Describes the development and use of many of the major trails established by Spanish soldiers, traders, and priests in Mexico, the Southwest, and Florida between the 1500s and the 1800s.

Atlas of North America.

A collection of documents illustrating encounters between Native American peoples and a variety of European newcomers from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Includes maps, journals, advertisements, and letters.

History, culture, languages, and lifeways of American Indian groups across North America are included.

Provides a cultural and historical context for the development of the United States during the Civil War, and includes the problem of slavery, the North and South divided, the secession of the south, the Civil War, reconstruction, and more.

Discusses the history and importance of the Chihuahua Trail, established in the sixteenth century to connect Mexico City and Santa Fe, and the Camino Real, established in the seventeenth century to take travelers and trade up the Californian coastline.

Examines the history, heritage, and culture of Mexican Americans and their contribution to American society.

Examines the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1521 which brought together two cultures that had been developing independently for at least 750 generations.

Traces the chaos the ensured in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution in the early 1900s that led to the creation of a new Mexican constitution in 1917.

Since 1848 hundreds of thousands of Mexican immigrants have crossed America's border and they have contributed to American culture. Discusses the history, culture, and religion of Mexican Americans, including their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America. Also examines the factors that have encouraged emigration from Mexico.

A fourteen-year-old indentured servant keeps a journal of his experiences on the Mayflower and during the building of Plymouth Plantation in 1620 and 1621.

Provides an analysis of the Declaration of Independence, with information on how it was created and its impact on the United States and the world.

The text of the Declaration of Independence is accompanied by illustrations meant to help explain its meaning.

Profiles each of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, giving historical information about the colonies they represented. Includes the text of the Declaration and its history.

Describes the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence as well as the personalities and politics behind its framing.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the colonist and patriot who was involved in virtually every major event that resulted in the birth of the United States.

Discusses the life of John Hancock, one of the the wealthiest men in the American colonies and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Paul-Edward, the son of a part-Indian, part-African slave mother and a White plantation owner father, finds himself caught between the two worlds of his parents as he pursues his dream of owning land in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Profiles a variety of historical sites which played an important role, be it military, political, economic, or social, in the American Revolution.

Describes the role women and young girls played in the American Revolution, highlighting the contributions and exploits of women who had a significant impact on the colonists' fight for freedom.

Describes the role women and young girls played in the American Revolution, highlighting the contributions and exploits of women who had a significant impact on the colonists' fight for freedom.

Chronicles the American Revolution, including the causes, strategies, and characters of the war, both famous and lesser-known.

Chronicles the American Revolution, including the causes, strategies, and characters of the war, both famous and lesser-known.

Traces the history of the American Revolution, examining the causes of the conflict, and describing the major battles, key figures, daily life for soldiers and civilians, and the American victory over Britain.

Describes the Revolutionary War, highlighting military strategy, dramatic battles and leading figures of the rebellion.

The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now"--Provided by publisher.

The history of the women who fought for their country's independence.

Provides the history and social context of the amendment process, covering each of the 27 amendments. Significant issues, events, figures, movements and judicial/legislative actions in the history of each amendment are also covered chronologically.

Provides an analysis of the U.S. Bill of Rights, with information on how it was created and how it has evolved, with examples of major Supreme Court decisions related to it.

Examines the constitution clause by clause through quotes, cartoons, debates, graphics, and more.

Discusses efforts to heal the United States after the Civil War, discussing new opportunities for African-Americans, amendments to the Constitution, violence in the South, the Reconstruction Acts, and other topics. Includes a time line and glossary.

Chronicles the historical background and political maneuvers that led to the Louisiana Purchase by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803.

Presents a short study of how the United States came to acquire the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.

Discusses the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the political maneuverings of Napoleon and Jefferson that made it possible.

Examines the exploration and migration of trappers, missionaries, and explorers west of the Mississippi after the Louisiana Purchase and the expedition of Lewis and Clark.

Explores various details of frontier and pioneer life in connection with the Oregon National Historic Trail, with illustrations, a timeline, and statistics.

Examines the efforts of the American people to expand the western border of the United States to include everything between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Describes the history of American westward expansion, including the exploration of the frontier to the Pacific Ocean, the establishment of the Lone Star State and the Mormon kingdom of Deseret, Manifest Destiny, the California gold rush, the population of the plains, and the legacy of the American frontier.

This book examines the forced removal of Cherokee Indians from their native lands to the Oklahoma Territory, their subsequent history, and the legacy of these events.

When the government removes their tribe from their sacred homeland in 1831, ten-year-old Minko and his father endure terrible hardships on their journey from Mississippi to Oklahoma, where Minko receives the name Longwalker.

The autobiography of Sojourner Truth, the nineteenth-century African-American woman who moved from slave labor to preaching and promoting abolition and women's rights; also includes a collection of writings and anecdotes dating from Truth's lifetime.

A close-up look at every aspect of the Civil War.

Examines many aspects of the Civil War, including the issue of slavery, secession, the raising of armies, individual battles, the commanders, Northern life, Confederate culture, the surrender of the South, and the aftermath.

An encyclopedia of the history of Reconstruction, the period after the Civil War during which new programs were implemented to bring the Confederate States back to the Union.

