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  • They Came in Chains: The Story of the Slave Ships

    Milton Meltzer

    Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors' vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.
    Y

  • The Trail of Tears: The Story of the Cherokee Removal

    Dan Elish, James Haskins, Milton Meltzer, Lila Perl

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Describes the journey of thousands of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma; forced from their land during the winter without proper food, clothing, or shelter.
    S

  • The Journeys of Hannibal

    Mike Rosen, Tony Smith

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, Aug. 1, 1990)
    Recounts the life of the Carthaginian military genius and his army's journey from North Africa across the Alps to Italy in an attempt to defeat the Roman Empire.
    U

  • Behind Barbed Wire: The Story of the Japanese-American Internment

    Lila Perl

    Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, April 1, 2014)
    Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors' vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.
    V

  • To the Golden Mountain: The Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

    Lila Perl

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Dec. 1, 2002)
    Provides a history of Chinese railroad construction workers in the United States during the nineteenth century.
    T

  • Out of the Darkness: The Story of Blacks Moving North 1890-1940

    Jim Benson Haskins

    Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors' vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.
    Y

  • The Long Walk: The Story of Navajo Captivity

    Raymond Bial

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Dec. 1, 2002)
    Presents an overview of the history of the Navajo Indians, with a detailed account of how the United States Government, represented by Kit Carson, forced them on a 300-mile walk from their homeland in the Southwest to a prison camp at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, in 1864, and their eventual return home after the United States-Navajo Treaty of 1868.Looks at the forced three hundred-mile walk by the Navajo Indians from their homeland in the Southwest to a prison camp at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, and their eventual return home after the United States-Navajo Treaty of 1868.
    U

  • The Journey to the North Pole

    Mike Rosen, Doug Post

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, Aug. 1, 1990)
    Chronicles the hardships faced by explorers trying to reach the North Pole, focusing on Peary and Henson's successful attempt in 1909
    X

  • Driven from the Land: The Story of the Dust Bowl

    Milton Meltzer

    Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors' vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.
    V

  • The Expeditions of Cortes

    Nigel Hunter

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, Aug. 1, 1990)
    An account of Cortes' life as an adventurer which culminated in his conquest and domination of the Aztec civilization in Mexico
    Y

  • Bound for America: The Story of the European Immigrants

    Milton Meltzer

    Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors' vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.
    V

  • Following Freedom's Star: The Story of the Underground Railroad

    James Haskins, Kathleen Benson

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Oct. 1, 2001)
    Describes the life of two slaves who managed to escape slavery using the underground railroad, the hardships they faced, and the way others were helped due to their escape.
    T