1789-1861 Westward Expansion
The Alamo
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 roster…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-95-6 Price: $7.95 64 pages, paperback
Crime and Punishment: The Colonial Period to the New Frontier
by Pat Perrin and Wim Coleman
Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass’ popular Perspectives on History series. This volume introduces criminal justice in the American…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-047-1 Price: 7.95 68 pages, paperback
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 from Mexico, many…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-63-9 Price: 7.95 64 pages, paperback
The Mexican War
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, poetry, and…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-25-9 Price: 7.95 66 pages, paperback
Mill Girls of Lowell
by Jeff Levinson
The pre-Civil War textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts exemplified the American industrial revolution and heralded a nationwide shift from farm to factory. During this time,…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-15-0 Price: 7.95 70 pages, paperback
The New England Transcendentalists: Life of the Mind and of the Spirit (2nd ed.)
by Ellen Hansen
New England Transcendentalists gives readers insight into the idealism and romanticism running through 19th century Transcendentalist philosophy, thought, and spirituality and into the movement’s critique…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-17-4 Price: 7.95 44 pages, paperback
War of 1812
by Mary Alice Burke 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…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-007-5 Price: 7.95 64 pages, paperback
A Century of Westward Expansion
by JoAnne Deitch
Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source documents underpin the introduction to U.S. history in History Compass’ popular Researching American History series. This anthology, A Century…
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ISBN: 978-1-5760-064-8 Price: 8.95 Paperback, 56 pages
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