K. M Kostyal
Author
Language
English
Description
Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, held a nation together during a brutal Civil War and changed the course of history by ending slavery. He has more books written about him than any other President of the United States but what do we really know about the "man" himself? There are a handful of facts: he was from the frontier, was raised in a poor farmer family, had a passion for learning, was quiet, and a skeptic. Millions of words have...
Author
Language
English
Description
Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee's right-hand man, ranks as one of the most admired and mystifying characters to emerge from the Civil War. Illustrated with both archival and contemporary photographs and illustrations, Stonewall Jackson provides a complete portrait of the general in both words and images.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A modernized adaptation of more than one hundred maxims according to which the first president conducted his life shares insight into Washington's beliefs and the historical events of his time.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
60 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Showcases traditions, crafts, recipes, and customs from throughout three hundred years of American Christmas celebrations, with photographs and descriptions of holiday festivities in Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the battle of Fredericksburg, considered General Robert E. Lee's most one-sided victory of the Civil War, and draws from a variety of sources, including a slave diary, to discuss what the war meant to non-combatants. Features reenactment photographs.