Provides information about working conditions in the United States in the early 1800s through the story of Molly Castle, a twelve-year-old girl who takes a job in the home of a Chicago suffragette after the deaths of her parents.
Presents a fictional story about a nineteenth-century family's trek along the Oregon Trail, and describes the challenges and dangers people faced on the journey, presenting photos of real families.
Presents historical information about the Civil War interspersed with a story about Daniel Mayfield and his parents who prepare to leave their home in Tennessee for the safety of Kentucky in order to avoid the boy's conscription into the Confederate army.
