Randolph, Ryan P

Describes the lives of some women who became known during the western expansion in nineteenth century America.

Describes what frontier schools and schoolteachers were like and the impact they had on Western expansion.

Provides historical information about the founding of the Santa Fe Trail and about the lives and experiences of the people who used this route West.

Historical photographs and easy-to-understand text help describe what life was like in the American West, discussing cattle rustlers, bank robbers, women outlaws, the honor and code of the West, U.S. Marshals, Texas Rangers, and Pinerton Detectives, and their roles in giving the region its wild reputation.

Relates the history of the African American cowboys who played an integral part in the building of the American West.

Presents an introduction to Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury for the United States, focusing on his three-part economic plan to make the U.S. a strong nation, including paying back debts incurred during the Revolutionary War, establishing a national bank, and diversifying economic output.

Examines the life and times of American patriot Betsy Ross, looking at her activities in the Revolutionary War era, and her association to the creation of the first American flag.

A color-illustrated look at the life of Paul Revere, describing his childhood in Boston, his career as a silversmith, his midnight ride, and his years as a businessman after the Revolutionary War.

A biography of the nineteenth-century author whose anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" helped intensify the disagreement between North and South.

An introduction to the search engines, databases, tools, and techniques for online searching.