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Real People. Real Stories.™
Publishers of Primary Source-Based U.S. History Books
We are pleased to offer you our collection of primary source-based U.S. history books, historical fiction, and guides. Filled with original documents – letters, photographs, journal entries, maps, broadsheets, newspaper accounts, and illustrations – each book tells stories through firsthand accounts of life, struggle, hardship, victory, and success in our nation's history.
Our goal is to provide you stories, compelling and true, that give insight into our nation's history. We aim to publish carefully selected, well-researched books that help us better understand our past, give us context for the present, and shed light on our future. We are excited about the opportunity to share our enjoyment of history with you.
We invite you to look over our extensive collection.
What's New
Women in the American Revolution
by Jeanne Munn Bracken
Women in the American Revolution picks up where usual historical accounts of the Revolutionary War leave off -- with the varied roles and contributions of women in camp, on the homefront, and serving as spies, messengers, and soldiers. This anthology of letters, journals, and eyewitness accounts tells a part of the story of women who helped on both sides of the war.
The popular Perspectives on History series contains compelling firsthand accounts from colonists to astronauts and is widely used as supplemental material in the study of history and literature in grades 6-12 and at the college level as well as an attractive offering for historic site and museum visitors. |
The innovative Researching American History series, designed for less experienced students and as an attractive offering for historic site and museum visitors, introduces our nation's history through compelling firsthand accounts and primary source materials. |
The Adventures in History line combines lively fiction with vivid historical details. Each well-written tale gives insight into the era or topic because of the adherence to historical accuracy. |
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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 21, 1836, in the battle of San Jacinto in which the Texans under Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna's Mexican forces. The editor's introduction provides an overview, while the selections bring the reader the pivotal events in the words of participants. |
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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 and graphic documents. |
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Out of the Ordinary (2nd Edition) by Michelle Barone Set in the small coal mining town of Phippsburg, Colorado, in the early part of the 20th century, Out of the Ordinary is the story of Julia, the daughter of an Italian immigrant coal miner, who wishes for something out of the ordinary to happen in her predictable life. The character of Julia, based on author Michelle M. Barone's grandmother, attends a one-room schoolhouse with other children in grades one to eight, including the town bullies, whose father runs the local mine. When labor strife strikes at a coal mine in nearby Ludlow, the adventure that Julia craves puts her in the challenging position of being the only one who can save her father from a similar disaster at the local mine. Filled with vivid historical details, the fast-paced narrative tells of the strength of Julia's character while introducing the reader, in an age-appropriate fashion, to labor struggles and the immigrant experience. Grades 3-6. |