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When teacher/hockey player Rob Callahan discovers an old family letter written by Ben Franklin's son, William, his search for more information begins a quest that takes him, two women, two sons, and a litany of others chasing them across the border into Canada.
After the sale of her mother at a slave auction tears apart her family, Lisa runs away to avoid the same fate.
By 1863 the Civil War has become so deadly that both sides begin breaking the rules. When an angry Southern army invades Pennsylvania, African Americans face a threat deadlier than before. Living in a small town near Gettysburg, young Randy Lightfoot is kidnapped, beaten, and imprisoned at Richmond until he is finally forced to take a stand in a war where the only rules left are the rules of survival.
In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the beginning of the modern world. Heroes of History is a book of life-enhancing wisdom and optimism, complete with Durant's wit, knowledge, and unique ability to explain events and ideas in simple, exciting terms. It is the lessons of our heritage passed on for the edification and benefit of future generations—a fitting legacy from America's most beloved historian and philosopher. Will Durant's popularity as America's favorite teacher of history ...
Two young cousins and their fathers become involved in events leading up to abolitionist John Brown's raid on the federal armory at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859.
In 1862, two young girls, one a member of an aid society that helps the wounded, and the other who, disguised as a boy, is a soldier in the Union army, find themselves working together at the battle of Antietam.
While Thomas and George seem destined to represent their opposing sides at the Battle of Gettysburg, Mary's recovery may be the only thing that can stop her brother and cousin from killing each other.
The Northern viewpoint of the Civil War is shown along with the horrors of battle and the politics of slavery in the fourth book in the Young Heroes of History series set amidst the chaos surrounding the Battle of Antietam.
"In their fascinating analysis of the recent history of information technology, H. Peter Alesso and Craig F. Smith reveal the patterns in discovery and innovation that have brought us to the present tipping point. . . . A generation from now, every individual will have personally tailored access to the whole of knowledge . . . the sooner we all begin to think about how we got here, and where we're going, the better. This exciting book is an essential first step." —From the Foreword by James Burke Many people envision scientists as dispassionate characters who slavishly repeat experiments until "eureka"—something unexpected happens. Actually, there is a great deal more to the story of sci...