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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Mannahatta	Eric W. Sanderson	Reconstructs the ecological history of Manhattan through period maps, archeological discoveries, and computational geography to create pictures and descriptions of Manhattan from 1609 to the present …	OL13617846W
The colony of Delaware	Susan Whitehurst	An introduction to the lives of the early settlers in the Delaware Colony, from the early attempts of the Dutch, Swedes, and English to colonize to Delaware's role in the American Revolution.	OL14852048W
I live in a town	S. Ward	An eight-year-old child who lives in a small town in New Hampshire describes life in that rural community including its homes, schools, town meetings, orchards, and special days.	OL14868203W
I live on an island	S. Ward	Nine-year-old Lindsey describes her life on an island off the coast of Virginia including her home, ways of getting around, prevalence of seafood, and the natural wildlife.	OL14868205W
Outrageous Women of the American Frontier	Mary Rodd Furbee	Incredible true stories of the most amazing women in American history They were courageous, resourceful pioneers, enduring and adventurous. They made arduous journeys, carved careers out of the wi…	OL15175640W
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster	Chester Hartman	There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first critical scholarly book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down in record as one of the wor…	OL15178580W
The Arapaho	Loretta Fowler	Examines the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Arapaho Indians.	OL15834558W
Detroit City is the place to be	Mark Binelli	"The fall and maybe rise of Detroit, America's most epic urban failure, from local native and Rolling Stone reporter Mark BinelliOnce America's capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country's greates…	OL16627040W
Dixie's big heart	Nancy Tuminelly	Introduces young readers to the state of Alabama through stories about the state animal on a big adventure! The narrative incorporates state symbols, history, and geography. Factual sidebars, full-co…	OL16724090W
Keeping Oregon Green	Derek R. Larson	Keeping Oregon Green is a new history of the signature accomplishments of Oregon’s environmental era: the revitalization of the polluted Willamette River, the Beach Bill that preserved public access …	OL17630195W
Harold E. Stassen	Alec Kirby	"In 1938 Harold E. Stassen was elected governor of Minnesota. He went on to a distinguished career as a key political figure of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He is most known as being a perennial candi…	OL17722137W
Battles of Lexington and Concord	Hamilton, John	Describes the events, major figures, and significance of the battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolution and discusses the factors that led to the war.	OL17869277W
Daniel Boone	David Armentrout	Describes the life and times of Daniel Boone, a man associated with the exploration of Kentucky and the westward expansion of the American frontier.	OL1809932W
These Truths	Jill Lepore	"In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian ... Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed rec…	OL18201116W
John Wesley North and the reform frontier	Merlin Stonehouse	This biography is the absorbing and significant story of a frontier life in America in the nineteenth century. John Wesley North was a carpetbagger in the best sense of the word, and professor Stoneh…	OL18437017W
Taken from the Paradise Isle	George Hoshida	"Crafted from George Hoshida's diary and memoir, as well as letters faithfully exchanged with his wife Tamae, Taken from the Paradise Isle is an intimate account of the anger, resignation, philosophy…	OL19627077W
All falling faiths	Wilkinson, J. Harvie III	In this warm and intimate memoir Judge Wilkinson delivers a chilling message. The 1960s inflicted enormous damage on our country; even at this very hour we see the decade's imprint in so much of what…	OL19711792W
American wolf	Nate Blakeslee	The story of the rise of a Yellowstone wolf, and what her life and death and death tell us about the struggle for the American West. -- "The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the cel…	OL19716712W
Freedom from fear	David M. Kennedy	Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. Freedom from Fear tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prev…	OL1997094W
Power at ground zero	Lynne B. Sagalyn	"The destruction of the World Trade Center complex on 9/11 set in motion a chain of events that fundamentally transformed both the United States and the wider world. War has raged in the Middle East …	OL20037741W