biography

A history of the Gilded Age offers biographies of the period's leading figures, primary source documents, and coverage of places and terms to introduce industrialization in America, muckraking investigative journalism, and the era's legacy.

Discusses the historical background of the American colonies and the reasons that led up to the Revolutionary War against Great Britain. Describes Paul Revere's personal life and trade, his role as a messenger for the army, and illustrates his association with the leaders of the Revolution. Includes illustrations, a timeline of Paul Revere's life, a correlating timeline of the world, and maps.

Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.

Grandma Essie describes how her family left Missouri by covered wagon looking for a better life and lived in Kansas and Oklahoma before returning to Missouri.

An illustrated biography of Kenyan doctor Bonyo Bonyo, who decides to pursue a career in medicine after his baby sister died when he was a child and worked hard to achieve his dream.

Tells the story of Molly Pitcher, a woman who accompanied her husband when he set off to join the Continental Army at Valley Forge in 1777, and who was given the rank of sergeant by General George Washington for her extraordinary acts of courage during the Battle of Monmouth.

For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.

Uses letters and journal entries to present first-hand accounts from sixteen pioneer women living in the Wild West.

Chronicles the life of Emmanuel Ringelblum, a Jewish historian who kept a documented history of life in the Warsaw Ghetto; covers his life from his childhood to his execution in 1944, and provides historical context on Germany, a time line, a glossary, and lists of related resources.