McNeese, Tim

This book, featuring primary source material, examines Reconstruction, a time after the Civil War when the nation sought to reestablish itself, to overcome regional politics, and to redefine the political, social, and economic realities of the nation's four million black citizens.

Chronicles nine major Civil War battles, including Bull Run, Shiloh, The Seven Days battle, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, and Spotsylvania.

Examines the lives and actions of six men from the North and South who played key roles in the course of the Civil War and its aftermath, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Ulysses S. Grant, and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

Looks at the role that stagecoaches and Conestoga wagons played in carrying mail and passengers throughout America, and especially the West, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Explores the all-encompassing world war that created America's "Greatest Generation." Features full-color and black-and-white photographs, illustrations, maps, a glossary, a chronology, a timeline, and further resources.

Discusses how the United States experienced swift economic, technological, and social changes during World War I and the subsequent "Roaring Twenties." Features full-color and black-and-white photographs, illustrations, maps, a glossary, a chronology, a timeline, and further resources.

A history of the American Revolution and the events leading up to it. Includes color illustrations, a map, a chronology, and a glossary.