history

In this fact-based story, thirteen-year-old drummer boy Orion Howe displays great bravery during a Civil War battle at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Nine-year-old Helen is confused by the disappearance of her Jewish friend during the German occupation of Paris.

Text and photographs tell the story of pioneer women: schoolmarms, ranchers, shopkeepers, doctors, mail-order brides, as well as, Native American women.

In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who had come to her home in Missouri after fleeing the raid of William Quantrill and his raiders on Lawrence, Kansas.

Rache ignores her parents' wishes and persuades her great-grandmother to relate the story of her escape from czarist Russia.

Relates the experiences of the Texas woman who, along with her baby, survived the 1836 massacre at the Alamo.

A biography of Mexico's conqueror.

Recounts through text, photographs, illustrations, and maps the campaigns and battles of the Civil War as recalled by soldiers and citizens of the period.

A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.