Describes the efforts to build the first railroad to link the eastern and western United States and the obstacles that had to be overcome in the process.
Describes various aspects of the lives of women and girls during the nineteenth century, including their lack of educational opportunities, restrictive clothing, pastimes, courtship and marriage, and limited employment prospects.
Describes the lives of people involved in logging and the expansion of the railroads in the American West during the second half of the nineteenth century.
A shortened version of the writings of a pirate who sailed in the Caribbean in the late 1660s and 1670s. Illustrated with period artwork and photographs of surviving artifacts.
An introduction to the history of the English language, from ancient times to the present day, including the histories of a selection of words in everyday use.
A biography of Quanah Parker, the son of a Comanche war chief and a kidnapped white settler, looking at the role he played in leading his people in battle and in defeat.
