Chronicles the life of social reformer Dorothea Dix, providing information on her strict upbringing, her years as a teacher, her work as a Civil War nurse, and her efforts as a lobbyist in Congress.
Discusses history of the B-52 Stratofortress warplane and its use in the military campaigns in Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Presents the history of the westward expansion of the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, journal entries, and laws of the time.
the U.S. government and Native Americans in the 19th century
Wilson, Mike
2003
Discusses the less-than-honorable behavior exhibited by the U.S. government, military, and citizens in their attempts to wrest the land from Native Americans in the nineteenth century.
Milestones in the development of flight illustrated from the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. Includes early airplanes, war planes, space travel, the international space station, and the future of flight.
An illustrated chronicle of the creation of the atomic bomb that spans from the early scientific theories about matter to the aftermath of the bombing of Japan that ended the Second World War.
Illustrations and text recount King Iphitus of Elis's revival of an ancient tradition of athletic contests to honor the gods in the eighth century B.C. in Greece.
