Cheryl Harness
4) The adventurous life of Myles Standish and the amazing-but-true survival story of Plymouth Colony
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Mary, Remember, and Bartholomew are among the pilgrims who survive the harsh early years in America and see New Plymouth grow into a prosperous colony.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
39 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Briefly traces the life of Theodore Roosevelt, from his privileged childhood through the personal tragedies he endured to his swearing in as the twenty-sixth president of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates the history of the Pony Express from when it began to carry messages across the American West in April 1860 until the telegraph replaced it in October 1861.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Focuses on this American author's connection with steamboats on the Mississippi River while also presenting a history of the craft.
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
35 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence as seen through the eyes of the boy who would grow up to be the sixth president of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
46 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The ghost of Willie, President Abraham Lincoln's older son, transports Lindsey back to his own time, where she sees and hears many things from both sides of the Civil War. Includes passages from contemporary documents and biographical sketches.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
39 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), maps, geneological table ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces the lives of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor, distant cousins who married in 1905 and helped guide the country during the Depression and the second World War.