Rielly, Edward J

Traces the history of Native Americans between the seventeenth and the twentieth century, focusing on their steruggles to maintain and preserve their lands, cultures, and lives, and describing the key individuals who led the Native American resistance effort against the United States government.

Alphabetically arranged entries discuss baseball in relation to American society, covering issues including race relations, gambling, movies, and drug abuse.

Provides brief descriptions of significant players, teams, and moments in baseball history. Focuses on baseball's role in popular culture and the way the game has interacted with television, movies, and social issues in the United States.

Examines some of the significant changes that took place in American society during the 1960s, and looks at specific aspects of the decade's popular culture including advertising, architecture, fashion, food, leisure activities, literature, music, performing and visual arts, and travel.

Tells the life story of nineteenth-century Sioux leader Sitting Bull, describing his abilities as a warrior, the Fort Laramie Treaty, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, his experiences with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and his death.

Presents a biography of twentieth-century American author, F. Scott Fitzgerald examining his life and literary career which included his classic novel "The Great Gatsby," and explores how he influenced American culture during the Jazz Age of the 1920s.