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  • The Story of John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

    Zachary Kent

    Paperback (Childrens Press, Oct. 1, 1988)
    Describes the causes, events, and aftermath of the raid led by John Brown on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry
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  • The Louisiana Purchase

    Peter Benoit

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, March 1, 2012)
    Discover the people behind the biggest real estate transaction in U.S. history, and the extraordinary expedition that explored and mapped it.
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  • The Declaration of Independence

    Melissa McDaniel

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2011)
    Cornerstones of Freedom, Third Series-Bringing History to Life Even before the first glorious ring of the Liberty Bell, America was a land of freedom and promise. Read about what makes our country and form of government so great that it has inspired people from all over the world to start life anew here, endure the economic and social upheavals, and defend the land and rights that are unique to the United States of America.
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  • Cornerstones of Freedom: THE STORY OF ELLIS ISLAND

    R. Conrad Stein, Tom (illustrator) Dunnington

    Hardcover (Childrens Press, March 15, 1979)
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  • The Trail of Tears

    Peter Benoit

    Library Binding (Children's Press, Sept. 7, 2012)
    Explore the buildup to the relocation, the terrible conditions the natives were forced to suffer, and the event's impact on U.S.-Indian relations in the following years.Even before the first glorious ring of the Liberty Bell, America was a land of freedom and promise. The Cornerstones of Freedom series explores what inspires people from all over the world to start life anew here, endure the economic and social upheavals, and defend the land and rights that are unique to the United States of America. As the United States continued to grow in the early nineteenth century, its people began to covet the land of their native neighbors. This greed led to a horrific forced relocation that we now call the Trail of Tears.
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  • The Story of the Homestead Act

    R. Conrad Stein, Cathy Koenig

    Library Binding (Childrens Press, July 1, 1978)
    Discusses the 1804 Homestead act that offered United States citizens and immigrants large tracts of inexpensive land on the Great Plains.
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  • The Trail of Tears

    R. Conrad Stein

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 1993)
    Describes the Federal government's seizure of Cherokee lands in Georgia and the forced migration of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma along the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears
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  • The Story of the Alamo: Cornerstones of Freedom Library

    Norman Richards, Tom Dunnington

    Hardcover (Children's Press, Dec. 15, 1970)
    Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.
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  • The Great Depression

    Melissa McDaniel

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Learn about the Great Depression, from its roots in the economic boom of the 1920s to its conclusion during World War II.
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  • The Story of the Barbary Pirates

    R. Conrad Stein, Tom Dunnington

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 1982)
    Recounts America's military action against the Barbary pirates and the North African nations that supported their control of the Mediterranean
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  • The French Revolution

    Josh Gregory

    Library Binding (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Learn about the events that made America what she is today.In the late 1700s, a wave of revolutionary spirit spread across France, changing the nation forever. Over the course of several years, the French people struggled to find a replacement for the monarchy that had governed their nation for hundreds of years. Readers will discover how the people of France rose up to remove King Louis XVI from power, why they struggled to form a lasting new government, and how Napoleon Bonaparte took advantage of the situation to make himself emperor of France.
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  • The Story of the Pony Express

    R. Conrad Stein, Len W. Meents

    Library Binding (Childrens Press, March 15, 1981)
    A history of the Pony Express, that memorable and remarkable institution which lasted only a year and a half, put to death by the telegraph.
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