Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Violins & shovels	Milton Meltzer	Examines art projects run during the 1930's which were funded by the Work Projects Administration	OL12639773W
All times, all peoples	Milton Meltzer	Examines the historical patterns of slavery throughout the world, from ancient times through the present.	OL14941625W
Andrew Jackson	Milton Meltzer	A look at the life and times of our seventh president.	OL14941629W
Benjamin Franklin	Milton Meltzer	Presents a biography of the multi-talented and accomplished founding father.	OL14941630W
Bound for the Rio Grande	Milton Meltzer	Traces the causes, events, and aftermath of the Mexican War, including quotes from contemporary sources and discussions of the social and political climate of the country at the time.	OL14941632W
Carl Sandburg	Milton Meltzer	A biography of the poet who became known for his ability to speak to the common people, by shaping out of the plain English of ordinary Americans the voice of their vast experience.	OL14941635W
Crime in America	Milton Meltzer	Discusses various aspects of crime in America, including crime in the streets, battered family members, the Mob, and law enforcement.	OL14941638W
Edgar Allan Poe	Milton Meltzer	Examines the troubled life of the nineteenth-century writer whose poetry and short stories broke new ground in American literature.	OL14941639W
Food	Milton Meltzer	Discusses the social, political, economic, and gastronomic aspects of food in its many forms.	OL14941642W
George Washington and the birth of our nation	Milton Meltzer	A biography of our first President, from his growing-up years in Virginia to his death at Mount Vernon.	OL14941644W
Hear that train whistle blow!	Milton Meltzer	Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focussing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.	OL14941646W
The many lives of Andrew Carnegie	Milton Meltzer	A biography of the Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the steel industry and used much of it for philanthropic causes.	OL14941655W
Mark Twain	Milton Meltzer	Surveys the life of Samuel Clemens, who grew up in Missouri, was a river pilot on the Mississippi, became a journalist, and achieved fame as a writer under the pen name Mark Twain.	OL14941656W
Tom Paine	Milton Meltzer	The story of the self-educated craftsman who earned a place in history as the voice of the American Revolution.	OL14941677W
The truth about the Ku Klux Klan	Milton Meltzer	Discusses the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction, its rebirth during the 1920's and 1960's, Klan activity today, who joins it and why, and what can be done about it.	OL14941679W
Walt Whitman	Milton Meltzer	A biography of the nineteenth-century poet, which presents his life in the context of his times, and includes samples of his writing.	OL14941681W
There comes a time	Milton Meltzer	Presents an overview of the events in African American history that culminated in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s and represented a striving for equal rights.	OL17729833W
Columbus and the world around him	Milton Meltzer	Describes the voyages of Columbus, the terrible impact of the Spaniards on the Indians, and the ultimate cultural influence of the Native Americans on their white conquerors.	OL78923W
The Jews in America	Milton Meltzer	Pictures and text present the Jewish experience in America from the colonial period to the present.	OL78930W
Langston Hughes; a biography	Milton Meltzer	A biography of the Negro poet and playwright whose themes were based on his diverse ethnic and social experiences in Harlem and in the many places he traveled.	OL78932W