A biography of the New Hampshire woman who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb," persuaded Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, and edited nineteenth-century women's magazines, including Godey's Lady's Book.
Chronicles the history of U.S. highway 40 from its early beginnings as a pioneer trail to its present status as a major link between the East and West coasts.
Covers three dozen American restored villages including Plimoth Plantation in New England, Natchez in the South, Central City in the West, and Taos Pueblo in the Southwest.
Covers three dozen American restored villages including Plimoth Plantation in New England, Natchez in the South, Central City in the West, and Taos Pueblo in the Southwest.
Brings to life the once-busy and prosperous towns of Tuscarora, Nevada, South Pass City, Wyoming, Winter Quarters, Utah, Antelope, Oregon, and Allensworth, California, whose singular reasons for growth were the very reasons for their deaths.
