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Real People. Real Stories.™
Publishers of Primary Source-Based U.S. History Books
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.
What's New
by JoAnne Weisman Deitch
Children at Work depicts the harsh conditions under which children worked in the 19th and early 20th centuries in mills, factories, mines, and cities, as told through personal accounts of the children and the words and photographs of social reformers.
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. |
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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 decided the fate of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. Excerpts of speeches, meeting notes, letters, and reminiscences of several key players including Kennedy, Krushchev, and others depict this ominous situation. |
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The Declaration of Independence by Pat Perrin, Wim Coleman This volume provides insight into the Declaration of Independence, the principles that underpin it, and the historical and philosphical context in which it was drafted. |
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Seaman's Adventures with Lewis and Clark by Duncan Brown This easy reader tells of adventures encountered by Lewis and Clark on their voyage of discovery and by Seaman, the dog who went along. 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 K-2. |