1815-1861

A narrative history of President Andrew Jackson, whose first major initiative as President instigated the massive expulsion of Native Americans known as the Trail of Tears, and Cherokee Chief John Ross, a mixed-race Cherokee politician and diplomat who used the United States legal system and democratic ideals to oppose Jackson and protect the land of the Five Civilized Tribes.

Learn about the Mexican-American War in this title.

When the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law passes, thirteen-year-old Martha, the daughter of abolitionists living in Connecticut, embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she travels south to save her kidnapped adopted brother Jake, the orphan of a runaway slave.

"Tells the story of a runaway slave named Jonah Williams, who, on his eighteenth birthday, flees the South Carolina plantation on which he was born with only a few saved coins, a knife, and the clothes on his back. No shoes, no map, no clear idea of where to head, except north, hiding during the day and running through the night. Although Jonah eludes the men sent to capture him, the one person who never loses his trail is Angel, a slave girl he meets in North Carolina, remarkably free in spirit, who sees Jonah as her way to freedom and sets out to follow him."--Provided by publisher.

"Tells the story of a runaway slave named Jonah Williams, who, on his eighteenth birthday, flees the South Carolina plantation on which he was born with only a few saved coins, a knife, and the clothes on his back. No shoes, no map, no clear idea of where to head, except north, hiding during the day and running through the night. Although Jonah eludes the men sent to capture him, the one person who never loses his trail is Angel, a slave girl he meets in North Carolina, remarkably free in spirit, who sees Jonah as her way to freedom and sets out to follow him."--Provided by publisher.

In this ambitious story of American imperial conquest and capitalist development, Pulitzer Prize?winning historian Steven Hahn takes on the conventional histories of the nineteenth century and offers a perspective that promises to be as enduring as it is controversial.

Introduces the American Civil War, detailing the war's causes, key battles, notable generals and other persons involved in the war, and how the end of the war affected life in the United States.

Learn about the powerful people who guided the nation through the revolution and the new nation.