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Beyond the stony mountains: nature in the American west from Lewis and Clark to today
By Daniel B Botkin. 2004
Ecologist retraces the footsteps of early-nineteenth-century explorers Lewis and Clark and compares the natural history they documented to its condition…
in the early twenty-first century. Describes environmental changes including the damming of rivers and the disappearance of ecosystems and wildlife species. 2004The secret man: the story of Watergate's Deep Throat
By Bob Woodward. 2005
Journalist who uncovered the 1972 Watergate scandal, All the President's Men (DB 50574), chronicles his long relationship with the scandal's…
secret informant. Details Woodward's early dealings with the man as a mentor, their covert meetings during Watergate, decades of concealment, and W. Mark Felt's public admission in 2005. Bestseller. 2005Muhammad Ali: Legends In Sports (Legends in sports)
By Glenn Stout. 2005
Biography of the boxer who won the heavyweight world championship in 1964. Relates his subsequent conversion to the Nation of…
Islam and name change from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali. Discusses his career and reasons for retirement. For grades 4-7. 2005Former Newsweek editor presents excerpts from the Final Report of the Independent Panel to Review Department of Defense Detention Operations…
and from Major General Fay's investigation of U.S. troops' abuse of Iraqi prisoners in 2003. Includes official military interrogation policies and an introductory essay by Craig R. Whitney. 2004Revolutionary mothers: women in the struggle for America's independence
By Carol Berkin. 2005
American history professor addresses the roles of women in the American Revolution, through first-person accounts. Reveals the contributions made by…
African Americans and Native Americans, as well as white revolutionaries and loyalists. An epilog examines the impact of war on gender images. 2005The rise of the Indian rope trick: how a spectacular hoax became history
By Peter Lamont. 2005
British historian specializing in magic researches the famous but fictitious trick that supposedly originated in India in the 1890s. Discusses…
the journalistic sources of the hoax and previous efforts to debunk it, as well as the western world's gullibility and fascination with mysteries of the East. 2004John Jay: founding father
By Walter Stahr. 2005
Biography of American diplomat and coauthor of The Federalist Papers (DB 26691). Chronicles Jay's personal and political life that included…
stints as president of the Continental Congress, chief justice of the Supreme Court, secretary for foreign affairs, governor of New York, and president of the American Bible Society. 2005Strength and honor: the life of Dolley Madison
By Richard N. Côté. 2005
Uses primary sources to document the life of first lady Dolley Madison (1768-1849), from her Quaker youth to her death…
in genteel poverty. Traces the genealogy of her maternal family. Highlights her marriage to James Madison and roles as White House hostess and heroine of the War of 1812. 2005Our fifty states
By Mark H. Bockenhauer. 2004
Presents concise geographic information on the U.S. states, organized by region: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West. Describes each state's…
natural features, resources, and industries and lists statistics and historical events. For grades 4-7. 20041776
By David G. McCullough. 2005
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian chronicles the struggles of the Continental Army during the disastrous year of 1776. Highlights George Washington's failed…
New York campaign and the retreat across New Jersey. Assesses the political, economic, and social problems the young nation encountered during the turbulent months from August to December. Bestseller. 2005Our mothers' war: American women at home and at the Front during World War II
By Emily Yellin. 2004
Journalist's chronicle of World War II's "other American soldiers," women from various backgrounds who filled nontraditional roles during wartime. Depicts…
women factory workers, frontline nurses, spies, and pilots. Also discusses the experiences of African American and Japanese American women. 2004Washington's general: Nathanael Greene and the triumph of the American Revolution
By Terry Golway. 2005
Biography of American Revolutionary War commander Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), who was born a Rhode Island Quaker but chose to fight…
for independence. Details his career as George Washington's quartermaster general and his appointment as leader of the southern theater. Outlines how Greene forced the British to concede at Yorktown. 2005Lincoln: a photobiography (Journeys 2014)
By Russell Freedman. 1987
Biography of sixteenth U.S. president. Describes his rise from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois to become a…
self-educated lawyer, state representative, and, in 1860, president. Highlights Lincoln's Civil War leadership before his 1865 assassination. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Newbery Medal. 1987A dream of freedom: the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968
By Diane McWhorter. 2004
Concise history of the civil rights struggle by a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who in 1963 was a sixth-grader living in…
Birmingham, Alabama. The author recalls events from the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. Some strong language. For grades 6-9. 2004Why Lincoln matters: today more than ever
By Mario Matthew Cuomo. 2004
Former New York governor applies the sixteenth president's wisdom to challenges in 2004. Calling Lincoln's vision "worthy of the world's…
greatest nation," Cuomo finds in it contemporary relevance to war, civil liberties, governmental roles, economic opportunity, global interdependence, religion, the Supreme Court, and race. 2004The coast mappers
By Taylor Morrison. 2004
Tells how George Davidson and other scientists hired by the U.S. Coast Survey in the mid-1800s created nautical charts of…
California, Oregon, and Washington. Describes their hardships: perilous cliffs, harsh winters, and tense relations with local Indians. Explains surveying techniques and copperplate printing. For grades 4-7. 2004Murdering McKinley: the making of Theodore Roosevelt's America
By Eric Rauchway. 2003
Study of William McKinley's assassination in 1901 and Theodore Roosevelt's ascent to the presidency. Focuses on assassin Leon Czolgosz's upbringing,…
motives, mental health, and trial to explain the country's reaction to the crime. Asserts that the new president's political astuteness shaped his response to the murder through social reform. 2003Daniel Boone: an American life
By Michael A Lofaro. 2003
Biography of early pioneer Daniel Boone (1734-1820), a central figure in the trans-Appalachian westward movement into Kentucky and beyond. Relates…
how Boone's trailblazing exploits spurred increasing settlements but left him restless to explore new wilderness. Also describes his dealings with the Indians and land speculation difficulties. Some violence. 2003In defense of liberty: the story of America's Bill of Rights
By Russell Freedman. 2003
Describes the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution and explains how they are applied as well as tested. Examples…
of challenges include a suit brought on behalf of schoolchildren who were required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and rap musicians sued for obscenity. For junior and senior high readers. 2003American massacre: the tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857
By Sally Denton. 2003
An investigative reporter uses primary sources to research an attack in Utah on a wealth-laden pioneer wagon train whose passengers,…
except for a few children, were slaughtered. Analyzes the political and social climate of the time and concludes that the evidence leads to the elders of the Mormon church. 2003