history

Focuses on the trial of the abolitionist who was hanged for treason and murder following his attempt to capture a military arsenal and arms the slaves for revolt.

A history of the Negro Leagues, baseball teams which flourished in the early twentieth century as a result of discrimination against black baseball players, highlighting some of the outstanding players and their achievements.

Describes Spain's efforts to colonize and spread Christianity in the New World in the eighteenth century by building twenty-one missions along the coastal areas of what is now the state of California.

Details the lives and innovations of nineteenth-century loggers in the Old West including a look at the language they created.

Chronicles the evolution of the American automobile. Includes over 2000 factory photographs.

The author tells about the experiences he had while investigating Japanese gangsters, known as yakuza, focusing on the several months he spent in the company of one of the top mob bosses.

A combat history of black troops in the Civil War, drawing from articles that appeared in two Civil War-era black newspapers, as well as service and pension records, letters, and other documents to provide an account of some of the 449 separate engagements in which black soldiers took part.

A fourteen-year-old black girl tries to find a fellow ex-slave, who had joined the Union army during the Civil War, during the confusing times after the emancipation of the slaves.

Examines the individuals and the issues involved in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case which affirmed the right of an accused person to effective legal representation.