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This title teaches readers about the first people to live in the Plains region of North America. It discusses their culture, customs, ways of life, interactions with other settlers, and their lives today.
Describes the function of the more than 400 Navajo marines who invented a secret code that was never broken by the enemy during World War II.
African-American leaders, scientists, entertainers, teachers, and sports figures have played central roles in shaping American history. Packed with vintage photographs that bring both the subjects' frustrations and victories to life, our highly acclaimed Journey to Freedom(r) collection offers honest biographies of people such as Alice Walker, George Washington Carver, and Thurgood Marshall and recounts such crucial happenings as the Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington.
You can find the answers to these questions and more in Illinois History. This book contains many fascinating and historical facts that tell the story of Illinois, from its first people to the explorers and settlers who came later. You will also learn about Illinois's role in the American Revolution and Civil War. Book jacket.
The story of the March 5, 1836, battle at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, when only 182 Texans fought thousands of Mexican soldiers in an unsuccessful attempt to gain independence from Mexico.
“Casually erudite, full of delicious anecdotes and brutal honesty, it is catnip, in book form, for procrastinators and non-procrastinators alike.” —Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Like so many of us, including most of America’s workforce, and nearly two-thirds of all university students, Andrew Santella procrastinates. Concerned about his habit, but not quite ready to give it up, he set out to learn all he could about the human tendency to delay. He studied history’s greatest procrastinators to gain insights into human behavior, and also, he writes, to kill time, “research being the best way to avoid real work.” He talked with psychologists, philosophers, and pri...
A biography of George Washington, the Virginia farm boy who grew up to lead the American army in the Revolutionary War and become the first president of the United States.
A brief introduction to the causes and the waging of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.