united states

Brief text and illustrations discuss the British colonial system, the war for independence, the Constitution, and the era of good feeling.

On cover: The tools of war of the Blue and Gray. Infantry, cavalry, artillery, and navy: a profusely illustrated guide to their equipment, clothing, organization, and weapons.

Presents the lives of courageous women who served as spies for the North and South during the Civil War, including Belle "The Siren of the Shenandoah" Boyd, Elizabeth "Crazy Bet" Van Lew, and Harriet Tubman.

Introduces prints produced for, and portraying life on, the home front during the Civil War.

Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate key events during the Reconstruction period that followed the Civil War.

Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate certain key events of the Civil War that took place during 1863, the third year of the conflict.

Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the battles fought between January 1864 and April 1865 that led to the end of the Civil War.

Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the early battles in the Civil War from the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861 to the conflict at Fredericksburg at the end of 1862.

Examines the causes, events, and aftermath of the conflict that has been called "America's first civil war.".

Examines the action in the Pacific theater of World War II, focusing on the confrontation between the United States and Japan.