The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History
by Jennifer Armstrong Author
(From Amazon): This magnificent treasury tells the story of America through 100 true tales. Some are tales of triumph—the midnight ride of Paul Revere, the Wright brothers taking to the air, Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Some are tales of tragedy—the fate of the Donner party, the great fire in Chicago, the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. There are stories of inventors and athletes, and abolitionists and artists, stories about struggling for freedom—again and again, in so many ways.With full-color illustrations on nearly every page and short, exciting stories, this book is perfect for browsing by the entire family. Notes at the end of each story direct readers to related stories, and a guide to thematic story arcs offers readers (and teachers) an easy way to follow their particular interests throughout the book.A treasure trove of a book that belongs in every home.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0375812569
- Print Status
- In Print
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Copyright
- 2006
Pages
- 49 Founding Fathers - East
- 38 Go Fly a Kite!
- 53 Forging an Army
- 57 Plan for a Capital
- 60 The Portrait
- 63 Going Bananas
- 65 The Great Divide
- 69 Uncle Sam
- 71 Birdbrain
- 74 The Whale's Fury
- 78 The Lord's Been Good to Me
- 81 Marriage of the Waters
- 84 Astonishing Discoveries on the Moon
- 87 I'm Not Leaving This Jail
- 91 Fatal Snow
- 95 Sutter's Mill
- 99 This Side Up
- 102 Ain't I a Woman?
- 106 The Flying Cloud
- 110 What Is That?
- 114 An Angry Response from a Touchy Chef
- 117 Big Bones
- 120 Murder by Moonlight
- 124 A Daring Rescue
- 127 The Jubilee
- 131 End of the Trail
- 135 The Golden Spike
- 138 He Laid Down His Hammer and He Died
- 141 The Great Chicago Fire
- 145 The Glittering Cloud
- 148 Hard of Hearing - East
- 152 Hard of Hearing - West
- 160 Hold Your Horses, Here Come the Elephants!
- 163 Up from the Ashes, Into the Light
- 166 Run for the Hills!
- 170 Welcome to America
- 173 Lizzie Borden
- 177 New Friends
- 181 Remember the Maine!
- 184 Edison's Conquest of Mars
- 187 Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
- 191 Hatchetation
- 195 The Gusher
- 198 Don't Shoot!
- 201 Into the Air
- 204 Bringing Down the House
- 208 The Woeful Plight of Mary Mallon
- 212 The Cucaracha Slide
- 215 The Golden Land
- 218 Courage Under Fire
- 222 The Great Molasses Flood
- 225 The Great Convoy
- 228 Votes for Women
- 232 The Curse of the Bambino
- 235 Mush!
- 239 Evolution
- 243 The Spirit of St. Louis
- 246 St. Valentine's Day
- 249 The Rainmaker
- 253 Migrant Mother
- 257 The War of the Worlds
- 261 Mrs. Roosevelt's Revenge
- 264 Chain Reaction
- 267 Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
- 271 The Electronic Brain
- 274 The Cookie-Cutter Houses
- 277 The End of the Summer Terror
- 280 Brown v. Board of Education
- 284 The Walking City
- 288 All Shook Up
- 291 Thirteen Days in October
- 295 The Eagle Has Landed
- 298 Ping-Pong Diplomacy
- 301 Cold War Chess
- 305 An Offer He Couldn't Refuse
- 308 The Battle of the Sexes
- 312 A Break-in at the Watergate
- 316 Rumble in the Jungle
- 320 The Last Voyage of the Big Fitz
- 324 The Fire Mountain
- 327 Pac-Man Fever
- 334 The Wall
- 337 Flight of the Condor
- 340 Hubble Trouble
- 344 Ancient Wanderer
- 348 The Election
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