History Compas Real People. Real Stories

Cry "Witch!": The Salem Witchcraft Trials 

Amid a time of turmoil, the "afflicted girls" of 1692 Salem, Massachusetts cried out against scores of accused witches. Contemporary accounts and court trials give insight into the witch hysteria.   View Details


Publishers of U.S. History Primary Source Materials

We are pleased to offer you our collection of primary source-based U.S. history books, historical fiction, and guides. Filled with original documents – letters, photographs, journal entries, maps, broadsheets, newspaper accounts, and illustrations – each book tells stories through firsthand accounts of life, struggle, hardship, victory, and success in our nation's history.

Our goal is to provide you stories, compelling and true, that give insight into our nation's history. We aim to publish carefully selected, well-researched books that help us better understand our past, give us context for the present, and shed light on our future. We are excited about the opportunity to share our enjoyment of history with you.

We invite you to look over our extensive collection.
 

Revolutionary War 

Letters, government documents, journals, songs, poems, and graphics relating to the Revolutionary War. Table of Contents is set up like a time line of major events. Key figures include George Washington, Paul Revere, John Paul Jones, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine, Molly Pitcher, and Deborah Champion View Details

Movin' On 

The Great Migration had a profound impact on the history of the United States in the twentieth century. Between 1910 and 1970, six and one half million African-Americans migrated from the South to northern cities, pushed by the hardships of their rural homelands and pulled by the job and educational opportunities of the urban North. This anthology introduces their story through letters, essays, government documents, photos, literature from the period, and news accounts of the participants: the migrants, their northern employers, the labor unions, news reporters, and leaders of the black community. View Details

Perspectives on History

Researching American History

Adventures in History

The popular Perspectives on History series contains compelling firsthand accounts from colonists to astronauts and is widely used as supplemental material in the study of history and literature in grades 6-12 and at the college level as well as an attractive offering for historic site and museum visitors.

The innovative   Researching American History series, designed for less experienced students and as an attractive offering for historic site and museum visitors, introduces our nation's history through compelling firsthand accounts and primary source materials.

The Adventures in History line combines lively fiction with vivid historical details.

Each well-written tale gives insight into the era or topic because of the adherence to historical accuracy.