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The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words 1750-1800
Learn about the American Revolutionary War directly from those who lived through it in this young adult nonfiction book from Milton Meltzer, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honoree …
Nonfiction for the Classroom
These essays deal both with reading and writing non-fiction, and with teaching and learning history. Throughout the book, Meltzer makes a case for the value of good writing and the …
Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust
Between the years 1933 and 1945, Adolf Hitler organized the Murder of six million Jews while the world looked on silently. But not all people stood back in fear. In every …
Lincoln in His Own Words
Get to know one of the greatest presidents in American history, Abraham Lincoln, through his speeches, writings, and letters. Author Milton Meltzer provides historical context for …
Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust
Six million-- a number impossible to visualize. Six million Jews were killed in Europe between the years 1933 and 1945. What can that number mean to us today? We can that number …
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange's depression-era photographs became mythic symbols in their time and are exhibited worldwide as standards of classic photography. In this first biography of Lange, …
Hunted Like a Wolf
A landmark work on one of the most important but least-written-about Indian wars, Hunted Like a Wolf chronicles the Second Seminole War. From 1835 to 1842, Washington, D.C. waged a …
Underground Man
Josh, a courageous young white logger aids slaves escaping from Kentucky in pre-Civil War days, but is imprisoned when, as an agent for the Underground Railroad, he is caught …
Mark Twain Himself
Mark Twain's life is portrayed here in this mosaic of words and over 600 pictures. The words are Twain's own, taken from his writings - not only the autobiography, but also his …
A History of Jewish Life from Eastern Europe to America
Describes Jewish life in Eastern Europe in the nineteenth century, and the Jewish migration to America with the problems of adjusting to life in a new country in the face of …