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  • The World War II D-Day Invasion in American History

    R. Conrad Stein

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Discusses the events surrounding the D-Day invasion of Europe by Allied Forces on June 6, 1944.

  • Blazing the Wilderness Road With Daniel Boone in American History

    Carl R. Green

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Dec. 1, 2000)
    Discusses the Wilderness Road, a trail providing a route from Tennessee to Kentucky in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Daniel Boone's role in its development, and life on the trail.

  • The Pony Express in American History

    Anita Louise McCormick

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, May 1, 2001)
    Provides a history of the Pony express mail delivery system and its brave riders, from the beginning in 1860 to November 20, 1861, its final day of service.
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  • The Thirteen Colonies from Founding to Revolution in American History

    Pat McCarthy

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, May 1, 2004)
    Discusses each colony's history individually including its settlement, naming, laws, and prominent persons.

  • Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian Wars: 1689-1763

    Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro

    Library Binding (Collins, Sept. 5, 2000)
    As early as 1630, Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands had settlements or colonies in North America. Always looking for ways to expand their territory, these European nations were constantly at war with one another over trade, borders, and religious differences. Beginning in 1689, their conflicts in Europe spread across the Atlantic to America. Over the next seventy years, competing European powers would battle for control of the New World. The winner would take the prize -- all of North America.Struggle for a Continent tells the riveting story of the French and Indian Wars seventy-four years of fighting that determined the destiny of the future United States. Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2001, National Council for SS & Child. Book Council
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  • The Mysterious Disappearance of Roanoke Colony in American History

    Zachary Kent

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Jan. 1, 2004)
    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.

  • Ellis Island

    Catherine Reef

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Nov. 1, 1991)
    Reviews the history of the immigration center where more than twelve million immigrants became new Americans over a sixty-year period
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  • Asian Americans: Opposing Viewpoints

    William Dudley, Bruno Leone

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Pr, Jan. 1, 1997)
    Primary historical sources cover the response to Chinese immigration in the nineteenth century, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the status of Asian Americans after 1965
    Z+

  • The Amazing Underground Railroad

    Kem Knapp Sawyer

    Paperback (Enslow Publishers, July 1, 2012)
    Thousands of courageous African Americans escaped from slavery in the South along what became known as "The Underground Railroad." The railroad provided a secret way to transport slaves to freedom in the Northern states and Canada. Author Kem Knapp Sawyer captures the courage and determination of many fugitives who traveled the Underground Railroad to freedom. Knapp brings to life the dangers faced by escaped slaves and those who helped them along the way. The success of the Underground Railroad shows the resolve of many whites and blacks to end slavery in the United States.

  • The Panama Canal in American History

    Ann Gaines

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Feb. 1, 1999)
    Examines the planning, building, and maintenance of the Panama Canal and its current status

  • The Chisholm Trail in American History

    William R. Sanford

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, July 1, 2000)
    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.

  • The Amazing Underground Railroad

    Kem Knapp Sawyer

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Feb. 1, 2012)
    Thousands of courageous African Americans escaped from slavery in the South along what became known as "The Underground Railroad." The railroad provided a secret way to transport slaves to freedom in the Northern states and Canada. Author Kem Knapp Sawyer captures the courage and determination of many fugitives who traveled the Underground Railroad to freedom. Knapp brings to life the dangers faced by escaped slaves and those who helped them along the way. The success of the Underground Railroad shows the resolve of many whites and blacks to end slavery in the United States.