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The Alamo: Flashpoint Between Texas and Mexico by Mary Dodson Wade A gripping introduction to the fierce battle at the Alamo on March 6, 1836, The Alamo includes eyewitness accounts of the battle and a... ISBN: 978-1-878668-95-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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by Pat Perrin Set against the background of discrimination and violence against African-Americans in the early and middle 20th century, this volume introduces... ISBN: 978-1-57960-081-5 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1945-Present Contemporary America Topic(s) covered: Black History, Justice & Law, Labor History, Native Americans, Relocation & Immigration, Science & Technology, War & Conflict, Women's History, 20th Century Topics | ||
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by Arden Bowers The Civil War pitted North against South, brother against brother, in a series of devastating battles and philosophical confrontations that would... ISBN: 978-1-57960-071-6 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: A World in Peril by Karl E. Valois For 13 days in October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other, on the brink of potential nuclear disaster as they... ISBN: 978-1-878668-92-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 68pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1945-Present Contemporary America Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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The Declaration of Independence by Wim Coleman Excerpts from the works of Locke, Paine, Adams, Franklin, and others provide an in-depth look at ideas on slavery, government, liberty, and human... ISBN: 978-1-57960-024-2 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1750-1789 Revolutionary America Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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The Declaration of Independence by Pat Perrin, Wim Coleman Through letters, speeches, political tracts, and summaries of the document text, this volume provides insight into the Declaration of Independence,... ISBN: 978-1-57960-070-9 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 54pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1750-1789 Revolutionary America Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict, Justice & Law | ||
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Echoes of the Civil War: The Blue by Stephen M. Forman This selection of letters, speeches, journals, and eyewitness accounts of the Civil War presents the views of soldiers, nurses, and political... ISBN: 978-1-878668-83-7 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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Echoes of the Civil War: The Gray by Stephen M. Forman Letters, journals, and government documents provide a glimpse of life during the Civil War from the Confederate point of view. Among selections... ISBN: 978-1-878668-84-4 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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The Korean War: Limits of American Power by Karl E. Valois The words of President Truman, General MacArthur, Senator McCarthy, President Eisenhower, and others, reporters' stories, and letters from soldiers... ISBN: 978-1-878668-81-3 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 60pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1945-Present Contemporary America Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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Lone Star: The Republic of Texas 1836-1846 by Stephen L. Hardin Award-winning Texas historian Stephen L. Hardin provides an excellent overview of the Republic of Texas. In 1836, when Texas won its independence... ISBN: 978-1-878668-63-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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The Manhattan Project: A Secret Wartime Mission by Kenneth M. Deitch Compelling firsthand accounts from the inventors of the first atomic bomb describe the Manhattan Project. Additional accounts from scientists,... ISBN: 978-1-878668-41-7 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict, 20th Century Topics | ||
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by Wim Coleman In 1846, two American nations went to war, precipitated by the U.S. annexation of Texas. This volume presents excerpts from the memoirs, letters,... ISBN: 978-1-57960-044-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 66pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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by JoAnne Weisman Deitch This compilation of primary sources provides a detailed view of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, covering freed slaves, carpetbaggers,... ISBN: 978-1-57960-072-3 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction Topic(s) covered: Black History, Justice & Law, War & Conflict | ||
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by Pat Perrin This introduction to the Revolutionary War covers the causes and the course of the war, the Declaration of Independence, important battles, political... ISBN: 978-1-57960-061-7 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1750-1789 Revolutionary America Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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The Road to San Jacinto: Texas Gains Independence by Mary Dodson Wade This book focuses on the brief but crucial span of a little over six weeks following the fall of the Alamo. That interval culminated on April... ISBN: 978-1-878668-62-5 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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The Shot Heard 'Round the World: The Beginnings of the American Revolution by Jeanne Munn Bracken The beginnings of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord come alive through personal narratives from participants and observers and through... ISBN: 978-1-878668-32-3 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1750-1789 Revolutionary America Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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by Pat Perrin Covering the early stages of Spanish ocean and overland exploration and the Spanish conquest of the Americas, this book contains primary source... ISBN: 978-1-57960-088-4 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: Early America to 1763 Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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The Spanish-American War: America Emerges as a World Power by Mary Alice B. Robinson 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... ISBN: 978-1-57960-015-0 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1865-1920 The Advent of Modern America Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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The Vietnam War: How the United States Became Involved (2nd Edition) by Mitch Yamasaki Through a collection of original source documents and the words of those who lived through it, The Vietnam War gives insight into the historic... ISBN: 978-1-932663-14-3 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 70pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1945-Present Contemporary America Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict, 20th Century Topics | ||
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by Mary Alice B. Robinson Primary sources detail the course of the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain and its Native American allies, with emphasis on the... ISBN: 978-1-57960-007-7 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1789-1861 Westward Expansion Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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Women in the American Revolution by Jeanne Munn Bracken Women in the American Revolution picks up where usual historical accounts of the Revolutionary War leave off -- with the varied roles... ISBN: 978-1-932663-23-5 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 79pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1750-1789 Revolutionary America Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict, Women's History | ||
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Women in the Civil War: Warriors, Patriots, Nurses, and Spies (2nd Edition) by Phyllis Raybin Emert From freedom fighters and spies to volunteer nurses and patriots on the homefront, women of the North and South served critical and largely unexamined... ISBN: 978-1-932663-19-8 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 84pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1850-1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict, Women's History | ||
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by Pat Perrin This volume brings the reader into the midst of battle, with the words of doughboys, pilots, ambulance drivers, political leaders, and poets,... ISBN: 978-1-57960-075-4 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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by A. J. Scopino Jr. Students gain an understanding of the causes of World War I and the reasons for American intervention. Primary source documents describe the... ISBN: 978-1-878668-91-2 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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by JoAnne Weisman Deitch This overview of World War II, covering the European and Pacific Theaters, includes the words of world leaders, citizens, soldiers, and reporters.... ISBN: 978-1-57960-076-1 Price: $8.95 Paperback, 56pp Series: Researching American History Time Period(s) covered: 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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World War II: On the Homefront by Katharine Emsden When World War II broke out, Roosevelt led the nation through a dramatic changeover to a wartime economy. Women found a new place in the workforce;... ISBN: 978-1-878668-60-8 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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World War II: The European Theatre (2nd ed.) by Phyllis Raybin Emert Through original photographs and documents and the words of those who lived through it, World War II: The European Theatre gives insight into... ISBN: 978-1-932663-12-9 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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World War II: The Pacific Theatre by Katharine Emsden This volume of documents on the war in the Pacific deals with the origins of the war, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and early island conquests... ISBN: 978-1-878668-86-8 Price: $7.95 Paperback, 64pp Series: Perspectives on History Time Period(s) covered: 1914-1945 The United States and Two World Wars Topic(s) covered: War & Conflict | ||
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