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"The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation and world"--Jacket flap.

An illustrated version of the well-known song of the American Revolution.

After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence -- but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before.

In less than two hundred years, the United States changed from a rural, agricultural society into an industrial world power. Author Anita Louise McCormick explores the inventions, ideas, and innovators who helped bring the Industrial Revolution from its roots in Great Britain to America.

Samantha Geimer recounts the day she was sexually abused by film director Roman Polanski, and discusss the trial, Polanski's fleeing the United States and the life events that have occured since that afternoon.

Presents a biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe, focusing on her religious upbringing and the impact it had on her life and writings.

Genna Colon finds comfort in her dreams for the future in spite of the drug dealers in her building, as she makes wishes every day for a different life. One day her wish is granted and she travels back in time to Civil War-era Brooklyn.

A collection of narratives that describe ten Civil War battlefields including Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Shiloh; along with historical footnotes about each site, photographs, and detailed maps.