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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Run away home	Patricia McKissack	In 1886 in Alabama, an eleven-year-old African American girl and her family befriend and give refuge to a runaway Apache boy.	OL14860571W
Closing 'em down	Jordan, David M.	"For fans of Major League Baseball the actual ballparks are often the seat of affection and team loyalty. Players come and go, but the parks remain for decades. This work recounts the histories of th…	OL15883847W
From sea to shining sea	Susan-Mary Grant	"A richly crafted history of America's nation-building project told through the voices of its peoples, from the early settlers to its multicultural citizens of the twenty-first century"-- "Born out …	OL16151998W
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States	Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz,Laural Merlington,Debbie Reese,Jean Mendoza	Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once …	OL17640485W
AP U.S. history, 2010-2011	Stephen Armstrong	Covers the process of preparing for the Advanced Placement U.S. history exam, from deciding on a strategy and evaluating strengths and weaknesses through practice exams and reviewing the subject area.	OL17927107W
A History of US-All the People 1945-1996 #10	Joy Hakim	Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text. In the years after WWII, America became the worlds greatest power. All the …	OL1965051W
Crash course	Paul Ingrassia	This is the epic saga of the American automobile industry's rise and demise, a compelling story of hubris, denial, missed opportunities, and self-inflicted wounds that culminates with the president o…	OL3488851W
The national experience	Willie Lee Nichols Rose,Edmund Sears Morgan,Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.,Kenneth M. Stampp,John Morton Blum,C. Vann Woodward	A history of the United States with an emphasis on public policy. Includes maps, photos, charts, and suggestions for further reading.	OL3920424W
Osceola, Seminole leader	Ronald Syme	A biography of the Seminole leader who spent his life fighting the white men's attempts to deport his people from Florida.	OL4481387W
The birth of the United States, 1763-1816	Isaac Asimov	This second volume of a history of the United States concentrates on the causes and events of the Revolution and the formative years of the new Republic.	OL46284W
Those Yankee rebels	Pearson, Michael	Discusses the problems and worries which beset King George III, his ministers, and generals as they struggled to crush the rebellion of American colonists.	OL5113420W
Quest for identity	Randall Bennett Woods	Quest for Identity is a survey of the American experience from the close of World War II, through the Cold War and 9/11, to the present. It helps students understand postwar American history through …	OL523192W
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or as it is known in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom…	OL53908W
This is America's story	Howard Baker Wilder	A history of the United States up to the inauguration of President Ford. Includes study helps, a copy of the Declaration of Independence, and a complete annotated text of the Constitution.	OL5642685W
One Nation	Devin Scillian	A counting book presenting various aspects of the United States, from the concept of one nation to the hundred men and women in the U.S. Senate.	OL5706730W
The Valley Forge winter	Wayne K. Bodle	"The traditional account portrays Valley Forge in the 1770s as a desolate wilderness far removed from civilian society. Washington's army was forced to endure one of the coldest winters in memory wit…	OL5954675W
Ridgefield Park	Donna E. Rose-McEntee	128 p. : 24 cm	OL6040409W
Voices of America	Thomas R. Frazier	Presents the history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present day through a selection of contemporary letters, documents, and literary works.	OL6693759W
Wheat flour messiah	Paul Elmen	"Through letters, documents, and newspaper files, Paul Elmen traces the engrossing story of the Janssonists' adventure in Sweden and the founding of the utopian colony at Bishop Hill, in Illinois (18…	OL6912093W
American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People	Suzanne McIntire	The history of the United States has been characterized by fervent idealism, intense struggle, and radical change. And for every critical, defining moment in American history, there were those whose …	OL8214855W