Provides a cultural and historical context for the development of the United States from 1800 to 1811, and includes Thomas Jefferson's story, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, and more.
Provides a cultural and historical context for the development of the United States from 1820 to 1845, and includes Texas under Mexican rule, the Texas Revolution, the Texas Republic, a new state, and more.
Describes the period of American history of the late nineteenth century when the Monroe Doctrine was implemented by the United States government, and includes the stories of how Hawaii, Cuba, and Puerto Rico were affected.
To escape rumored terrors in Kansas, New Yorkers Jack and Frances, eleven, and Frances's brother Harold, seven, jump off an orphan train in 1899 and help new friend Alexander to build Wanderville, a safe place for homeless children.
In the nineteenth century, ten-year-old Florence Crutchfield leaves a London orphanage to live with her great-uncle, great-aunt, and sickly cousin James, but she soon realizes the home has another resident, who means to do her and James harm.
one hundred 19th-century jobs you might have feared or fancied
Coulter, Laurie
Illustrations and simple text describe one hundred different jobs that were common in the nineteenth century, including gold-rush prospector, cowboy, coffin maker, Civil War doughboy, coal miners, and more.
While on a trip to London, Callie buys a pair of genuine Prada pumps that magically transport her to the early nineteenth-century, where Callie meets Emily, who helps her adapt to her new surroundings and win the heart of the handsome Duke of Harksbury, who may be Callie's ticket back to the future.
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.
"In 1807, Harriet Winter leaves her family's New Hampshire farm with her brother to settle in the Genesee Valley to avoid being pushed into marriage with her neighbor, Daniel Long"--OCLC.
