Relocation & Immigration

This anthology includes brief biographical information and a few choice words from several of our nation’s Founders, including John Adams, Aaron Burr, John Dickinson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, Gouverneur Morris, and George Washington. Abigail Adams is also quoted.

ISBN: 1-57960-064-6      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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An opportunity to "meet" Russian, Lithuanian, Italian, Greek, Swedish, and Irish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island around the turn of the century. Excerpts from the diaries and letters of young people and adults are enhanced with historic photographs and poetry, to present a variety of primary source materials. Secondary source essays by contemporary historians Katharine Emsden and Dale Steiner give a broad view of the period.

ISBN: 1-878668-23-4      Price: $7.95      Pages: 63     

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Personal memoirs and photos relating to Ellis Island, the Port of Galveston, and Angel Island about immigration from the mid-1800s to the early years of the 20th century. Excerpts include the accounts of Russian Jews, Irish, Greeks, Italians, Chinese, Swedes, and Lithuanians. Historic photos from Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine and others are included, as well as poetry, songs, and graphs.

ISBN: 1-57960-073-5      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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The Irish crossed the Atlantic in pursuit of work, prosperity, adventure, religious tolerance, and freedom. In the mid- 1840s, thousands fled their homeland as a result of the potato famine, and flocked to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Savannah, and Chicago. Job discrimination and prejudice did not dissuade the newest Americans from joining the Union army in the Civil War and from helping to rebuild the nation after the war. This book presents their struggles in their native !and, their journeys to America, and their lives in a new land. It includes documents from the average person, and from the many Irish who made contributions to American industry, politics, the arts, and sports.

ISBN: 1-57960-028-X      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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The migration of over six million Southern blacks to the Northeast and Midwest had a tremendous impact on life in the U. S. They were soon confronted by a whole new set of problems and challenges in the North. The philosophies of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Marcus Garvey are presented, along with excerpts from writers Zora Neale Hurston, Jessie Fauset, Langston Hughes, and more.

ISBN: 1-57960-068-9      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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This introduction to the age of the Harlem Renaissance includes documents highlighting the Black migration to the North, excerpts from political speeches and essays of W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, and others, and a representative selection from Harlem Renaissance poets such as Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude McCay. A glossary and bibliography are also included.

ISBN: 1-878668-30-7      Price: $7.95      Pages: 52     

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Read about Lewis and Clark on their journey of discovery, 200 years ago. This easy reader relates to several adventures encountered on the trip, with a focus on Seaman, the dog who went along. The stories are based on the accounts of the men in their journals. At the end of the book the reader has the opportunity to tell or write a few words of his or her own, relating to an adventure on the way back. Grades 1-4.

ISBN: 1-57960-093-X      Price: $7.95      Pages: 40     

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In 1774, a tiny band of English religious dissenters came to America seeking redemption and earthly paradise through hard work and good deeds. They were called Shakers, and their leader was a mysterious and charismatic woman known as Mother Ann Lee. They founded their first community in Watervliet, New York, hoping to convert others to their beliefs and communal lifestyle. This anthology presents Shaker contributions to architecture, furniture design, medicine, farming, craftsmanship, music, and other aspects of American life. It also introduces the philosophy of the Shakers -- and the beliefs which sustained them through hardship and intolerance, while they strove for salvation here on earth.

ISBN: 1-57960-005-0      Price: $7.95      Pages: 68     

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Primary source materials and background history on Columbus, Ponce de leon, de Soto, de Vaca, Coronado, and other early Hispanic explorers of what is now the Southern and Southwestern United States.

ISBN: 1-57960-088-3      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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A collection of essays, poetry, and excerpts from diaries of five travelers in the mid- 1800's presents a variety of perspectives relating to life on the trail. Three essays by Emsden give an overview of the period, along with excerpts from: Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin; John Minton on George Bush, Black pioneer; Diary of Harriet Talcott Buckingham; Alvin Coffey: the Gold Rush; Journal of John Hawkins Clark; The Poetry of Gary Holthaus, from Circling Back, and "Thirst," by L.A. Fleming.

ISBN: 1-57960-052-2      Price: $7.95      Pages: 60     

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The Louisiana Purchase begins this saga of the West. Primary sources include writings of Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Sacajawea, Crockett, and Boone. Scouts, trappers and traders-- including Colter, Beckwourth, and Astor -- are presented. A frontiersman writes about his observations on the life of the early settlers. Maps, drawings, a timeline, and suggested further reading included.

ISBN: 1-878668-50-1      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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