Contains excerpts from the memoirs of over sixty Americans, including Walt Whitman, W.E.B. DuBois, Helen Keller, Benjamin Franklin, Eudora Welty, and Sherman Alexie.
Explores how strict interpretations of the Holy Qur'an has led Muslim fundamentalists to declare war against secular nations whose lenient ideas are considered apostate, a sin punishable by death.
Hawkeye, a young frontier scout, and Chingachgook, a Mohican Indian, form an unlikely friendship as they attempt to guide two sisters in search of their father through hostile country during the French and Indian War.
Presents a brief profile of the early colonial women who came to America beginning in the early 1600s describing their importance to early colonial society.
A daughter or England caught in the struggle of the American Revolution
Lavendar, William
2002
Fourteen-year-old Jane Prentice, orphaned daughter of an English earl, arrives in Charleston South Carolina, in 1776 to find her loyalties divided over the question of American independence.
American writer Stephen Crane is best known for his classic depiction of the American Civil War in his novel "The Red Badge of Courage". It is the story of a 19-year-old boy named Henry Fleming who struggles to overcome his fear in battle. "The Red Badge of Courage" is widely regarded for its realistic depiction of a young man in battle and of the true meaning of courage. In addition to this classic novel several other of Crane''s more popular shorter works have been added. These stories include the following: "The Veteran", "A Mystery of Heroism", "An Episode of War", "Ouida's Masterpiece", "The Gratitude of a Nation".
