1968, by Michael T. Kaufman.
1st ed.
Roaring Brook Press, 2009
Summary: From racial and gender equality fights to the struggle against the draft and the Vietnam War, from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assasination to the Columbia University riots to our changing role among other nations--in 1968 Americans asked tough questions and fought for their rights.
PreK-12 D 848 .K37 2009
First People: [An Illustrated History of American Indians], by David C. King.
DK Publishing, 2008
Summary: With the help of modern and historic images, innovative page layouts, and compelling first-person accounts, an eye-opening look at the richness and variety of North American natives presents each tribe as an individual, evolving culture, with its own history, artwork, and traditions.
PreK-12 E 77.4 .K56 2008
Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak, by Kay Winters; illustrated by Larry Day.
Dutton Children's Books, 2008
Summary: Kay Winters' poems in the voices of different colonists, enhanced by historical notes, provide a glimpse into life in colonial times and the dramatic events of a famous rebellion.
PreK-12 E 215.7 .W63 2008
Duel!: Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words, by Dennis Brindell Fradin; illustrated by Larry Day.
Walker & Co., 2008
Summary: 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.
PreK-12 E 302.6 .H2 F73 2008
Abraham Lincoln Comes Home, by Robert Burleigh; paintings by Wendell Minor.
1st ed.
Henry Holt, 2008
Summary: Told through the eyes of a young boy, the sober mood of the country after the Lincoln assassination is presented as he and many other mourners wait to pay their respects to their fallen president as Lincoln's funeral train travels from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois, in 1865.
PreK-12 E 457.52 .B96 2008
Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life, by Martin W. Sandler.
Walker & Co., 2008
Summary: Offers a complete portrait of this celebrated president through a review of his childhood upbringing, political views and goals, and historic legacy through an examination of his speeches, including the Gettysburg address, period photographs, personal statements, etc.
PreK-12 E 457.6 .S26 2008
I'll Pass for Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War, by Anita Silvey.
Clarion Books, 2008
Summary: Sarah Emma Edmonds enlisted because she believed in the Union cause; Melverina Peppercorn joined to stay near her twin brother. Although women were not allowed to enlist as soldiers in the Civil War, many disguised themselves as men and fought anyway.
PreK-12 E 628 .S555 2008
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution, by Laurie Halse Anderson; illustrated by Matt Faulkner.
1st ed.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008
Summary: We've heard all about the great men who led and fought during the American Revolution; but did you know that the guys only make up part of the story? But didn't women play a part? Page after page of thorough research and detailed illustrations make the case.
PreK-12 E 276 .A53 2008
Lady Liberty: A Biography, by Doreen Rappaport; illustrated by Matt Tavares.
1st ed.
Candlewick Press, 2008
Summary: The story of the Statue of Liberty, the sculptor, the engineer, the newspaper publisher, the poet and many others who had a part in the erection of this monument.
PreK-12 F 128.64 .L6 R36 2008
Thanksgiving: The True Story, byPenny Colman.
1st ed.
Henry Holt, 2008
Summary: Describes the history and activities of the American holiday of Thanksgiving Day.
PreK-12 GT 4975 .C55 2008
Sweat and Blood: A History of U.S. Labor Unions, by Gloria Skurzynski.
Twenty-First Century Books, 2009
Summary: From the carpenter's union in colonial Philadelphia to the strike in 2007 by Chinese restaurant delivery men in New York City, the history of how brave working people struggled to gain fair wages, reasonable hours, and secure lives by forming labor unions.
PReK-12 HD 6508 .S545 2009
The Devil on Trial: Witches, Anarchists, Atheists, Communists, and Terrorists in America's Courtrooms, by Phillip Margulies and Maxine Rosaler.
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
Summary: Features five famous cases examining the way an individual's right to a fair trial can be threatened when people are tempted to abandon their principles in the name of safety.
Contents: The Salem witch trials -- The Haymarket bomb trial -- The Scopes "monkey" trial -- The trials of Alger Hiss -- The trials of Zacarias Moussaoui.
PreK-12 KF 220 .M27 2008
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