A chronicle of women's contributions to politics in the United States traces the period between the women's suffrage movement and the 2018 election, and includes portraits of such luminaries as Hattie Caraway, Patsy Mink, and Shirley Chisholme.

"African American George Fletcher loved horses from an early age. When he unfairly lost the 1911 Pendleton Round-Up to a white man, the outraged audience declared him "people's champion"--Provided by publisher.

A treasury of American Presidents by historian Ken Burns--

Learn about the life of the author famous for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which denounced slavery.

Describes the space race and the moon landing. Readers' choices reveal various historical details--

Presents the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a program that employed impoverished young men during the Great Depression to build and improve hundreds of state and national parks, plant trees, and restore agricultural land.

Surveys the history and technique of shoemaking in colonial America.

Presents a treasury of facts and stories from U.S. history, including that the word independence does not appear in the Declaration of Independence and that World War I soldiers used glowworms to help them see at night.

Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize the migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.

"America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we've been telling ourselves for centuries. With iconic American catchphrases as chapter titles, these twenty-one visual stories illuminate the astonishing, unexpected, sometimes darker sides of history that reverberate in our society to this very day--from the role of celebrity in immigration policy to the influence of one small group of...