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  • What Was the Gold Rush?

    by Joan Holub, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Tim Tomkinson ...
    Series series What Was?
    Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series.In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life! ... Read more

    Was $7.99 USD Now $3.99 USD

  • What Was the March on Washington?

    by Kathleen Krull, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Tim Tomkinson ...
    Series series What Was?
    On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s. With black-and-white artwork throughout and sixteen pages of photographs, the March is brought to life! ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Who Was Rosa Parks?

    by Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Stephen Marchesi ...
    Series series Who Was?
    In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." This biography has black-and-white illustrations throughout. ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $3.99 USD

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  • Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story

    by Andrea Warren ...
    Between 1854 and 1930, more than 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children were sent west on orphan trains to find new homes. Some were adopted by loving families; others were not as fortunate. In recent years, some of the riders have begun to share their stories. Andrea Warren alternates chapters about the history of the orphan trains with the story of Lee Nailling, who in 1926 rode an orphan train. ... Read more

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  • They Had a Dream

    The Struggles of Four of the Most Influential Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X

    by Jules Archer ...
    Series series Jules Archer History for Young Readers
    The majority of the civil rights movement in the United States occurred in three stages. The first stage began with the slaves in America fighting for their freedom. Frederick Douglass was a key player from the very beginning. Born a slave, Douglass escaped and went on to become one of the most respected abolitionist leaders.After the Civil War, freed slaves fought to overcome the still-prevailing ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • A Young People's History of the United States

    Columbus to the War on Terror

    by Howard Zinn, Rebecca Stefoff ...
    Series series For Young People Series
    A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History of the United States is also a companion volume to The People Speak, the film adapted from A People's History of the United States and Voices of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Impossible Rescue

    The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure

    by Martin W. Sandler ...
    The dead of an Arctic winter. Whaling ships full of men, stranded in ice. Follow three rescuers in a race against time — and all odds — in this heartpounding true adventure.In 1897, whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative. And in that particular year, winter blasted early, bringing storms and ice packs that caught eight American whale ships and three ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?

    by Margaret Frith, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in the White House. How he led the country through tremendously difficult problems, much like the ones facing America today, makes for a timely and engrossing biography. ... Read more

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  • What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

    by Judith St. George, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Tim Foley ...
    Series series What Was?
    When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the "Corp of Discovery" left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vast, unknown territory acquired a year earlier in the Louisiana Purchase. The travelers hoped to find a waterway that crossed the western half of the United States. They didn't. However, young readers will love this true-life adventure tale of the two-year ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Ellis Island

    The Story of a Gateway to America

    by Hal Marcovitz ...
    Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the United States through the Ellis Island processing station in New York harbor. To these immigrants, Ellis Island was a symbol of the American dream—once they passed through its gates, they could start a new life with opportunities that were not available to them in their countries of origin. Today, roughly one-third of our country's ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Cesar Chavez

    A Hero for Everyone

    by Gary Soto ...
    Illustrated by Lori Lohstoeter ...
    Series series Milestone
    ¡Viva la causa!¡Viva César Chávez!Up and down the San Joaquin Valley of California, and across the country, people chanted these words. Cesar Chavez, a migrant worker himself, was helping Mexican Americans work together for better wages, for better working conditions, for better lives.No one thought they could win against the rich and powerful growers. But Cesar was out to prove them wrong -- and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Freedom's Children

    Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories

    by Ellen S. Levine ...
    In this inspiring collection of true stories, thirty African-Americans who were children or teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s talk about what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South-to sit in an all-white restaurant and demand to be served, to refuse to give up a seat at the front of the bus, to be among the first to integrate the public schools, and to face violence, arrest, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD