Zachary Kent

America the beautiful. Third

Series

Language

English

Description

Describes the history, geography, ecology, people, economy, cities, and sights of the state of Connecticut, and includes ideas for classroom assignments.

2) World War I: the war to end wars

Author

Series

American war

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[1994]

Language

English

3) John F. Kennedy

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1987.

Language

English

Description

Chronicles the life and tragic death of the man who championed foreign relations, civil rights, and space exploration as the thirty-fifth president of the United States.

4) The Persian Gulf War: "the mother of all battles"

Author

Series

American war

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

1994.

Language

English

5) The story of the Challenger disaster

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1986]

Language

English

Description

An account of the worst disaster in the twenty-five-year historyof United States space exploration, the loss of the shuttlecraft Challenger and its seven member crew.

6) Ulysses S. Grant: eighteenth president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

Follows the military and political career of the general who became the "Hero of Appomattox" and the eighteenth president of the United States.

7) George Washington: first president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1986]

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the Virginia surveyor, soldier, and plantation owner who became the first president of the United States.

8) The story of Henry Ford and the automobile

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Language

English

Description

Biography of the engineer and industrialist whose pioneering company showed the world how to build and mass-produce reliable, inexpensive automobiles.

9) Theodore Roosevelt: twenty-sixth President of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1988]

Language

English

Description

Examines the personality, early life, family, and career of thetwenty-sixth president of the United States.

10) The story of the Battle of Bull Run

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1986]

Language

English

Description

Presents the events in the Civil War leading up to the first major battle, at Bull Run in 1861, and describes that clash and itsaftermath.

11) George Bush: forty-first president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

A biography emphasizing the political career of the forty-first president.

12) Zachary Taylor: twelfth president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1988]

Language

English

Description

A biography of "Old Rough and Ready," hero of the Mexican War, who became the twelfth president of the United States.

13) James Cook

Author

Series

World's great explorers

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1991.

Language

English

Description

The life of the British navigator and explorer whose three famous voyages resulted in the accurate mapping of much of the South Pacific.

14) The story of Sherman's march to the sea

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1987]

Language

English

Description

Describes the devastation incurred by the Union general's marchfrom Atlanta to Savannah during the Civil War--an act which hastened the Confederate surrender by destroying the South's economic resources.

15) John Quincy Adams: sixth president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1987]

Language

English

Description