1849-1877

On the way to California with their kind new master, thirteen-year-old Jacob, his mother, and other slaves are caught up in adventures that include trying to stop a plot to help the South secede from the Union.

A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet, " who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.

Twenty-nine contemporary narratives and reminiscences chronicle the major events of the California Gold Rush, describe what it was like for the people involved, and explore its impact on American culture and society. Also includes a chronology, a selected bibliography, and a comprehensive introduction.

Chronicles the 1848 Gold Rush, focusing on how the migration of more than ten percent of the American population to California's gold fields influenced the history and development of the nation.

A multicultural history of the United States, from 1850 to 1880, focussing on the events before, during, and after the Civil War and discussing the experiences of various ethnic groups, notably African-Americans, Native Americans, and Chinese immigrants, during this period.

Presents an introduction to the food that the pioneers of the American West ate on the trail, providing information on cowboys on cattle drives, gold miners in California camps, describing the types of food, with with available ingredients, cooking methods, and equipment. appendix of classroom cooking directions.

Presents photographs and text alongside images of handwritten manuscripts penned by Abraham Lincoln, and features speeches, letters, and childhood notebooks.

An overview of all aspects of life in the United States before, during, and after the Civil War.

In the post-Civil War South, a young African American girl is determined to prove that she can go to school just like her older brothers.

In the mid-eighteen hundreds, while serving as cook's apprentice on his uncle's schooner with his pet monkey, Allie, twelve-year-old Ray discovers that they are transporting a fugitive slave to the free north.