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Books in The Story of America series

  • Black Hawk

    Maggi Cunningham

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Aug. 1, 1979)
    A biography of the last great war leader of the Sauk whose unsuccessful attempts to keep their homelands ended Indian land holdings in the Illinois region.
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  • Heroes of the American Revolution

    Mary Hertz Scarbrough, Richard Bell

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2012)
    George Washington, Paul Revere, and Thomas Jefferson are remembered as heroes of the American Revolution, but they were only a few of many men and women who risked their lives for independence. Read more about the heroes, both American and European, who were key to the colonists’ success in the American Revolution.
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  • Sequoyah

    Chester W. Campbell

    Library Binding (Dillon Pr, June 1, 1973)
    A biography of Sequoyah, inventor of a writing system for the Cherokee language.
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  • Immigrants To America

    Linda Thompson

    Paperback (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Immigrants To America. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events. Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.
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  • Columbus And The Journey To The New World

    Nadia Higgins

    Paperback (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Columbus And The Journey To The New World. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events. Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.
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  • Never Turn Back: Father Serra's Mission

    James J. Rawls, Alex Haley

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Aug. 1, 1993)
    Describes the life of the Spanish priest who established missions in California in the late eighteenth century and discusses the lack of understanding between him and the Indians he came to convert.
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  • Pilgrims

    L.L. Owens

    Library Binding (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Pilgrims. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events. Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.
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  • The Story of the Washington Nationals

    Brian Hawkes

    Library Binding (Creative Educ, July 1, 2007)
    Presents a history of the Washington Nationals baseball team, which began as the Montreal Expos, that also includes detailed information and statistics on one all-time great player from each position.
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  • Great Women of the American Revolution

    Brianna Hall

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2012)
    Men may have fought the battles of the American Revolution, but women played an important part too. Some women fought the battle at home, speaking their minds about the British occupation or gathering supplies for their soldiers. Others fought openly for their cause, secretly joining the military or becoming spies. Get to know these heroic women and their importance to the colonists' victory during the Revolutionary War.
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  • William Warren

    Will Antell

    Hardcover (Olympic Marketing Corp, June 1, 1973)
    A biography of the Ojibway historian who was the only Indian representative elected to the Legislature of the Territory of Minnesota in 1850.
  • Slavery

    Katie Marsico

    Paperback (Rourke Educational Media, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Slavery: A Chapter in American History. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events. Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.
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  • A Place Called Heartbreak: A Story of Vietnam

    Walter Dean Myers, Frederick Porter

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Aug. 1, 1992)
    Describes the ordeal of Major Fred Cherry, who was shot down in combat over Vietnam and spent seven-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi.
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