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1789-1861 Westward Expansion

9781878668951

The Alamo
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 roster…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-95-6     Price: $7.95     64 pages, paperback

9781579600471

Crime and Punishment: The Colonial Period to the New Frontier
by Pat Perrin and Wim Coleman

Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass’ popular Perspectives on History series.  This volume introduces criminal justice in the American…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-047-1     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback

9781878668639

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 from Mexico, many…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-63-9     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback

978-1-932663-25-9

The Mexican War
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, poetry, and…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-25-9     Price: 7.95     66 pages, paperback

9781932663150

Mill Girls of Lowell
by Jeff Levinson

The pre-Civil War textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts exemplified the American industrial revolution and heralded a nationwide shift from farm to factory.  During this time,…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-15-0     Price: 7.95     70 pages, paperback

9781932663174

The New England Transcendentalists: Life of the Mind and of the Spirit (2nd ed.)
by Ellen Hansen

New England Transcendentalists gives readers insight into the idealism and romanticism running through 19th century Transcendentalist philosophy, thought, and spirituality and into the movement’s critique…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-17-4     Price: 7.95     44 pages, paperback

9781579600077

War of 1812
by Mary Alice Burke 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…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-007-5     Price: 7.95     64 pages, paperback

A Century of Westward Expansion
by JoAnne Deitch

Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source documents underpin the introduction to U.S. history in History Compass’ popular Researching American History series.  This anthology, A Century…
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ISBN: 978-1-5760-064-8     Price: 8.95     Paperback, 56 pages