Perspectives library

Presents the events of the Salem witch trials from three different perspectives, a minister, an accused witch, and the accuser.

Describes the creation of the United States Constitution from three different perspectives, a serving girl, a law clerk, and an apprentice printer.

Describes the California gold rush from three different perspectives, a gold prospector, a builder at Sutter's Mill, and a '49er.

Describes the Battle of Bull Run in 1861 fromthree different perspectives, a Confederate captain, a Union soldier, and Washington newspaper reporter.

Describes the Angel Island, California immigration procedures from three different perspectives, a paper son, a Chinese immigrant wife, and a missionary.

Presents the events of the Dust Bowl which occured during the 1930s from three different perspectives, an Oklahoma farmer, a migrant worker in California, and a government journalist.

Describes events of the Great Depression during the 1930s from three different perspectives, a government worker, a Civilian Conservation Corps worker, and a twelve-year-old girl.

Describes the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 from three different perspectives, a fireman, a Russian Hill resident, and and man from Chinatown.

This book relays the factual details behind the building and gift of the Statue of Liberty. Readers learn about the key historical event from the perspectives of a U.S. harbor worker, a French artisan, and a U.S. reporter.

This book relays the factual details of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Readers learn about the key historical event from the perspectives of a civil rights activist, a church leader, and an opponent of the boycott.