Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source documents underpin the introduction to U.S. history in History Compass' popular Researching American History series. This volume introduces our nation's founders...more details Format:Paperback Pages:52
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781935178064
The United States of America in the late 1840s--a nation torn by the crime of slavery and a war of conquest in Mexico. Fourteen-year-old Anna Coburn doesn't want to grapple with such terrible issues. Just growing up seems awful enough. Forced from her home and away from her beloved father...more details Format:Paperback Pages:280
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600105
Journals, letters, and reports document America's developing architecture from the arrival of early European settlers to the Columbian Exposition...more details Format:Paperback Pages:64
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600990
This book highlights invention of the telegraph, telephone, typewriters, radio, television, computers, and satellites, along with many of America's greatest inventors....more details Format:Paperback Pages:52
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600471
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 colonies to the days of westward expansion with discussion of the various punishments and philosophies and opinions on criminal behavior...more details Format:Paperback Pages:68
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600631
Explore tribal creation myths, family life, relocation to reservations, and great Native American leaders through oral histories and written and graphic documents....more details Format:Paperback Pages:56
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9780780797680
"The Queen Mary" - "A Mansion Built for Ghosts" - "The Legend of the Silver Doe" - "White House Ghosts" - "The Lalaurie House" - and more...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:89
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781592233694
Have you ever seen a unicorn? Though rare, they're out there. In China, if you're very lucky, you might see the K'i-lin, a unicorn considered to bring great fortune. Mist and Rain Fader unicorns are said to love the waterfalls of South America. And...more details Format:Mixed media product
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600624
This volume introduces students to the institution of slavery through a compilation of slave narratives, government documents, songs, and other firsthand accounts of those involved in the early slave trade...more details Format:Paperback Pages:56
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600884
Covering the early stages of Spanish ocean and overland exploration and the Spanish conquest of the Americas, this book contains primary source and background material on Columbus...more details Format:Paperback Pages:56
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600815
Set against the background of discrimination and violence against African-Americans in the early and middle 20th century, this volume introduces the ideas and people behind the movement for racial equality...more details Format:Paperback Pages:56
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600600
The Colonies provides insight into the religious, political, and economic motives of free immigrants to North America from Europe and about the emergence of social and religious institutions in the colonies. Primary source documents introduce the reader to the journey to the New World...more details Format:Paperback Pages:55
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781932663112
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights presents the foundation documents for the United States government, as told through the original documents and words of the framers. This volume includes background material...more details Format:Paperback Pages:54
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600709
Through letters, speeches, political tracts, and summaries of the document text, this volume provides insight into the Declaration of Independence...more details Format:Paperback Pages:56
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600617
This introduction to the Revolutionary War covers the causes and the course of the war, the Declaration of Independence, important battles, political opinions...more details Format:Paperback Pages:56
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781935178033
Middle-schoolers Gregory Guest and Yolanda Torres have no intention of becoming heroes overnight. But as the only kids in Bainsboro who see that the world has gone horribly wrong...more details Format:Paperback Pages:170
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600518
@lt;DIV@gt;A fascinating collection of primary and secondary source materials from a variety of perspectives on this period in America's history. Excerpts include the dramatic escape of William and Ellen Craft...more details Format:Paperback Pages:66
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600983
Firsthand accounts and stoies tell of transportation in America's history, from stage coaches to trains, trolleys to canal boats, ships to planes....more details Format:Paperback Pages:52
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Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781579600754
This volume brings the reader into the midst of battle, with the words of doughboys, pilots, ambulance drivers, political leaders, and poets...more details Format:Paperback Pages:56
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9780780765764
"The Body-Snatcher" - "The Cask of Amontillado" - "Dracula's Guest" - "The Signalman" "Sredni Vashtar" - "The Yellow Wallpaper" - and more...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:142
- Countries covered are those featured prominently in the news - Empowers young people with knowledge backed by the Internet - Will save some of the time it takes students...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:128
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9780756913472
In 1869, two men found something very unusual while digging a well. Was it a statue, a petrified man, or just a fake?...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:64
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9780756913489
For centuries, people settled arguments by dueling. One of the most famous was the 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton....more details Format:Hardcover Pages:64
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9780756913533
Christopher Marlowe might have become a great playwright, but he was murdered at age 29. The true story of what happened that night in 1593 is still a mystery....more details Format:Hardcover Pages:56
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9780756910419
When slaves escaped, they were often never seen again. Was there a logical explanation for their disappearances?...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:64
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9780780796935
"To Build a Fire" - "The Minions of Midas" - "Demetrios Contros" - "The Oyster Pirates" - "The Story of an Eyewitness" - "Brown Wolf" - and more...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:147
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9780756908454
"Memoirs of a Yellow Dog" - "The Gift of the Magi" - "A Retrieved Reformation" - "The Complete Life of John Hopkins" - "The Ransom of Red Chief"...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:124
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9780780714748
"Bao Chu's Search for the Sun" - "The Death of Osiris" - "Finn MacCool's Revenge" - "Gilgamesh" - "Izanami and Izanagi" - "Lindu's Veil of Stars"...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:166
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781598450170
- Explores the events and people who made the Wild American West - Includes 50 images or maps - 30 Report Links per title provide quality Internet sites for further research - Will save some of the time it takes students...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:128
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781598450156
- Explores the events and people who made the Wild American West - Includes 50 images or maps - 30 Report Links per title provide quality Internet sites for further research - Will save some of the time it takes students...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:128
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781598450149
- Explores the events and people who made the Wild American West - Includes 50 images or maps - 30 Report Links per title provide quality Internet sites for further research - Will save some of the time it takes students...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:128
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Wim Coleman;Pat Perrin
ISBN:9781598450163
- Explores the events and people who made the Wild American West - Includes 50 images or maps - 30 Report Links per title provide quality Internet sites for further research - Will save some of the time it takes students...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:128