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When immigrating from Ireland, Robert never imagined he would end up in one of the most violent areas when the Civil War broke out. The Missouri/Kansas border was under constant attacks by Bushwhackers. The first year of the war, almost half of all battles were in Missouri. This is the story of the Battle of Lone Jack, where a unit of 500 Union soldiers had to fight against 1600 Confederate soldiers.

Colored pictures of actual sites in Peru. The children and Grandma travel through the Andes and learn about the Inca people and see their ancient cities that still survive. They fly to Lima, the capital and then head to Cuzco, once the center of the Inca world. They travel through the Sacred Valley and up Machu Picchu, and incredible city on top of a mountain that went undiscovered for hundreds of years. They learn about the incredible methods...

Colored pictures on every page take the reader to IRELAND where you can see people driving on the opposite side of the street, the Liffey River and the HaPenny Bridge, the Cliffs of Moher, Puffins, the Blarney Stone, Shamrocks, the Giant Causeway, the Dark Hedges, Dunluce Castile and more. Grandma teaches us we can travel In books - and that in our minds - we can travel anywhere.!

Colored pictures on every page take the reader to Panama where you can see the rain forest and wonderful animals like sloths and the loud Howler Monkeys. There are also tropical islands and all types of colorful birds. It's fun to see the actual cannons that fired at the Pirates of the Caribbean - like Henry Morgan. Long ago, Henry and his thousands of raiders burned Panama City to the ground. Now, it's a big, lively new city. Included is a si...

Grandma takes her five grandchildren into the city. They ride the subway, BART into the downtown, and then ride Cable Cars, walk a Labyrinth, go to the Cable Car Museum, walk through Chinatown, eat pizza in North Beach, climb up to Coit Tower and down to Pier 39. At Fisherman's Wharf they see the Sea Lions, Alcatraz, and the Aquarium before grabbing a cab to go by Lombard St., the Painted Ladies, and the Presidio, wrapping up the day by walkin...

Each grandchild gets to take a trip alone with their grandmother to a foreign country. In this book they travel to Mexico where they get to see ancient pyramids - deserted a long time ago, see a volcano, go to Frida Kahlo's house, watch folk dancers, and eat Mexican food. They also see ball courts where the first team sport began, go to the zoo, and more. Grandma thinks this is the fun way to teach the children about other people and cultures ...

Each grandchild gets to take a trip alone with their grandmother to another country. In this book they travel to Spain and see a WEIRD church, a huge Futbol (soccer) stadium, see a famous Picasso painting and read about a man that had sword duels with windmills. They watch the olive harvest and flamenco dancing around Seville - and see monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar. This is grandma's way to teach the children about other people and cultures...