America's Living HistoryAge Level: 10–up Grade Level: 5–up Engaging the young reader, each book focuses on the drama of an event or era in American history. Topics span in time from American Indian groups before Columbus to the first human to walk on the Moon. Young readers will be drawn to the high-impact illustrations that accent these lively titles. Exciting topics, dramatically conveyed, to engage the young reader American-related topics from an event or era in history Sidebars provide additional information Maps locate historical events and places for young readers Supports the History/Social Studies curriculum6 1/2” x 9 1/4” 128pp. Illus. with color and black-and-white illustrations Contains a timeline, chapter notes, a further reading list, Internet addresses, and an index Fall 2008 Page 1 of 212 Alamo Victory or Death on the Texas Frontier Karen Clemens Warrick In 1836, a small group of rebels inside the Alamo stood up against a Mexican army. The rebels—including David Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Travis—were fighting for the independence of Texas. The group knew time was short and scrambled to prepare for battle...Read More Buying Options ISBN: 978-0-7660-2937-8 Binding: Library Bound BookList Price: $35.93Discount Price: $26.95 LL Loading… Cuban Missile Crisis In the Shadow of Nuclear War R. Conrad Stein For thirteen days in 1962, two leaders, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, faced an unthinkable situation—nuclear war. The possible loss of life and the amount of destruction would be incalculable...Read More Buying Options ISBN: 978-0-7660-2905-7 Binding: Library Bound BookList Price: $34.93Discount Price: $26.20 LL Loading… Space Race The Mission, the Men, the Moon Tom McGowen In July 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon, marking an incredible achievement that took many years to complete. SPACE RACE: THE MISSION, THE MEN, THE MOON, chronicles the race to the Moon between the United States and the Soviet Union, including the creation of NASA, the first astronauts, and the monumental APOLLO 11 mission...Read More Buying Options ISBN: 978-0-7660-2910-1 Binding: Library Bound BookList Price: $35.93Discount Price: $26.95 LL Loading… Teetotalers and Saloon Smashers The Temperance Movement and Prohibition Richard Worth One of America’s founders, Dr. Benjamin Rush often wrote about the importance of temperance, or not drinking too much alcohol. By the nineteenth century, many more Americans thought alcohol was a big problem and began to speak out...Read More Buying Options ISBN: 978-0-7660-2908-8 Binding: Library Bound BookList Price: $35.93Discount Price: $26.95 LL Loading… The Fascinating History of American Indians The Age Before Columbus Tim McNeese Before Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Caribbean, the landscape of the United States looked much different. Thousands of years ago ancient hunters migrated to North America following the animals they hunted for food...Read More Buying Options ISBN: 978-0-7660-2938-5 Binding: Library Bound BookList Price: $35.93Discount Price: $26.95 LL Loading… The Harlem Renaissance An Explosion of African-American Culture Richard Worth African-American literature, art, and music exploded with creativity in the Harlem section of New York during the 1920s. Artists and thinkers like poet Langston Hughes, activist and writer W.E.B. Du Bois, and painter Aaron Douglas began to explore their African roots...Read More Buying Options ISBN: 978-0-7660-2907-1 Binding: Library Bound BookList Price: $34.93Discount Price: $26.20 LL Loading… Page 1 of 212 Loading… Loading… Loading... Library Bound Book: List Price: $285.44 Discount Price: $214.10 + Add to wish list Please log in Log in or register to create a wish list. Login or Register Loading…