History Compass Publishers of Primary Source Based U.S. History Books

1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars

9781579600181

The Dust Bowl
by David C. King

The “Dust Bowl” describes both a time in American history (mid-1930s) and a region (the Great Plains).  Severe weather, misuse of land by farmers, and…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-018-1     Price: 7.95     60 pages, paperback

9781878668462

The Great Depression: A Nation in Distress
by Janey Beyer and JoAnne B. Weisman

The Great Depression brought devastation to America’s economy and its people.  Excerpts from interviews, magazine and news articles, letters, and historic photographs give a vivid…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-46-2     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback

9781878668417

The Manhattan Project: A Secret Wartime Mission
by Kenneth M. Deitch

Compelling firsthand accounts from the inventors of the first atomic bomb describe the Manhattan Project.  Additional accounts from scientists, reporters, and soldiers, among other primary…
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ISBN: 978-1878668-41-7     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback

9781878668479

The New Deal: Hope for the Nation
by Cheryl Edwards

When Franklin D. Roosevelt became President in March of 1933, the nation was near the depths of the Great Depression.  Under his leadership, the “New…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-47-9     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback

9781579600112

Shipwrecks: The Sinking of the Titanic and Other Disasters at Sea
by Phyllis Rabin Emert

Shipwrecks have interested readers for centuries.  In this volume, primary sources detail the fate of the Titanic, the Lusitania, the Essex, the Andrea Doria, and…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-011-2     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback

World War II: On the Homefront
by Phyllis Rabin Emert

When World War II broke out, President Roosevelt led the nation through a dramatic changeover to a wartime economy.  Women found a new place in…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-60-8     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback

World War II: The European Theatre (2nd ed.)
by Phyllis Rabin Emert

Through original photographs and documents and the words of those who lived through it, World War II: The European Theatre gives insight into the global…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-12-9     Price: $7.95     64 pages, paperback

9781878668862

World War II: The Pacific Theatre
by Phyllis Rabin Emert

This volume on the war in the Pacific deals with the origins of the war, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and early island conquests by…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-86-8     Price: $7.95     64 pages, paperback

9781579600670

The Great Depression
by JoAnne Deitch

From Hoover’s early warnings through the end of the Great Depression, this volume concentrates on the challenges citizens faced in their daily lives, with the…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-067-9     Price: $8.95     56 pages, paperback