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The Boston Tea Party
Nancy Furstinger
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2002)Describes the events that led American Patriots to dump British tea into Boston Harbor, an act that precipitated the American Revolution.
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Fur Trappers of the Old West
A. M. Anderson
Library Binding (Wheeler Publishing, March 15, 1946)The Fur Trappers of the Old West were fearless, daring men. They knew the West when it was a wilderness - a land of Indians and sudden death. Following the countless beaver streams these bold, buckskin-clad men explored the wilderness until it held no secrets from them. This is more than a story of the fur trade and the adventures shared by the trappers. It is also a story of the trails they blazed for the settlers of a young, growing America.
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Annie Henry and the Mysterious Stranger
Susan Olasky
Paperback (Crossway Books, Sept. 1, 1996)Ten-year-old Annie Henry encounters conflicting values during the year she lives with her father in the Governor's Mansion in Williamsburg
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Annie Henry and the Secret Mission
Susan Olasky
Paperback (Crossway Books, Feb. 1, 1995)Patriot Patrick Henry's ten-year-old daughter Annie helps save the wheat crop on their Virginia plantation from fire and her father from a Tory spy in Richmond
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The Declaration of Independence
Lora Polack Oberle
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2002)Provides background information on the people and events connected with the writing of the Declaration of Independence and introduces the contents of the document itself.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Judith Peacock
Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2000)Discusses the events that led the British and the colonists in America to clash in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Describes the actions of both the Patriots and the British on April 19, 1775, when the battles that began the American Revolution occurred.
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Cattle Trails and Cowboys
Sally Senzell Isaacs
Library Binding (Heinemann, April 1, 2004)Learn how cowboys first appeared in the 1500s and then became famous in Texas and the “Wild West” from 1840 to 1890. Discover what it was like to live and work on a ranch and then ride horseback, moving cattle on the trail. See how cattle drives affected
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The Gold Rush
Sally Senzell Isaacs
Paperback (Heinemann, Sept. 8, 2003)Join the thousands of people from all over the world who rushed to California between 1848 and 1854 in search of gold. Learn everything from what it was like work in a gold-mining camp to how San Francisco suddenly grew from a village to a thriving city.
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The Gold Rush
Sally Senzell Isaacs
Library Binding (Heinemann, Sept. 8, 2003)Provides a chronological overview of the gold rush, discussing what it was like to live and work in the mining towns, how it changed peoples lives, and what happened when the gold ran out.
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The Battle of Yorktown
Dee Ready
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2002)Details the last major battle of the American Revolution, the Battle of Yorktown, which brought victory to the American Patriots. Discusses how American and Britain came to war, the role for the French, and some of the other battles fought.
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Annie Henry and the Birth of Liberty
Susan Olasky
Paperback (Crossway Books, June 1, 1995)In 1775 in Virginia, Patrick Henry's ten-year-old daughter, Annie, tries to concentrate on her day-to-day activities but is increasingly caught up in her father's role in the colonists' growing unrest.
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Annie Henry and the Redcoats
Susan Olasky
Paperback (Crossway Books, Sept. 1, 1996)In 1789, the year Annie Henry turns sixteen, her family moves to Leatherwood on the frontier and she ends up in Richmond, where she gets a close look at the Revolutionary War
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