Akron Public Library

Traces the course of the Civil War, year by year, using profiles of important people, eyewitness accounts, and period art.

General Washington ends a three-year stalemate and embarks on a secret three-hundred-mile forced march of his entire army to meet the French navy's Chesapeake Bay blockade and capture Cornwallis's entire force.

Presents a timeline of events that occured in America during the 1800s, divided into four categories: politics; life; arts and entertainment; and science and technology.

'A photograph is worth a thousand words' has never been more fitting than in this thought-provoking book. Photographs serve as snapshots of time, capturing the emotions, humanity, and history of a specific moment. Since the camera's invention, photographs have captured pivotal moments that defined and shaped American history. Young readers will examine this book's photographs as primary sources. Readers will investigate the context of each photograph...

In 1917, the growing of wheat on Washington State's rich farmlands will be a vital ingredient to winning the war in Europe and feeding the world. Kurt Dorn, son of a German father and American mother, has a successful wheat farm. Yet there are those who would like to prevent the harvest, including a group of Bolsheviks, the Industrial Workers of the World, which is financed not only by Germany but also secretly by a German wheat magnate. Highly edited...

Briefly introduces the origins, history, actions, and impact of the Ku Klux Klan, a hate group that targets a wide range of ethnic, religious, and cultural groups in the United States.

Presents the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, who married a president of the United States and became a great humanitarian.