Discusses the Cherokee Indians, focusing on their tradition of weaving baskets. Includes a cookie recipe and instructions for playing a game and making a mat.
Text and photographs describes twenty-five ancient architectural wonders, including the Great Wall of China, the Kukulc?n Pyramid in Mexico, and the Avenue of Lions in Greece.
Traces events leading up to and resulting from the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on American battleships at Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into World War II.
Chronicles the plight of farmers living in the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, discussing the social upheaval that accompanied the loss of their livelihood and the official programs and reforms enacted by the federal government to help them.
Reviews the causes and effects of some major blackouts, from the 1965 power outage that affected much of New England to the 2001 rolling blackouts in California, focusing on the 1977 blackout in New York City that lasted over twenty-five hours.
An introduction to New Mexico, discussing the land, history, government, people, and places of the southwestern state, and including a time line, and a gallery of famous New Mexicans.
A biography of the African-American who dreamed of a career as a violinist before joining the Nation of Islam and rising in its ranks, eventually becoming its leader.
Presents a chronicle of the accident that occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant on March 28, 1979 after a harmless release of steam prompted a series of mistakes that led to the brink of a nuclear meltdown.
