Brendan January
Author
Series
Encyclopedia of presidents volume 4
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
110 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the story of America's fourth president, known as the Father of the Constitution, describing his early life in Virginia and his many years of service in public office.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of the first permanent English settlement in North America, with all its tragedies and disasters, established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia.
Author
Series
Encyclopedia of presidents volume 1
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
110 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the Virginia surveyor, soldier, and plantation owner who became the first president of the United States.
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
160 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Iranian people despised their leader, Reza Shah, who catered to foreign businesses while ruling Iran as a dictator. In 1979 discontent boiled up into all-out revolution. Led by the charismatic Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian people seized control and created a new government based on the Islamic religion.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the creation of the original thirteen colonies in the United States, from the failed colony of Roanoke in 1587 to the formation of the Georgia colony in 1733.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
30 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Places the events relating to the 1857 Supreme Court decision regarding rights of slaves into the larger context of the conflict about slavery among the states.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
30 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the document which led eventually to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment and relates the role of President Lincoln in freeing the slaves.
13) The FBI
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the structure and purpose of the FBI.
15) Air Force One
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A historical perspective with pictures, of the most famous aircraft in the history of the United States: Air Force One.
16) Reconstruction
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
30 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A history of Reconstruction, the period after the Civil War during which programs were implemented to bring the Confederate States back to the Union.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
30 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the seven debates held from August to October 1858 between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln who were campaigning for election as Illinois Senator.