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Taming the West

2009
Details, in graphic form, frontier and pioneer life in the American West and discusses outlaws, legendary lawmen, relations with Native Americans, and other related topics.

Radical Republicans

2009
Details, in graphic form, the Reconstruction era of United States history, discussing radical Republicans, race riots, the Freedmen's Bureau, carpetbaggers, and other related topics.

Anne Frank

2008
A graphic novel describing the short life of Anne Frank, who along with her family and others hid from the Nazis until a Dutch informer revealed the whereabouts of their secret annex.

The story of Jamestown

2006
Presents a short history of the founding of the Jamestown settlement in 1607 written in graphic novel format, and focuses on the settlers' encounters with Native Americans and their struggles to maintain a permanent settlement in the New World.

Lords of the sea

the Vikings explore the North Atlantic
2006
Presents a short history of the Vikings' exploration of the North Atlantic and North America written in graphic novel format, and focuses on their voyages to Iceland and Greenland as well as modern-day Baffin Island, Labrador, and Newfoundland.

The Battle of the Alamo

2005
Presents a comic book version of the story of the battle of the Alamo in 1836 in which a group of Texan freedom fighters took a stand against the Mexican Army.

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

2013
Presents a graphic novel describing the life and accomplishments of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, detailing her stand against Alabama's segregation laws on a city bus and her involvement with the Montgomery bus boycott.

Medgar Evers and the NAACP

2013
Presents a graphic novel describing the life, accomplishments, and murder of Medgar Evers, a NAACP fighter for African-American civil rights.

The Little Rock nine and the fight for equal education

2013
Presents a graphic novel of the "Little Rock Nine," nine African American students who were the first to go to a previously segregated school, under armed guard.

Davy Crockett

2012
Davy Crockett tames the American frontier in Texas and fights against the Mexicans in the Battle of the Alamo.

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