Text and photographs describe the ships, leaders, and battles of the Confederate and Union navies during the Civil War.

Examines the history of the Civil War, focusing on the types of foods eaten by Confederate soldiers and civilians, and includes recipes, as well as advice on kitchen safety and cooking equipment.

Excerpts from the diary of William Bircher, a fifteen-year-old Minnesotan who was a drummer during the Civil War. Supplemented by sidebars, activities, and a timeline of the era.

Describes the crucial role played by African-American soldiers in securing victory for the Union in the Civil War.

Describes the American civil war and shows how the civilians, North and South, endured the war and relates how this conflict forever changed their nation.

In 1862, after Union forces expel Hannah's family from Holly Springs, Mississippi, because they are Jews, Hannah reexamines her views regarding slavery and the war.

The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.

Details the lives of six women who served as spies for the Union during the Civil War including Sarah Thompson, Elizabeth Van Lew, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, Harriet Tubman, Pauline Cushman, and Sarah Emma Edmonds.

Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life during the Civil War, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.

An account of Grant's life and his role in the Civil War.

Explores how the North gained the upper hand in the Civil War after the victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg in 1863, highlighting key events, conflicts, and people who shaped the war's final outcome.

Discusses the Civil War campaigns in Virginia and those involved with the campaigns.

Traces, in this second of a three part series, the events of the Civil War from the first battle to the surrender with emphasis on the experiences of the individual soldier.

Describes the final campaigns of the Civil War as generals and soldiers bring the battles and strategies of the war's final months to life.

Big Bad Ironclad! covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War.

Richly illustrated with photographs, paintings, and maps, this book examines the causes, events and effects of the American Civil War.

Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Also discusses Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.

Describes the events and motivations which led to Lincoln's famous speech, dedicating the Gettysburg cemetery to the fallen soldiers.

Biography of a slave who fought with the Union army who went on to be elected to the United States Congress from South Carolina.

Details the lives of six women who served as spies for the Confederacy during the Civil War including Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Belle Boyd, Mary Surrat, Antonia Ford, and Charlotte and Virginia Moon.

Highly readable text and contemporary maps accompany more than seventy paintings that record the key events, battles, and personalities of the Civil War.

Vivid stories of women at the time of the Civil War who were inspired to join the war effort and take on surprising new roles.

Describes military life for the average soldier in the Civil War, including camp life, diseases, and conditions for the wounded and prisoners of war. Includes excerpts from first-person accounts, letters, and diaries.

The bloody conflict of North against South told through the stories of its great battles. Illustrated with collections of some of the rarest Civil War historical artifacts.

An historical account of the role of African-American soldiers in the Civil War.

In Virginia in 1860, on the verge of the Civil War, fourteen-year-old Evvy chafes at the restrictions that her society places on both women and slaves.

In 1860 and 1861, while working in her father's lighthouse on an island off the coast of Delaware, fifteen-year-old Amelia records in her diary how the Civil War is beginning to devastate her divided state.

Details the lives of American women who served as doctors and nurses during the Civil War including Dorothea Dix, Dr. Esther Hill Hawks, Clara Barton, Sally Tompkins, and others.

In 1862 eleven-year-old Summer and her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War.

Discusses what it was like to attend school during the Civil War in the North including what subjects were studied, what was used for writing, and what games were played.

A thirteen-year-old boy sets off with his father from their farm in Tennessee to join the Confederate forces on their way to fight at Gettysburg. Told in the form of diary entries.

Describes the events leading to the war and the unforgettable individuals of that era including peacemaker Henry Clay, Harriet Tubman, and abolitionist John Brown.

Documents the recruitment, training, and struggles of African American soldiers during the Civil War and examines the campaigns in which they participated.

A thirteen-year-old soldier, coming of age during the American Civil War, beats his drum to raise tunes and spirits and muffle the sounds of the dying.

Twelve-year-old Charlie O'Leary signs about the USS Varuna in order to locate his brother Johnny, and finds himself in the middle of a deadly battle in New Orleans during the Civil War.

Profiles the lives and service of a number of women who disguised themselves as men and fought during the Civil War.

Examines the important contributions of various women, Northern, Southern, and slave, to the American Civil War, on the battlefield, in print, on the home front, and in other areas where they challenged traditional female roles.

Accounts of young people who served as soldiers, sailors, spies, nurses, musicians and orderlies during the Civil War.

Discusses the events leading up to the American Civil War, particularly the strongly held beliefs about the institution of slavery.

Profiles the lives and military careers of Nathan B. Forrest, William J. Hardee, Ambrose P. Hill, John B. Hood, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, George Pickett, and Jeb Stuart.

Traces the life of the legendary Civil War general who began his career as a West Point cadet and after becoming a legend in the west was perhaps best-known for his "last stand."

The diary of a sixteen-year-old free African American who lived in Massachusetts in 1854 records her schooling, participation in the antislavery movement, and concern for an arrested fugitive slave. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.

This book looks at the Civil Rights Movement in the United States as a four-century struggle that began with as early as the Revolutionary War and continued with slave rebellions in the years leading up to the Civil War.