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The Alamo: Flashpoint Between Texas and Mexico by Mary Dodson Wade A gripping introduction to the fierce battle at the Alamo on March 6, 1836, The Alamo includes eyewitness accounts of the battle and a... ISBN: 978-1-878668-95-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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All that Glitters: The Men and Women of the Gold and Silver Rushes by Phyllis Raybin Emert Firsthand accounts describe life in the mining camps for men and women, tools of the trade, recreation, and the system of law and order in the... ISBN: 978-1-878668-49-3 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Relocation & Immigration, Justice & Law | ||
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American Waterways: Canal Days by Jeanne Munn Bracken The remarkable engineering feats of American canals, the improved transportation and travel opportunities, and the daily lives of the "canallers"... ISBN: 978-1-878668-75-2 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 60pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Labor History | ||
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Architecture: An Image for America by Pat Perrin Journals, letters, and reports document America's developing architecture from the arrival of early European settlers to the Columbian Exposition.... ISBN: 978-1-57960-010-7 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Science & Technology | ||
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A Century of Westward Expansion by JoAnne Weisman Deitch This anthology details the wave of westward expansion that began with the Louisiana Purchase. Topics include the Lewis and Clark expedition,... ISBN: 978-1-57960-064-8 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Relocation & Immigration | ||
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Crime and Punishment: The Colonial Period to the New Frontier by Wim Coleman, Pat Perrin Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass' popular Perspectives on History series. This... ISBN: 978-1-57960-047-6 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 68pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: Early America to 1763, 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Justice & Law | ||
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by JoAnne Weisman Deitch Excerpts from treaties, transcribed histories from Wampum belts, journals, newspaper accounts, and graphics bring to life Indian wars from the... ISBN: 978-1-57960-087-7 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 60pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Native Americans | ||
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by Kem K. Sawyer Many Irish crossed the Atlantic in pursuit of work, prosperity, adventure, religious tolerance, and freedom. In the mid-1840s, thousands fled... ISBN: 978-1-57960-028-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Relocation & Immigration | ||
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Iron Horses Across America: The Transcontinental Railroad by Jeanne Munn Bracken The building of America's railroads changed the face of the nation. Through photographs, maps, newspaper accounts, letters, and journals, this... ISBN: 978-1-878668-36-3 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Science & Technology | ||
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Lone Star: The Republic of Texas 1836-1846 by Stephen L. Hardin Award-winning Texas historian Stephen L. Hardin provides an excellent overview of the Republic of Texas. In 1836, when Texas won its independence... ISBN: 978-1-878668-63-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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by Phyllis Raybin Emert This volume focuses on historic song lyrics in the context of the social, political, and economic climate in which they were created. This collection... ISBN: 978-1-57960-022-8 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 60pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1750-1789 Revolutionary America, 1789-1861 Westward Expansion, 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: Social and Cultural History | ||
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by Wim Coleman In 1846, two American nations went to war, precipitated by the U.S. annexation of Texas. This volume presents excerpts from the memoirs, letters,... ISBN: 978-1-57960-044-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 66pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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by Jeff Levinson The pre-Civil War textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts exemplified the American industrial revolution and heralded a nationwide shift from... ISBN: 978-1-932663-15-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 70pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Labor History, Women's History | ||
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by Pat Perrin, Arden Bowers Explore tribal creation myths, family life, relocation to reservations, and great Native American leaders through oral histories and written... ISBN: 978-1-57960-063-1 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Native Americans | ||
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The New England Transcendentalists: Life of the Mind and of the Spirit (2nd Edition) by Ellen Hansen New England Transcendentalists gives readers insight into the idealism and romanticism running through 19th century Transcendentalist... ISBN: 978-1-932663-17-4 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 44pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Intellectual History | ||
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Political Scandals: Our Democratic System Prevails by David C. King This anthology looks at some of the political scandals in our nation's history including Aaron Burr's killing of Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson... ISBN: 978-1-57960-012-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 60pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1750-1789 Revolutionary America, 1789-1861 Westward Expansion, 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America, 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars, 1945-Present Contemporary America Topic(s) covered: Justice & Law | ||
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Presidential Elections: 1789-1996 by D. Antonio Cantu From the presidency of George Washington to the 1996 re-election of Bill Clinton, presidential elections in America have always had an aura of... ISBN: 978-1-57960-023-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 66pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion, 1750-1789 Revolutionary America, 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America, 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars, 1945-Present Contemporary America Topic(s) covered: Justice & Law, Social and Cultural History | ||
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The Road to San Jacinto: Texas Gains Independence by Mary Dodson Wade This book focuses on the brief but crucial span of a little over six weeks following the fall of the Alamo. That interval culminated on April... ISBN: 978-1-878668-62-5 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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Voices from the West: Life Along the Trail by Katharine Emsden A collection of essays, poetry, and excerpts from diaries of five travelers in the mid-1800's presents a variety of perspectives relating to... ISBN: 978-1-57960-052-5 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 60pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Relocation & Immigration | ||
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by Mary Alice B. Robinson Primary sources detail the course of the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain and its Native American allies, with emphasis on the... ISBN: 978-1-57960-007-7 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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Westward Expansion: Exploration and Settlement by Cheryl Edwards The Louisiana Purchase begins this saga of the West. Primary sources include writings of Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Sacajawea, Crockett,... ISBN: 978-1-878668-50-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: Relocation & Immigration | ||
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