The history of the White House, including the story of its construction, interesting and important facts and statistics, and its importance as an American symbol.
Describes holidays celebrated by European settlers in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America, and explains what "bees" were, including land clearing, food preparation, quilting bees, and barn and house raisings.
Examines the life and times of the multifaceted man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the third president of the United States.
Explains the development, practice, and effects of the slave trade in the Americas with illustrations and photographs, maps and graphs, an index, and a timeline.
Presents an account of the effects of Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005, in one of the worst disasters in American history, describing the destruction across Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Explains how the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the United States government work together and how each branch affects every American's life.
Presents a biography of J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and provides information on his controversial public life, tracking down gangsters and apprehending suspected communists.
