Juvenile / History

The Compassionate Warrior: Abd el-Kader of Algeria

by Elsa Marston & Barbara Petzen

This is the fascinating biography of Emir Abd el-Kader (1807-1883), the heroic Arab who led the resistance to the French conquest of Algeria. He was a brilliant military strategist, superb horseman, and renowned...

Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution

by Chun Yu

I was born in a small city near the East Sea,

when the Great Cultural Revolution began.

My name is Little Green,

my country Zhong Guo, the Middle Kingdom.

When I was ten years old,

our leader had died and the revolution...

One Lost Boy

by Nancy Hahn & Hamid Ayoub

Nancy Hahn’s children’s book “One Lost Boy”, telling the life story of Bol Malual. It is the first children’s book to address the story of the Lost Boys of Sudan.

New York Times v. United States: National Security and Censorship, Revised Edition

by D. J. Herda

Should news providers be allowed to publish stories that may prove embarrassing to the United States government? This was the question the United States Supreme Court had to consider in the case of NEW YORK...

District of Columbia v. Heller: The Right to Bear Arms Case

by Tom Streissguth

On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court announced its decision in the case of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. HELLER. By a vote of 5 to 4, the court struck down a ban on guns as a violation of the Second Amendment. Still,...

Furman v. Georgia: The Death Penalty Case, Revised Edition

by D. J. Herda

Should the death penalty be considered cruel and unusual punishment? This was the question brought before the United States Supreme Court in 1972. In FURMAN V. GEORGIA: THE DEATH PENALTY CASE, author D. J. Herda...

The Dred Scott Case: Slavery and Citizenship, Revised Edition

by D. J. Herda

Slave or citizen? This was the key question that Dred Scott brought to the United States Supreme Court in May of 1857. Author D. J. Herda examines the ideas and arguments behind this landmark case. Presented...

Into the Wilderness: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

by James J. Holmberg

"When Thomas Jefferson sent a team of explorers to discover a way to the Pacific Ocean two hundred years ago, the western border of the United States was the Mississippi River. It was Jefferson's dream to uncover...

What Are the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?

by Michelle Laliberte

This book serves as an introduction and overview of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Majestic pyramids, grand monuments, and towering statues are among the many wonders that have graced the list.

What Are the 7 Natural Wonders of the United States?

by Cheryl L. DeFries

This book serves as an introduction and overview of the seven natural wonders of the United States. It discusses how many of these marvels have been created over millions of years. Glaciers, water, ice, wind,...

The Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln, and Slavery Through Primary Sources

by Carin T. Ford

"If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong." When Abraham Lincoln said this, many Americans did not agree. Most of them lived in the South, where their economy depended on slave labor. In 1861, the year Lincoln...

Women of the Civil War Through Primary Sources

by Carin T. Ford

The Civil War was fought mostly by men, but the war could not have been won without the courageous effort of women. During the war, women served as spies and nurses. Some disguised themselves as men to become...

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the Battle of Gettysburg Through Primary Sources

by Carin T. Ford

"This nation . . . shall have a new birth of freedom." President Abraham Lincoln delivered these words in his Gettysburg Address, a speech commemorating the fallen soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg. The three-day...

The Civil War's African-American Soldiers Through Primary Sources

by Carin T. Ford

The Civil War began as a struggle to reunite a divided nation, and it became a fight to end slavery. For African-American soldiers, the cause was always greater-freedom. African Americans had been enslaved in...

An Overview of the American Civil War Through Primary Sources

by Carin T. Ford

In April 1861, Abraham Lincoln's prophetic words, "A house divided against itself cannot stand," came true when Confederate soldiers attacked Fort Sumter, beginning the American Civil War. The war pitted North...

The Underground Railroad and Slavery Through Primary Sources

by Carin T. Ford

In 1619, the first African slaves arrived in America. More than two hundred years later, African-American slaves continued to suffer under the cruelest and harshest conditions in the South. Slaves tried to escape,...

The New Big Book of U.S. Presidents: Fascinating Facts about Each and Every President, Including an American History Timeline

by Todd Davis & Marc Frey

Information about each president's term in office, and the major political issues of each era.

Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929; A Wall Street Jour

by Karen Blumenthal

Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, the fabulous fortune that Americans had built in stocks plunged with a fervor never seen before. At first, the drop seemed like a mistake, a mere glitch in...

What Was the March on Washington?

by Kathleen Krull & Tim Tomkinson

On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and it was this...

What Was the Gold Rush?

by Joan Holub & Tim Tomkinson

In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" With...