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The American Newsboy
Michael Burgan
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2007)"Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" The famous cry was heard on city streets throughout the country. Beginning in the 1830s, newsboys, and a few newsgirls, stood on the street corners in New York City and other major cities shouting headlines in an effort to sell newspapers. Their popularity spread, and by the late 1800s, newsboys appeared as characters in books. Decades later they were even featured in movies. "Newsies," as they were called, became famous, but the newsboys’ lives were far from glamorous.
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Yellow Journalism
Jason Maurice Skog
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2007)In 1890s New York City, two larger-than-life publishers went head to head in a battle for newspaper readers. William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer did whatever it took to sell papers. They printed half-truths. They filled their newspapers with stories of crime, corruption, and scandal. Violence, tragedy, and gossip were prized topics. It was the era of yellow journalism. Although it didn’t last long, it left a lasting impact on American journalism that continues to this day.
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The Lowell Mill Girls
Alice K. Flanagan
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)Describes the history of the textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts, and the employment and other opportunities that the mills offered to New England women and girls.
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The Haymarket Square Tragedy
Michael Burgan
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)Details the 1886 tragedy near Chicago's Haymarket Square, where many people were killed and injured as labor disputes between workers and business owners became violent.
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Great Women of the Suffrage Movement
Dana Meachen Rau
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)Describes the stories of some of the suffragists who worked hard to give women the right to vote in the United States including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Ida B. Wells, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul.
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The Orphan Trains
Alice K. Flanagan
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2006)Tells the story of how homeless children during the late 1800s and early 1900s were taken to new homes on trains which were known as orphan trains.
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The Hindenburg
Marc Tyler Nobleman
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)Describes the story of the Hindenburg airship disaster, and includes information on the history and the development of the dirigible.
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Roosevelt's Rough Riders
Andrew Santella
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)Describes Roosevelt's Rough Rider's, a group of men made up of cowboys, miners, sheriffs, and Native Americans, who volunteered to fight during the Spanish-American war, and work under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt.
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The Johnstown Flood
Marc Tyler Nobleman
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)Recalls the story of the 1889 flood of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where heavy rains combined with a dam break and poor planning, killed over two thousand people and caused millions of dollars in property damage.
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Great Women of the Suffrage Movement
Dana Meachen Rau
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)Describes the stories of some of the suffragists who worked hard to give women the right to vote in the United States including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Ida B. Wells, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul.
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The Hindenburg
Marc Tyler Nobleman
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)Describes the story of the Hindenburg airship disaster, and includes information on the history and the development of the dirigible.
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The Johnstown Flood
Marc Tyler Nobleman
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)Recalls the story of the 1889 flood of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where heavy rains combined with a dam break and poor planning, killed over two thousand people and caused millions of dollars in property damage.
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