It happened in America: true stories from the fifty states
History
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Beginning with the Alabama bus boycott sparked by Rosa Parks and continuing state-by-state in alphabetical order, the author presents a selection of fifty true accounts from American history. A history that she describes as "crammed with tales of quiet courage… and dashing bravado, feats of accomplishment, and magnificent failures." For grades 5-8 and older readers