Hillstrom, Kevin

Profiles fourteen short stories, poems, plays, films, and songs inspired by the Civil War and its era, providing historical background, author and composer biographies, and discussion of styles and themes.

Provides an overview of immigration in the United States in the years between 1870 and 1920, discussing the reasons why people left Europe and other parts of the world to come to America and their experiences settling in a new country, and features biographies of leading people of the era, and a selection of primary source documents.

American Civil War Reference Library offers comprehensive and wide ranging research options on this compelling era of American history. Material in each of the three titles has been reviewed by an independent advisory board for its curriculum relevance and its accessibility to students in grades 6-12.

This text presents a chronological overview of the Vietnam War covering the reasons behind the American involvement, aspects of the conflict, antiwar protests, and the fall of Saigon. Sidebars of interest highlighted, timeline included.

Including a Vietnam War timeline and a "Words to Know" section, this volume, covering "L-Z," presents biographies of men and women who participated in or were affected by the Vietnam War.

This text presents thirteen full or excerpted documents from the Vietnam War era. These documents range from notable speeches that mark important points in the conflict to personal diaries and letters that reflect the hopes, fears, and experiences of ordinary soldiers and civilians.

Contents: Chapter 1-Harriet Beecher Stowe: Excerpt from Uncle Tom's Cabin; Chapter 2-Theodore Upson: Excerpt from Journal of Theodore Upson; Chapter 3-Frederick Douglas: Excerpt from "The American Apocalypse"; Chapter 4-Frank Holsinger: Excerpt from "How Does One Feel Under Fire"; Chapter 5-William Willis Blackford: Excerpt from War Years with Jeb Stuart; Chapter 6-Abraham Lincoln: The Emancipation Proclamation; Chapter 7-Richard Cordley: Account of William C. Quantrill's 1863 Raid on Lawrence, Kansas; Chapter 8-James Henry Gooding: A Black Soldier's Letter to President Abraham Lincoln; Chapter9-Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address; Chapter 10-Edmund DeWitt Patterson: Excerpt from Journal of Edmund DeWitt Patterson; Chapter 11-William T. Sherman: Correspondence with the City Leaders of Atlanta, Georgia; Chapter 12-General Horace Porter: Excerpt from "The Surrender at Appomattox Court House"; Chapter 13-Gideon Welles: Excerpt from Diary of Gideon Welles; Chapter 14-Henry McNeal Turner: Excerpt from "I Claim the Rights of a Man".

Explores the issues surrounding methamphetamine by placing opinions from a wide range of sources.