juvenile literature

Describes the eleven-year armed conflict in Kansas territory between the proponents of slavery and the free staters.

Describes the causes, events, and aftermath of the raid led by John Brown on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry.

Describes the role of black people in the Civil War and their struggles for civil rights during the Reconstruction period.

Presents the stories of 15 Russians, Britons, and Americans who took part in, witnessed, or were victims of the revolutionary years.

Pictures and text recreate the daily life of an imaginary medieval village in England.

Recounts the brief and near-disastrous history of the balloon created by the Confederate army to spy on Federal troops who had used the same means to observe Southern troop movements.