Isaacs, Sally Senzell

An overview of life in a nineteenth-century town in which most people worked in the textile mill, including their housing, food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities.

Provides information about the lives of slaves in the pre-Civil War south, and looks at the operation of the Underground Railroad, a network of people who helped slaves escape to freedom in the north.

A history of America in the years between 1840 and 1890, looking at the life of Native American leader Sitting Bull, and others who created the Wild West.

Provides details of daily life on a wealthy cotton plantation in the southern U.S. during the 1850s and 1860s, discussing the big house, slave cabins, clothing, children, school, work, and food.

An overview of life on a pioneer homestead including building a home, cooking food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities.

Introduces the daily lives of people who settled in the first cities in the United States, discussing houses, clothing, schools, and work.

An introduction to what life was like on the Oregon Trail, describing the wagons, daily routines, food, clothing, Native Americans encountered on the way, and dangers.

Reveals the lives of the people who set up the first colonies in the United States, discussing their homes and shelter, food, clothes, schools, communications, and everyday activities.

Uses the life of Christopher Columbus as a backdrop to present the history of people in America from the time the Native Americans arrived until 1590.

Uses the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a reference to examine the history of the United States from 1929 to 1948.