Russell Freedman
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 26 cm.
Description
Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting or cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on their grounds.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
86 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Description
An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
39 p. : col. ill., map ; 29 cm.
Description
Tells the story of the Boston Tea Party of 1773 from the arrival of the ships full of controversial taxed tea in Boston Harbor, through the explosive protest meetings at the Old South Church, to the defiant act of dumping 226 chests of fine tea into the harbor on December 16.
4) Buffalo hunt
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
52 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 x 26 cm.
Description
Examines the importance of the buffalo in the lore and day-to-day life of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains and describes hunting methods and the uses found for each part of the animal that could not be eaten. More than 30 paintings and drawings by artist-adventurers who traveled West in the 1800s illustrate Freedman's vivid account of the Great Plains Indians' buffalo hunts.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
vii, 88 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 25 cm.
Description
"For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to 'discover' America--the first to make a successful round-trip voyage across the Atlantic. But in recent years, as new evidence has come to light, our understanding of history has changed. We know now that Columbus was among the last explorers to reach the Americas, not the first"--Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
x, 118 p. : ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.
Description
Life was hard for children during the Great Depression: kids had to do without new clothes, shoes, or toys, and many couldn't attend school because they had to work. Even so, life still had its bright spots. Take a closer look at the lives of young Americans during this era.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
96 p. ; cm.
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Description
"Angel Island, off the coast of California, was the port of entry for Asian immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1940. Following the passage of legislation requiring the screening of immigrants, "the other Ellis Island" processed around one million people from Japan, China, and Korea. Drawing from memoirs, diaries, letters, and the "wall poems" discovered at the facility long after it closed, the nonfiction master Russell Freedman describes...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xi, 100 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 x 28 cm.
Description
Washington's army nearly perished during the winter of 1777-78. Camped at Valley Forge, the revolutionaries endured severe hardship. The army's supply system had collapsed and they were without supplies. But when the harsh winter ended, the soldiers had survived, and marched away from Valley Forge more determined than ever.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2016].
Physical Desc
150 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"In an enthralling book, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman provides a succinct account of perhaps the most puzzling and contentious of America?s wars. Describing how a superpower caught up in Cold War politics became increasingly enmeshed in a conflict over 8,000 miles away, he then explains why twenty years later an exit was so difficult. In words and photographs he chronicles the unfolding events in Vietnam and at home as increasing numbers of young...