An account of the naval duel fought in the Chesapeake Bay between the opposing ironclads of the North and the South that changed shipbuilding forever and affected the course of the Civil War.

The Monitor and Merrimac

R. CONRAD STEIN

Avyx

The story of Lief Ericson's discovery of North America. Very well done.

Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky

Barbara Schiller

Children's Books

The insightful story of how an over-protected girl becomes a self-confident young woman.

Understood Betsy

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Before the trains came through, canals were the cheapest means of long-distance overland shipping available. The Erie Canal was a tremendous feat of engineering and a great economic success. Find out about this important historical development.

The Story of the Erie Canal

A 14-year old Indian joins Cabeza de Vaca's 16th-century expedition through the Southwest. A vivid portrait of Mexican life and the harsh conditions of a primitive Indian tribe.

Walk the Worlds Rim

Betty Baker

Set in the late Middle Ages, a quick-witted orphan, abused by his grandfather, risks his life to care for a wounded knight who is on a quest but can't remember what he is searching for. Exciting, engrossing, enchanting! 
 Reading Level: Ages 11-13.

The Great and Terrible Quest

Margaret Lovett

A Landmark History book. A highly readable account of the quintessentially American adventure of discovery and hardship as Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led their men on an exploration of the interior parts of North America.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Richard L. Neuberger

Dick Park is the son of a Pony Express rider, Katy Kelly is the daughter of a way station master, and Little Bear is an Indian boy who lives nearby. How three friends keep the mail moving is just part of this fast-moving tale about the great experiment in transcontinental communication.

Riding the Pony Express

Clyde Robert Bulla

Sigurd, a Viking boy, cannot see the value of learning to read and write. All he can think of is adventure. But then he has an adventure that he cannot help but tell. And to do that, he decides, he must learn to write. A fine story for young readers.

Viking Adventure

Literature & Fiction

Newbery Award-winning author tells the story of the man whose inventive genius made cotton king in America and in the world. Eli Whitney transformed the textile industry with his invention of the cotton gin; and he revolutionized the manufacturing process around the world with his creation of standardized parts. Fascinating!

The Story of Eli Whitney

Jean Lee Latham

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