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Test your knowledge of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. This book is the most complete collection of facts assembled on one of our greatest Americans.

It's 1627 and twelve-year-old Amy Purdy along with her seven-year-old sister, Sarah, and their father set sail from London to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. After the death of Amy's mother, they hope to begin a new life there. When the ship is battered by a hurricane, Amy, Sarah, and a third girl, Priscilla, are lashed to the mast to keep them from being swept overboard. Amy and Sarah's father vanishes along with the wrecked ship but the g...

This is not your typical book of holiday stories! In this sometimes sad, sometimes funny, sometimes nostalgic collection, Robert Weiss makes a broad exploration of the human condition. Some of the stories take us back to childhood, others thrust us forward into old age. We look at men, women, soldiers, families, relationships, history, and even the social dynamics of a really big storm.

Students can take a personality quiz to see if they are a Robert E. Lee or Harriet Tubman, read the letters sent by a homesick soldier, and piece together a quilt that tells of womens involvement in the Civil War. Whether they are marching along with General Sherman through Georgia or manning the "H.L. Hunley, " theyll find themselves saying, Hey, history isnt boring anymore! 100 pp.

In 1867, Sadie and Mollie Shriver decide to explore their old house that was damaged during the Battle of Gettysburg, in this historical novel based on real events. What stories and secrets will the children discover in the attic where two Confederate snipers were killed? Includes educational resources.

This historic narrative is a marriage of fact and fiction. It presents a factual picture of the operation of America's greatest Civil War military supply base at City Point, Virginia, and what might have happened to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, the captured commander in chief of the armies of the United States.

Jake Salmon has moved to a creepy, cramped house in historic Manassas. When he witnesses a man running across their snow-covered lawn without leaving any footprints, Jake is faced with the possibility that it may be the ghost of a Civil War soldier. Can Jake solve a mystery in history with the help of his little brother and his friend?

In 1863, during the tense week after the Battle of Gettysburg, a Maryland boy faces difficult choices as he is forced to care for a wounded Confederate officer while trying to decide if he himself should leave his family to fight for the Union.

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Straddling the rural mountains of West Virginia and the high tech go-go world of the computer industry of the 1980s, Chances is the story of an extraordinary young man, the golden girl he falls in love with, and the discovery that nearly destroys their love and wrecks their family. It is a story of triumph and tragedy, of chances taken, chances missed, and chances better left untouched, of a band of "brothers" who stake their fortunes on their...

Rob and Jamie, brothers who are opposites and who are both involved in a Civil War reenactment, find themselves transported back in time to the actual Antietam campaign in 1862.

Most Civil War-era soldiers were volunteers, the subjects of thousands of books and articles. It is time for recognition of the valor and service of the United States Regular Army. The 14th Infantry Regiment, part of Sykes? Regulars, fought in major battles in the eastern theater of war and suffered heavy casualties as a result. Through the letters of Sergeant John M. Young of Elmira, New York, the reader can learn of the experiences of indivi...

Under Kane's able leadership, the tenacious Bucktails once again face the Rebs as they fight their way from their winter camp, through the Shenandoah Valley, and on toward Alexandria, Virginia.

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Since July 1863, survivors, historians and Civil War enthusiasts have debated, written about and dissected Robert E. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg. Myriad controversies concerning the conduct of the campaign and battle have provided fodder for discussion. Many disputants ignore consistent facts that refute their point of view. Longstreet's Assault -- Pickett's Charge offers a narratives-based review of the decisions made by the commanders on both...

This volume examines the crisis of 1914-18 in papers and related texts presented at a 1994 seminar jointly sponsored by the Great War Society and the Western Front Association. The contributors from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Russia explore a range of topics, including the mysterious death of German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen (the "Red Baron"), and the even more mysterious life of British master spy ...

Robert E. Rodes personifies the best of those brave men, north and south, who gave the full measure of their life to their cause. Rodes' accomplishments in brigade command were legendary. His divisional leadership earned him ranking with the elite of the Confederacy's generals and officers. Born in 1829 in Lynchburg, Virginia, Rodes attended the Virginia Military Institute and worked as a civil engineer before the outbreak of the Civil War. In...