Enhanced with sidebars and colorful maps, each book in this engaging series focuses on an event or era in American history, spanning from the time before Columbus' arrival to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Using a wide variety of primary sources, describes the life and work of the nineteenth-century cowboy, who became such a popular folk hero that his influence is still felt in American life.
Enhanced with sidebars and colorful maps, each book in this engaging series focuses on an event or era in American history, spanning from the time before Columbus' arrival to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
How did your grandparents clean their house? How did families enjoy time with each other in the 1950s? When did huge supermarkets become popular? How did people cook in the 1980s? Find all the answers and more in this book about how home life has changed since the 1950s.
For thirteen days in 1962, two leaders, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, faced an unthinkable situationnuclear war. The possible loss of life and the amount of destruction would be incalculable. Author R. Conrad Stein chronicles the stressful days of the Cuban missile crisis and how high-stakes diplomatic wrangling averted World War III.