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Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the Oregon Trail, its role in westward expansion, and the travails of the pioneers who followed it across the West.
Provides an account of the attack on U.S. Marines in Lebanon, including background information and the aftermath.
Describes how the Homeland Security Act of 2002 evolved and explains the ways it is meant to protect America.
Looks at the case of John Scopes, a Tennessee schoolteacher who agreed in 1925 to be arrested for the crime of teaching evolution in order to provide a case to test the state laws forbidding such lessons.
From Baltimore's earliest days as mobtown to current drug and gang violence, this memorial volume, written by two veteran officers presents brief biographies of the 124 men and women of the Baltimore Police Department who lost their lives serving their city, with emphasis on the circumstances surrounding the death of each.
Presents the life and accomplishments of the British graphics novel writer who wrote the "Sandman" series.
Discusses the mission and responsibility of the International Atomic Energy Agency to regulate the world's arms race.
Presents the life and career of famed American naturalist and author, Henry David Thoreau, and discusses the legacy of his work.