, readers will discover the hardships that pioneers faced as they traveled West. Readers will love the exciting and adventurous images and stunning facts about the Oregon Trail, Sutter's Mill, the Donner Party, the gold rush, Homestead Act, and even about buffalo herds! A helpful table of contents and glossary aid in readers' understanding of life on the trails and prairies.
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