Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies
American Legends: The Salem Witch Trials
*Includes descriptions of the trials and executions of the accused.*Includes testimony from some of the cases and the petitions of some of the accused asking for clemency.*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading."More than...
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American Legends: The Three Stooges
A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed...
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American Legends: The Wright Brothers
*Includes pictures of the Wright brothers, their planes, and important events.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.“For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has increased in severity and I feel...
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American Outlaws: The Life and Legacy of Baby Face Nelson
America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean cut, an informal ode to the rugged individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the nation in previous centuries. The early 19th century saw the glorification of frontier folk heroes like Davy Crockett...
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American Outlaws: The Life and Legacy of John Dillinger
"I will be the meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here." (John Dillinger) America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean cut, an informal ode to the rugged individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the nation...
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America's Deadliest Hurricanes: The History of the Three Worst Hurricanes in American History
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America's Deadliest Hurricanes: The History of the Three Worst Hurricanes in American History
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsHurricanes have been devastating communities for thousands of years, bringing about various combinations of rain and wind that can do everything from taking down some dead...
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America's Deadliest Shipwrecks: The History of the SS Sultana, the SS Eastland, and the PS General Slocum
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts of the disasters*Includes online resources and bibliographies for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe Sultana is a historical footnote because of the Civil War, but it was also intimately tied to the war. Although Robert E....
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America's Favorite Comedy Acts: The Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, and Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
*Includes pictures *Includes the comedy acts' most famous quotes *Includes bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents There has been no shortage of comedy acts in American history, but the most famous and popular of them all is...
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America's Forgotten Slaves: The History of Native American Slavery in the New World and the United States
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“The carrying of Negroes among the Indians has all along been thought detrimental, as an intimacy ought to be avoided." – A passage from a 1751 South Carolina lawIt has often been said that...
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America's Greatest Engineering Projects: The Construction History of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Panama Canal, and the Hoover Dam
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the projects' construction*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe Transcontinental Railroad, laid across the United States during the 1860s, remains the very epitome of contradiction. On the one hand, it...
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America's Legendary Frontier Towns: The History of Tombstone, Deadwood, and Dodge City
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the frontier towns written by people who lived there *Profiles famous Westerners like Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill, and more *Includes online resources and bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents The Wild West...
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America's Most Famous Disappearances: The Mysterious History of the Disappearances of Jimmy Hoffa, Amelia Earhart, D.B. Cooper, Jean Spangler, and Dor
*Includes pictures *Discusses the popular theories behind each mystery *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading It was the great mystery of its time and still reads like an episode of “Law and Order” today. In December 1910,...
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America's Most Famous Natural Wonders: The History of the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Yellowstone National Park, and Yosemite National Park
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts and descriptions of the natural wonders*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingEven for those who have never seen it, the Grand Canyon is perhaps the most appreciated and remarkable feature of the American landscape....
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America's Most Influential Jazz Artists
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.” – Duke EllingtonLouis Armstrong once claimed that “Every time I close my...
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America's Most Influential Mountain Men: The History and Legacy of the 19th Century Explorers Who Helped Chart Paths to the West
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingBy the golden age of the mountain man in the mid-19th-century, there were perhaps only 3,000 living in the West. Their origins were disparate, although they included many Anglo-Americans....
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America's Most Notorious Domestic Terrorists: The Life and Crimes of the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh
Most Americans old enough to follow the news during the 1990s are instantly familiar with the Unabomber, a name given to the man behind a series of bombs that were periodically mailed or delivered to university professors and airlines, which...
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America's Most Notorious Natural Disasters: The Great Chicago Fire, the Johnstown Flood, the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, the San Francisco Earthquake of
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the disasters *Includes a bibliography for further reading It had taken about 40 years for Chicago to grow from a small settlement of about 300 people into a thriving metropolis with a population of...
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America's War Heroes of World War II: Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton and Douglas MacArthur
*Weaves the lives and careers of the generals into one entertaining and educational narrative.*Includes some of the generals' most colorful and inspiring quotes, including Patton's Speech to the Third Army and MacArthur's Farewell Address to Congress.*Includes pictures of the generals...
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America's Westward Expansion Trails: The History and Legacy of the 19th Century's Most Famous Routes to the West
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe Lewis and Clark Expedition, notwithstanding its merits as a feat of exploration, was also the first tentative claim on the vast interior and the western seaboard of North America...
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The Amish: The History and Legacy of One of America's Oldest and Most Unique Communities
*Includes pictures *Includes Amish proverbs and descriptions of Amish life *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “We live simply so others may simply live.” – Amish Proverb Back in the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation took Europe...
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The Amistad: The Slave Revolt and Legal Case that Changed the World
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts written about the revolt on the ship*Includes excerpts from the legal cases and arguments*Includes a bibliography for further reading “25,000 slaves were brought into Cuba every year – with the wrongful compliance of, and personal profit...
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Amphibious Warfare in World War II: The History and Legacy of the War's Most Important Landing Operations
A swift, sudden attack from the ocean, putting soldiers ashore on a hostile coast at some point weakly defended by the enemy, has been a powerful tactical and strategic tool since the late Bronze Age. Utilized by the Sea Peoples...
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The Ancient Agora of Classical Athens: The History and Legacy of the Athenian City Center and Assembly Gathering Space
The center of political and commercial interaction in the Ancient Greek polis was the agora. The word essentially means a gathering place or an open space, and in all Greek city states, the agora was central to all aspects of...
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The 10 Biggest Civil War Battles: Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Spotsylvania Court House, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, Stones River, Shiloh, Antietam, S
*Includes pictures of the battles' important generals.*Includes several maps of the battles.*Includes accounts of the battles written by important generals. .*Includes a Bibliography for each battle..*Includes a Table of Contents.Americans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at...
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10 Downing Street: The History and Legacy of the British Prime Minister's Official Residence
"I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street. This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government an official note stating that unless we heard from them by eleven o'clock, that they were...
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The 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake: The History and Legacy of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo
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The 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake: The History and Legacy of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo
Of the numerous disasters, both natural and man-made, to strike Japan during the 20th century, the Great Kantō Earthquake was among the worst, and the most significant. The massive earthquake struck the Japanese capital region, including the cities of Tokyo...
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The 1928 Lake Okeechobee Hurricane: The Story of the Second Deadliest Hurricane in American History
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The 1928 Lake Okeechobee Hurricane: The Story of the Second Deadliest Hurricane in American History
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the hurricane by survivors*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents"Pointe a Pitre was a perfect picture of a city that had been dynamited during the preceding night." - William H. Hunt, American Consul...
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The 1936 North American Heat Wave: The History of America's Deadly Heat Wave during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression
*Includes pictures*Includes newspaper accounts and individual accounts of the heat wave*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“People caught in their own yards grope for the doorstep. Cars come to a standstill, for no light...
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The 1968 Democratic National Convention: The History of America's Most Controversial Political Convention
*Includes pictures*Profiles the race for the nomination in 1968*Includes accounts of the riots and some of the turmoil inside the convention hall*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“This is fantastic and it's only Sunday...
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The 1989 Bay Area Earthquake: The Story of San Francisco's Second Deadliest Earthquake
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the earthquake and aftermath by people across the Bay Area, including policemen, firefighters, and people at the World Series*Includes a bibliography for further reading "I'll tell you what—we're having an earth—“ - Al Michaels broadcasting the...
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