Short non-fiction stories of both well-known and obscure people and events from American history
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The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History
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Blood on the River: James Town, 1607
A 12 yo British boy is enlisted as a page for Captain John Smith and joins the voyage to settle Jamestown, Virginia. The sequel is Poison in the Colony.
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Squanto’s Journey
Picture book tells the story of the life of the Native American Pokanoket man who welcomed English settlers and the harvest festival that is today celebrated as Thanksgiving.
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People of the Breaking Day
Picture book depicting daily life for Native American Wampanoag before first contact with Europeans. Companion book to author’s The Pilgrims of Plimouth and Thunder from the Clear Sky.
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Thunder from the Clear Sky
A companion book to The Pilgrims of Plimouth and People of the Breaking Day, this book shows what happens when tensions increase between the indigenous Wampanoag and the English settlers of Plymouth Colony.
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The Pilgrims of Plimoth
Illustrated account of pilgrims’ Mayflower voyage and settlement at Plymouth Colony. This is a companion book to the author’s People of the Breaking Day and Thunder from the Clear Sky.
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Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims
A biography of the Native American Pokanoket man who welcomed and assisted the English settlers at Plymouth Colony. This story also covers an earlier period during which he had been kidnapped and taken to Spain and England.
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Cruise of the Arctic Star
Author recounts his 1973 fishing boat cruise up CA coast, relating entertaining tidbits of history and natural history
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Minn of the Mississippi
Minn, a snapping turtle, travels down the Mississippi River observing people and wildlife, with historical and natural details.
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