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The gold rush

2012
Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of the California gold rush in the 1850s.

Code word: Geronimo

2011
A graphic novel account of the American raid on the compound of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, 2011, which resulted in his death. Based on insider information, newspaper articles, and other sources.

The Civil War

1850-1876
2009
Captioned illustrations highlight significant events surrounding the American Civil War.

The Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam

1960-1976
2009
Captioned illustrations highlight significant events in United States history between 1960 and 1976, including the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the moon landing.

Defying death at the North and South poles

2010
Takes readers, in graphic novel format, through true stories of escape and survival in the extreme Arctic and Antarctic.

The Montgomery bus boycott

2006
Presents a graphic history of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 that was started when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man, and describes the year long boycott that led to new segregation laws in the United States.

Pyongyang

a journey in North Korea
2007
Documents the two months Canadian animator Guy Delisle spent overseeing cartoon production in North Korea, where he records everything form the statues and portraits of dictators Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il to the ordinary citizens of the country.

American political cartoons

the evolution of a national identity, 1754-2010
2011
A look at the history of political cartoons in the United States, including examples from Benjamin Franklin through the present day.

Fist, stick, knife, gun

a personal history of violence
2010
A graphic novel that chronicles the childhood of Geoffrey Canada, describing how he learned to survive on the violent streets of the South Bronx.

The journey of the Mayflower

2012
Explores the journey of the Mayflower to the New Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.

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