Books in Stories of America series

Life in early America was not always easy, and this was especially true for the people brought to the country as slaves. Readers learn how the practice of slavery started in the American colonies and what daily life was like for a slave. They explore the hard work of the abolitionists to end slavery and discover how it ultimately took the Civil War to end the practice for good.

When the Yahi tribe is virtually starved out of existence by the white man's cutting off its food supply, one survivor, Ishi, is discovered and taken to a California museum at Berkeley, where he is given a job and engages in a cultural exchange with his new friends.When the Yahi tribe is virtually starved out of existence by the white man's cutting off its food supply, one survivor, Ishi, is discovered and taken to California and engages in a cultural exchange with his new friends

What was the first college built in America? Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World? Did Europeans come to America before Christopher Columbus? The answers to these questions and many more can be found here. Readers discover how the British colonies developed from their earliest days to the years right before the American Revolution. Fascinating facts, a timeline, and engaging images show what life was like for colonists, from days in school to years at war.

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