Chastain, Zachary

Details real-life survival stories from individuals who have survived being lost in the wilderness, and discusses basic survival skills--building a fire and shelter, and finding drinkable water and food.

Studies the history of tobacco use, its role in culture, and its effect on the human body. Includes suggestions on how to quit smoking.

Provides an overview of the various occupations men, women, and children held in nineteenth-century America.

Explores the role sports played in nineteenth-century American life, discussing how baseball, basketball, and football all became more popular in the 1880s, profiling popular teams, players, and rivalries, and describing various leisure sports.

Describes what nineteenth-century Americans did for entertainment, with information on the games, activities, sports, and other things they enjoyed and discussing how entertainment changed throughout the century.

Describes American politics during the nineteenth century; discussing the campaigns, candidates, and voting practices; and examining scandals such as buying votes, stuffing ballot boxes, and other incidents of greed and corruption.

Describes what the American home was like in the 1800s, discussing how developments in taste, fashion, technology, and social change influenced home and family life and exploring the leisure activities, values, consumer goods, traditions, and events that defined nineteenth-century Americans.

Examines the traditions, beliefs, and practices associated with dating and marriage in nineteenth-century America.

An exploration of life in America in the 1800s that focuses on food and drink, discussing technologies, food storage, hygiene, preservation, cuisines, and other related topics.

Presents a story about Dylan, a boy who suffers from epilepsy, and the challenges he faces with a chronic illness; and provides information about types of chronic illnesses and their causes, diagnoses, and treatments.