Provides a brief description, through the story of one family, of the Dust Bowl, a series of dust storms that forced hundreds of thousands of families to leave their homes and farms and migrate away from the Great Plains area of the United States between 1930 and 1939.
Presents a brief depiction of the Civil War battle near Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in September 1862; and describes major Union and Confederate generals as well as details of the fight.
Provides, through the story of one family, a brief description of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake that destroyed five hundred city blocks, killed over three thousand people, and left about 225,0000 people homeless, and its aftermath.
Provides, through the story of a firefighter and his family, a brief description of the 1871 Chicago fire that killed over three hundred people and left over one hundred thousand people homeless, and its aftermath.
Provides, through the story of one family, a brief description of the hurricane that devastated Galveston, Texas, in 1900, with a loss of over eight thousand lives, and its aftermath.
Provides a brief account of the beginning of the American Revolution and silversmith Paul Revere's historic ride to warn the patriots of the arrival of the British on the night of April 18, 1775.
Presents a brief depiction of the Civil War clash between the Confederate ironclad Merrimack--renamed the Virginia--and the Union ironclad Moniter at Hampton Roads, Virginia, in March 1862.
Provides, through the story of an Italian family, a brief description of the experiences of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, where millions of immigrants to the United States landed and were registered between 1892 and 1954.
An account of the life of William Penn, telling of his Quaker beliefs and his urging that people be given religious freedom, discussing his efforts to establish the self-governing colony of Pennsylvania, and examining his many personal setbacks. Presented in graphic format.
Presents a brief biography of President Theodore Roosevelt in graphic novel format; and describes his life and leadership which included a number of social, political, and conservation reforms.
