Traces the dangers and adventures surrounding the short history of the first British colony in America, highlighting the roles played by Sir Walter Raleigh, Roanoke chief Wingina, and other individuals.
Offers the stories of the people, places, and events that made the Chisholm Trail, a well travelled cattle route in Texas, the legendary place it has come to be in American history.
Documents the Reconstruction period--the time after the North had won the Civil War and slaves were freed--by examining the people and events involved in this period and detailing the struggle and courage of African Americans as they tried to make a new life for themselves.
Examines the thrills and disappointments of the nineteenth-century rush for gold in California, during which people abandoned their jobs and homes and headed west in hopes of becoming rich.
Traces events leading up to and resulting from the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on American battleships at Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into World War II.