McNeese, Tim

Examines the founding and early years of New Amsterdam, one of the earliest settlements in America; tells of the challenges faced by colonists in the New World; and discusses the contributions of notable men and women to the community. Includes a chronology and time line.

Examines the founding and early years of Plymouth, one of the earliest settlements in America; tells of the challenges faced by colonists in the New World; and discusses the contributions of notable men and women to the community. Includes a chronology and time line.

Examines the founding and early years of Williamsburg, one of the earliest settlements in America; tells of the challenges faced by colonists in the New World; and discusses the contributions of notable men and women to the community. Includes a chronology and time line.

Describes the western migration along the Oregon and California Trails during the nineteenth century.

Traces the history of American roads, from early paths created by the buffalo and the native Americans, to the city streets and highways of today.

Discusses the development and uses of different means of transportation along the great network of rivers in early America.

Presents a history of the Jamestown settlement, their arrival in the New World, and struggles against hunger and Native Americans.

This book, featuring primary source material, examines Reconstruction, a time after the Civil War when the nation sought to reestablish itself, to overcome regional politics, and to redefine the political, social, and economic realities of the nation's four million black citizens.

Chronicles nine major Civil War battles, including Bull Run, Shiloh, The Seven Days battle, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, and Spotsylvania.

Examines the lives and actions of six men from the North and South who played key roles in the course of the Civil War and its aftermath, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Ulysses S. Grant, and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.