Books in The Americans series

A biography of the renowned gospel singer who wanted more than anything else to "sing for the Lord."

Profiles the people and examines the events prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence that laid the groundwork for the fight for freedom that eventually became a reality with the Revolutionary War.

Describes the creation and development of the American Indian reservation system and the history of life on the reservations from the 19th century to the present.

Presents the story of the transcontinental railroad including its original planning, construction, completion at Promontory Point, Utah, and its importance in American history.

Looks at the role that stagecoaches and Conestoga wagons played in carrying mail and passengers throughout America, and especially the West, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

A biography of the wife of the slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.

An easy-to-read biography of the Mexican American who organized the agricultural laborers' struggles for better pay and working conditions.

A biography of the Comanche Chief who led his people against confinement on reservations, but once confinement occured he helped the tribe accept and benefit from reservation life.

A brief biography of the black crusader for civil rights who for many years was head of the National Urban League.

A biography of the priest who devoted his life to caring for homeless boys.

A biography of the Army doctor who is best known for his discovery of the way in which yellow fever is spread.

A biography of the senator who served as attorney general under his brother's administration and was assassinated during his own Presidential Campaign in 1968.