A biography of General Robert E. Lee that details his life before the Civil War, thoughts he communicated during it, and his nineteenth-century Virginian background. Discusses the controversies surrounding him and the issues that still cause concerns today such as racism, state's rights, and Confederate flags and monuments.
Chronicles the 1920s, highlighting the people and events that shaped the decade and discussing how the era was a time unlike any other as Americans celebrated the end of the first world war and were unknowingly led into another.
Draws on interviews and focus groups with child soldiers to examine how they were initiated into the civil war in Sierra Leone and the challenges they faced after the war.
Presents the biography of Henry VIII, second monarch of the House of Tudor, who was married six times, unified Wales and England, and was known for executing people with beheadings, including two of his wives.
A biography of Great Britain's King George III, discussing the lengths he went to in his efforts to keep the American colonies from gaining independence.
Describes the life of Mariatu Kamara, focusing on her experiences as a child during the civil war in Sierra Leone where she was raped, tortured, and had her hands cut off by juvenile rebel soldiers; and discusses her experiences after the war.
a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard
Murray, Liz
The author describes how she struggled as the child of two drug addicts, and was homeless at age fifteen but still managed to graduate from high school in two years, and win a "New York Times" scholarship that took her to Harvard University.
In 1949 the author's mother, unable to care for him, left him at a Brooklyn orphanage, and for the next three years he lived in institutions and foster homes. Finally he found caring people.
