Bracken, Jeanne Munn

An anthology of letters, journals, eyewitness accounts, poetry, and illustrations which provide insight into the role of women on both sides of the American Revolution.

Provides a history of canals in the United States, including canal planners, builders, workers, and travellers, from the colonial days through the nineteenth century, and features such canals as the Patowmack Canal, the Erie Canal, and the Pennsylvania canals.

Contains a map, photographs, newspaper accounts, letters, and journals that provide information about the men who built America's transcontinental railroad, and its effect onthe economy, law, and lives of the people involved.

Contains photographs, letters, and other documents that provide information about the experiences of homeless children who were placed aboard so-called orphan trains that took them from New York and other eastern cities to families in other parts of the country.

Songs, journal entries, historical writings, and pictures describe the daily lives of colonial men, women, and children.

An anthology of letters, journals, eyewitness accounts, poetry, and illustrations which provide insight into the role of women on both sides of the American Revolution.