McNeese, Tim

Details the history of the United States' involvement in World War II from the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the defeat of Germany.

"For thousands of years, before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Europeans, the vast American landscape was home to millions of Native Americans, whose ancestors still remain on the land today. They formed a wide variety of regional cultures, dotting the unspoiled environs stretching from the stark, red rock formations of the Southwest to the thick forestlands of the Northeast. . . . readers will examine how each Indian culture group adapted to their unique surroundings and turned nature into home, as they built their houses, hunted for food, raised their children, and worshiped their gods"--Amazon.

Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century Spanish artist Francisco Goya, discussing his revolutionary ideas, views on Spain's political atmosphere, inspirations, personal demons, and other related topics.

Documents the history of the Pony Express, which expanded to employ eighty riders who carried mail from Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California; and details the dangers faced by the riders and their eventual disbandment due to the popularity and efficiency of the telegraph. Includes a time line and chronology.

Learn about colonial life and the mechanisms that encouraged America's residents to fight for freedom from the British crown.

Explores through the efforts to reconstruct the ravaged South and the push to create new life in the promising land to the west of the Mississippi.

Explores America's most recent history from the political and social movements of the 1960s and 1970s to the Reagan years, the War on Terror, and the current struggle against economic recession.

Describes the 1929 stock market crash and the events and effects of the depression that followed, including the New Deal programs.

Explores how the United States transitioned from a rural nation into an industrial giant thanks to progressivism during the Gilded Age.

From the final decades of the 1500s through the mid-1700s, the North American continent witnessed a whirlwind of competition and colonization. Learn how these colonists flourished in the midst of overwhelming obstacles.