Time Period 1850 - 1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction

This volume focuses on the causes of the war, camp life of the Union and Confederate troops, and the hardships faced by the soldiers and the general public. Several Civil War songs are included, along with photos by Mathew Brady and other early photo-journalists.

ISBN: 1-57960-071-9      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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This selection of letters, speeches, journals, and eyewitness accounts of the Civil War presents the views of soldiers, nurses, volunteers, and political and military leaders from the Union side of the war. The story opens and closes with inaugural speeches of President Lincoln, and goes on to focus on the daily lives of the Union soldiers in camp, on the battlefield, and in hospitals. Songs, poetry, camp humor, photographs, and illustrations round out the text of America's war between the states.

ISBN: 1-878668-83-8      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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This volume of letters, journals, and government documents provides a glimpse of life during the Civil War from the point of view of the Confederacy. Among the selections from military leaders are General Beauregard's demand for the surrender of Fort Sumter and Robert E. Lee's farewell to his troops. Much of this book focuses on the average soldier and his daily life in camp and on the battlefield. A selection of songs relating to the Confederacy is also included, along with historic photos, to round out the text.

ISBN: 1-878668-84-6      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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In this anthology, the reader will look at some of the battles from East to West and North to South, arranged chronologically. Included are excerpts from treaties, transcribed histories from Wampum belts, journals, diaries, newspaper accounts, graphics, and more, regarding the Indian Wars from the colonial period through the 1890s.

ISBN: 1-57960-087-5      Price: $8.95      Pages: 60     

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This anthology looks at some of the scandals in our nation's history - some serious, other less so -- and how our system of checks and balances has preserved the nation. Included are: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, Aaron Burr's killing of Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson and the "Peggy Eaton Affair," Ulysses S. Grant and post-Civil War corruption, the "Robber Barons," Boss Tweed and his hold on Tammany Hall, The Progressive Movement and its Reformers, Warren G. Harding and the Teapot Dome Scandal, Richard M. Nixon's "Checkers Speech" and his role in Watergate, ABSCAM, Ronald Reagan and Iran-Contra, and most recently, William Clinton and the role of Special Prosecutors.

ISBN: 1-57960-012-3      Price: $7.95      Pages: 60     

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The primary source documents in this anthology focus on the problems facing the freed slaves, carpetbaggers, Presidential policy vs. Radical Republicans, social and economic problems in the south, Black Codes, the KKK, and the move for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Included are excerpts from President Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, and accounts from former slaves and slave owners, teachers working for the Freedman's Bureau, Booker T. Washington, historic illustrations, etc.

ISBN: 1-57960-072-7      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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This anthology on the period of post- Civil War reconstruction focuses on the problems facing the freed slaves, carpetbaggers, Presidential policy vs. Radical Republicans, social and economic problems in the south, Black Codes, the KKK, and the move for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Primary sources include President Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, a fascinating account from a former slave owner, a journal of a teacher working for the Freedman's Bureau, a portion of Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery, Congressional hearings about abuses by the KKK, historic illustrations, and more. Amendments to the Constitution regarding slavery and civil rights are also discussed.

ISBN: 1-878668-51-X      Price: $7.95      Pages: 68     

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In 1898, American troops fought in what Secretary of State John Hay referred to as a "splendid little war" in Cuba and the Philippines. In its effort to oust Spanish rule in those colonies, the United States opened the door to world power for itself. Excerpts from the writings of Teddy Roosevelt, the "yellow journalists," war correspondents, and American soldiers give the reader a sense of the fervor with which the Americans engaged in this war. The photographs from the war, an account of Clara Barton, the key role of Black regiments, recollections of the Rough Riders, and the poetry of Stephen Crane add to the story.

ISBN: 1-57960015-8      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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A fascinating collection of primary and secondary source materials from a variety of perspectives on this period in America's history. Excerpts include the dramatic escape of William and Ellen Craft, David Walker's Appeal, an account of Harriet Tubman, text from the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, oral histories of fugitive slaves, and two passages from Frederick Douglass' narratives. A map of the major underground routes gives readers a broader picture of these times. Historic illustrations and three spirituals round out the text.

ISBN: 1-57960-051-4      Price: $7.95      Pages: 66     

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In this fascinating account of women engaged in both sides of the Civil War, Phyllis Raybin Emert sets the stage for the primary sources included here with insightful essays and introductions to each section. The anthology begins with a moving excerpt from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, and goes on to a series of excerpts from Union and Confederate spies, soldiers, and nurses including such well known figures as Harriet Tubman, Belle Boyd, and Louisa May Alcott, as well as the women working tirelessly on the home front. The roles of "First Ladies," Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis are both noted.

ISBN: 1-878668-45-5      Price: $7.95      Pages: 68     

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