Hilton, Suzanne

Provides a look at the planning, people, and process involved in the establishment of Washington, D.C., and describes the first twenty-five years of its growth.

Describes what it was like to travel by horseback, stagecoach, canalboat, flatboat, covered wagon, and sailing ship before the days of motorized travel.

Presents accounts of eight large expositions held in the United States from 1852 to 1964 that not only reflected but stimulated technological progress.

Focuses on the early years of the skinny redhead who became America's first backwoods president.

Describes the manners, customs, and daily living conditions of the American people in the first decade of their independence.

Describes the lives of people involved with mining and business in the American West during the 1800s.