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Mar 31, 2021 · Explore American History through Big-Hearted Picture Books — Doing Good Together™. Picture Books, Celebrate Diversity, Advocate. Teach Resilience, Perseverance, and a Hunger for Justice. This list does not attempt to capture all of American history.
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The Civil War Era. James M. McPherson - Dec 11, 2003 (first published in 1988) Goodreads Rating. 4.4 (31k) History Nonfiction American History. This riveting history of the Civil War dives into the political, social, and military events that led up to the war and the battles, personalities, and politics that shaped it.
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- When Washington Crossed the Delaware. by Lynne Cheney, illustrated by Peter M. Fiore. George Washington’s Delaware River crossing went down in history as one of the greatest struggles and greatest miracles of the American Revolution.
- Henry’s Freedom Box. by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson. This is the true story of Henry Brown, a man who, before becoming a famous abolitionist, escaped life as a slave when he was hidden in a wooden box and mailed to Philadelphia.
- Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero. by Marissa Moss, illustrated by John Hendrix.
- The Unbreakable Code. by Sara Hoagland Hunter, Illustrated by Julia Miner. Did you know that the Navajo people used their language to create an “unbreakable code” that helped the Allies win World War II?
- 1491. By Charles C. Mann. This must-read blend of history and science contends that the common understanding of life in the Americas before the arrival of European explorers is almost completely wrong.
- The Island at the Center of the World. By Russell Shorto. With wit and style, Shorto documents life in 17th-century New Netherland, and its capital, New Amsterdam, revealing the Dutch colony’s influence on the American character.
- Washington's Crossing. By David Hackett Fischer. Memorialized in Emanuel Leutze’s iconic—but historically inaccurate—painting, the December 1776 assault on Hessian troops stationed in Trenton, New Jersey was a crucial victory for George Washington and the Continental Army following a string of devastating defeats in New York.
- Founding Brothers. By Joseph J. Ellis. As Ellis makes clear, the decades that followed the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention were anything but tranquil.
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Nov 23, 2016 · 1 The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough. 2 Wilderness At Dawn: The Settling of the North American Continent by Ted Morgan. 3 The Story of American Freedom by Eric Foner. 4 This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust.
U.S. History Primary Source Timeline. Explore important topics and moments in U.S. history through historical primary sources from the Library of Congress. Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763; The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783; The New Nation, 1783 - 1815; National Expansion and Reform, 1815 - 1880; Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
