American heritage junior library

Follows the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark up the Missouri River to the Pacific as they charted the vast territory of the Louisiana Purchase. Illustrated with photographs, and original maps, drawings, paintings and documents characterizing the period.

Profusely illustrated text discusses the history of the first English colony in North America.

An account of the Plains Indians their history, tribal life, customs, warfare, ceremonies and relations with white men.

Discusses the problems involved in building the Erie Canal and the importance of this waterway to the development of the United States.

Follows the three major phases of Franklin's life - the young man in colonial Boston; the patriot involved in the fight for independence; the statesman during the Constitutional struggles.

Paintings, prints, drawings, posters, photographs, and narrative create the excitement of a circus's coming to town.

Story of the building of the ships and the battles fought by them, including an account of "the famous battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862"--Foreword.

A biography of the third President of the United States, set against the background of his times.

Profusely illustrated text discusses the history of the first English colony in North America.

Brief biographies of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Cyrus McCormick, Philip Armour, James Duke, James Hill, Meyer Guggenheim, John D. Rockefeller, John P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Henry Ford.