miscellanea

Presents illustrated essays that describe over eighty events, people, places, things, and ideas the authors have chosen as representative of America's greatness.

A collection of anecdotes and stories about ususual people, places, and events that occurred during the Civil War.

Presents a timeline of historic events that occured in America during the 1800s, divided into four categories: Politics, Life, Arts and Entertainment, and Science and Technology.

Relates the reasons why certain historical places and people have been honored by being depicted on American coins and paper money, interspersed with verses of original song lyrics to be sung to the tune of "This Old Man.".

Describes and directs travelers to roadside oddities, personalized properties, strange beasts, legendary spots, places related to local heroes and villains, and sites of unexplained phenomena throughout fifty states.

Labels common stories about former U.S. presidents as fact or fiction and teaches readers how to tell the difference between truth and rumors.

Presents information about the people, places, birds, insects, flowers, endangered species, and more associated with each of the fifty states, the nation's capital, and Puerto Rico.

Provides answers to questions about the seasons, rivers, deserts, volcanoes, oceans, icebergs, moon, stars, planets, and space. An activities section is included.

Presents a children's A to Z alphabet book on military families, explaining experiences of military children, the different branches, and other related topics.

Gives basic biographical data and interesting information on each president as well as complete election returns for all presidential races.