Meltzer, Milton

A biography of the photographer best known for her photographs of rural Americans who were victims of the Depression of the 1930's.

The story of the self-educated craftsman who earned a place in history as the voice of the American Revolution.

Tells the story of a leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s who devoted his life to writing about the African-American experience in America.

The Seminole Wars involved Indians, whites, and hundreds of blacks who had escaped from white southern slaveholders to live among the Seminole in Florida.

Presents a biography of the life and works of nineteenth-century author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau that chronicles his childhood, family, education, and achievements.

Examines the history, significance, and applications of the Fifth Amendment, the Constitutional safeguard against self-incrimination.

A collection of essays focusing on the writing of history for young people and on how the subject should be taught in the classroom.

A recounting drawn from historic source material of the many individual acts of heroism performed by righteous gentiles who sought to thwart the extermination of the Jews during the Holocaust.

Describes major events in American history since the end of World War II and discusses how they have influenced and shaped American society.