Discusses the life and history of ancient Egypt from earliest times through the reign of Rameses II, as it has been pieced together from the work of archaeologists.
Describes the social and religious conditions surrounding the Salem witch hunts, the extensive trials and executions, and the aftermath of the hysteria.
Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focusing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.
An account of the journey across the unexplored territory west of the Mississippi River undertaken by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the early eighteen hundreds by order of President Jefferson.
Presents an overview of the events in African American history that culminated in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s and represented a striving for equal rights.
Color illustrations fill this history of the events leading to the Revolutionary War, which describes such aspects as the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the "shot heard 'round the world.".
