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Caleb's crossing |
"Geraldine Brooks takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, Brooks has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure." |
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All the President's men |
The investigation and report of the burglary at Watergate that climaxed with President Nixon's resignation |
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American History in Video |
Videos on topics from all periods of American history. |
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An American insurrection |
Chronicles the events behind a white uprising that occurred when Air Force veteran James Meredith tried to become the first African-American student to register at the University of Mississippi in 1962 |
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American Memory |
American Memory is a gateway to the Library of Congress’s vast resources of digitized American historical materials. |
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The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation |
After escaping a death sentence in the summer of 1775, Octavian and his tutor find shelter but no safe harbor in British-occupied Boston and, persuaded by Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join his counterrevolutionary Royal Ethiopian Regiment, Octavian and his friends soon find themselves engaged in naval raids on the Virginia coastline as the Revolutionary War breaks out in full force |
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The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation; the kingdom of the waves |
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves (2008) is a historical novel for young readers written by M.T. Anderson. It is the sequel to The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party (2006). It was also named a Printz Honor book in 2009. |
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Best of History Web Sites |
Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more. |
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Bound |
Seven-year-old Alice Cole travels with her family from 1756 London to the New World, dreaming of a big house in Philadelphia and a new life. Her mother and brothers die on board and are buried at sea; the ship docks in Boston rather than Philadelphia; there, her father indentures her for 11 years without a backward glance. |
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Claudette Colvin |
In-depth account of a major, yet little known civil rights figure whose story provides a fresh perspective on the Montgomery bus protest of 1955-56 |
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Click! Photography Changes Everything |
A collection of essays and stories by invited contributors and visitors like you discussing how photography shapes our culture and our lives. Created by the Smithsonian Institution. |
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Color of the sea |
Sam's pain over losing the love of his life when her parents take her back to Japan is overshadowed when he is drafted by the U.S. Army and sent to Japan on a secret mission that forces Sam to choose between his loyalties to America and loyalties to his heritage |
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The devil in the white city |
Their fates were linked by the magical Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, nicknamed the “White City” for its majestic beauty. Architect Daniel Burnham built it; serial killer Dr. H. H. Holmes used it to lure victims to his World’s Fair Hotel, designed for murder. Both men left behind them a powerful legacy, one of brilliance and energy, the other of sorrow and darkness. |
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The devil's paintbox |
In 1866, fifteen-year-old Aidan and his thirteen-year-old sister Maddy, penniless orphans, leave drought-stricken Kansas on a wagon train hoping for a better life in Seattle, but find there are still many hardships to be faced |
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Digital History: The Origins and History of New World Slavery |
Using new technologies to enhance teaching and research. |
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Dispatches |
American correspondent Herr's documentary recalls the heavy combat he witnessed in Vietnam as well as the obscene speech, private fears and nightmares of the soldiers. "Herr captures the almost hallucinatory madness of the war," said PW. "This is a compelling, truth-telling book with a visceral impact, its images stuck in the mind like shards from a pineapple bomb."Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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Fever, 1793 |
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic |
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Flygirl |
During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots |
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Gabriel's story |
Gabriel Lynch, an African-American teenager who has moved with his mother from New York to live on his stepfather's Kansas homestead, brings serious trouble down upon himself and his family when he leaves the farm to join a group of cowboys who turn out to be a gang of criminals |
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History : The Collection |
The collection from the Gilder Lehrman Institution of American History, containing "more than 60,000 documents detailing the political and social history of the United States. The collection's holdings include manuscript letters, diaries, maps, photographs, printed books and pamphlets ranging from 1493 through modern times." |
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