Russell Freedman

Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President.

A Photobiography

Lincoln

"The true story of the White Rose, a group of students in Nazi Germany who were active undercover agents of the resistance movement against Hitler and his regime"--

The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler

We Will Not Be Silent

A biography of the modest Frenchman who, after being blinded at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write.

The Story of Louis Braille

Out of Darkness

Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.

How They Invented the Airplane

The Wright Brothers

Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.

The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Freedom Walkers

A sympathetic and sensitive portrayal of the remarkable Eleanor Roosevelt captures the life and times of a woman who continues to offer inspiration, guidance, and hope to people of all ages. Reprint. Newbery Honor Book.

A Life of Discovery

Eleanor Roosevelt

Introduces the life of Benjamin Franklin, detailing how he left home at age seventeen to go to Philadelphia and went on to become an American icon and distinguished statesman, inventor, and scientist.

How a Candle-maker's Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty

Becoming Ben Franklin

Recounts Abraham Lincoln's brief friendship with African American leader Frederick Douglass before and during the Civil War, narrated against the backdrop of the race relations and politics of the time.

The Story Behind an American Friendship

Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass

"Examines World War I, the first global war in which modern weapons inflicted mass slaughter and an estimated 20 million people were killed."--Amazon.com.

World War I

The War to End All Wars

Presents an account of the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, an event that sparked the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

The People's Campaign for Voting Rights that Changed America

Because They Marched

The war to end all wars

The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards))

The Story of the Declaration of Independence

Give Me Liberty

Presents a biography about the French nobleman who assisted the American colonists in their struggle for freedom from England during the Revolutionary War.

Lafayette and the American Revolution

Looks at the history of the port of entry off the coast of California that was "the other Ellis Island" for Asian immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1940.

Gateway to Gold Mountain

Angel Island

A comprehensive overview of one of the most controversial wars in America's history written by masterful children's historian and Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman. With prose that is clear, concise, and enthralling, Russell Freedman presents a detailed overview of the Vietnam war. Beginning with the rise of communism in Vietnam and detailing the increase of American involvement, Freedman then explains why, twenty years later, an exit was so difficult. In addition to explaining the complex beginnings of the conflict through the catastrophic damage the war caused, Freedman concludes with a hopeful epilogue on modern Vietnam. This is a definitive resource for young history readers as well as anyone who wants a concise and authoritative understanding of the Vietnam War, exploring both the American and Vietnamese perspectives. Freedman chronicles the history leading up to the war and the unfolding events in Vietnam and in the US as increasing numbers of young men were sent into the jungles to fight. Coverage includes the French war in Vietnam, the rise of Ho Chi Minh, the fall of President Diem, the Tonkin Gulf, the Tet Offensive, the My Lai massacre, the bombing of Cambodia, and the fall of Saigon, as well as the US anti-war movement. The book includes nearly 100 historic photographs and illustrations, as well as candid photographs showcasing the state of Vietnam today. A glossary, source notes, bibliography and index are included. A Junior Library Guild Selection

A History of the War

Vietnam

Describes, in text and illustrations, the duties, clothes, equipment, and day-to-day life of the cowboys who flourished in the west from the 1860's to the 1890's.

Cowboys of the Wild West

A biography of the Oglala leader who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempt to take over Indian lands.

The Life and Death of Crazy Horse

Carefully researched, expertly told, and profusely illustrated with photographs, a moving account of the life of a talented and determined artist who left her mark on musical and social history is drawn from Anderson's own writings and other contemporary accounts.

Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights

The Voice that Challenged a Nation

Briefly traces the life of Lewis Hine, school teacher and photographer, and explains how he became involved in documenting child labor conditions

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