1865-1918

"America was booming during the second decade of the century . . . Entries discuss America's love affair with the automobile, a 'longer' day for urban dwellers made possible by electricity, changes in jobs and earnings due to the millions of immigrants who entered the country at the beginning of the decade, a rise in divorce, and, of course, the Great World War. Every entry focuses on a topic or person during the 1910s that made the decade unique. [This volume covers entries A through G]"--Provided by publisher.

Presents forty-three short stories by nineteenth-century American author Mark Twain, including "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "The Professor's Yarn," and "Is He Living or Is He Dead?".

A brief biography of Frederick Douglass that uses his own words to describe how he fought racism in the United States.

Examines various aspects of the Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century, a period in American history characterized by prosperity and industrialization as well as political and business corruption.

In 1886 New York, a respectable architect shouldn't have any connection to the notorious gang of thieves and killers that rules the underbelly of the city. But when John Cross's son racks up an unfathomable gambling debt to Kent's Gents, Cross must pay it back himself. All he has to do is use his inside knowledge of high society mansions and museums to craft a robbery even the smartest detectives won't solve.

Progressive Era is known as the period when social activism and political reformation movements truly took off and led to real change for many Americans.

Describes what life was like in New York City, then the largest city in the United States, during the 1890's.

Examines the history and culture of early twentieth-century America, discussing the political, social, and economic reforms initiated by President Theodore Roosevelt.