Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers60 reviews
Ralph Moody

Bison Books, 1991

Speechless

+ Great book for boys AND girls and grown-ups, too!
+ Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
+ An Inspiring Book For Young and Old
+ A wonderful biography
  
  











  



  
Children of the Wild West1 review
Russell Freedman

Sandpiper, 1990

17 year olds review of WILD WILD WEST!

Children of the Wild West follows the daily lives of children on the trails of the old west. From migrating to building, this book covers everything you might want to know about children in the west. In this book several stories are created to give a feel for what it was like to live as a child ...
  
  











  



  
The Timetables of American History3 reviews
Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.

Touchstone, 2001

The Timetables of American History, updated edition

+ great book

A wonderfully concise look at American History in respect to other happenings around the globe. I read this book at our local library and was so impressed with it that I decided to order it from Amazon.com!
  
  











  



  
A Museum of Early American Tools7 reviews
Eric Sloane

Dover Publications, 2008

Great

+ The Way Things Used to Be
+ An Historical lassic
+ Very informative
+ Great Art
  
  











  



  
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer13 reviews
Shana Corey

Scholastic Press, 2000

Great book for young girls

+ Bravo to Amelia Bloomer and other's like her!
+ In the classroom.
+ You Forgot Your Skirt Amelia Bloomer
+ Skirts are for women and pants are for men....Always
  
  











  



  
If You Lived In Colonial Times (If You.)8 reviews
Ann Mcgovern

Scholastic Paperbacks, 1992

Excellent!

+ Wonderful For Kids
+ Lots of good informationabout Colonial Times.
+ Life in colonial New England from the perspective of a child
+ One of my favorite books growing up!
  
  











  



  
Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 (Dover Books on Americana)10 reviews
Eric Sloane

Dover Publications, 2004

Not really a diary

+ fun to read
+ DEAB teaches us
+ So... what happened to Noah Blake and Sarah Trowbridge?
  
  











  



  
A History of US: 11-Volume Set (A History of Us)7 reviews
Joy Hakim

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Getting the Real Story

+ Very informative
+ Great for young history students
+ Top Notch
+ wonderful read
  
  











  



  
War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars37 reviews
Andrew Carroll

Scribner, 2001

An incredibly profound book!

+ War Letters - Good Read ...
+ A wonderful, different type of war book, but . . .

This book is a great read. It is refeshing to be able to read words, thoughts and dreams from people as they perform such honorable duty overseas. This book is powerful and should be required reading for all, especially Americans. Some anti-war activist may think it is "pro-war" but it isn't ...
  
  











  



  
A First Book in American History7 reviews
Edward Eggleston

Lost Classics Book Co., 2001

Our 9 year son old loved this

+ Great book!
+ Awesome as homeschoolers backbone for US history
+ Refreshing Historical Perspective
  
  











  



  
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Wordsworth Classics)146 reviews
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999

A towering, very important American classic

+ Skeleton in the Closet
+ My perspective on Uncle Tom's Cabin
+ Incredible Classic Still Relevant Today
  
  











  



  
Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?4 reviews
Jean Fritz

Putnam Juvenile, 1997

A Lucky Man

+ A Fun Book to Stimulate Interest in History
+ Very informative with interesting illustrations

Columbus was a lucky man (blessed, he would say). He had to be. Who else could have so much go so wrong and still become famous for the one big thing he did by mistake: discover America...if he did that. Anyway, he had a lot of adventure (or misadventure), and Jean Fritz tells about it and ...
  
  











  



  
Heroines of History: Heroines of the American Revolution, America's Founding Mothers1 review
Diane Silcox-Jarrett

Scholastic Inc, 2000

The Daughters of the American Revolution endorse this book!

I first heard of this excellent book when I saw it endorsed in the Daughters of the American Revolution magazine. They were selling it as "24 TRUE STORIES of BRAVE and DARING WOMEN from the AMERICAN REVOLUTION. These American founding mothers are towering models of courage and patriotism". They ...
  
  











  



  
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth13 reviews
Kathryn Lasky

Little, Brown Young Readers, 1994

Have genius, will measure!

+ Fascinating piece of science in history with one man and one book
+ Good Biography and Scienctific Discussion
+ One of the most treasured books in my library!
  
  











  



  
Louisa May and Mr. Thoreau's Flute2 reviews
Julie Dunlap, Marybeth Lorbiecki

Dial, 2002

Inspiring for young creatives

+ FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN KINDRED SOULS

The other evening I descended my stairs to find my husband snuggled on the couch with a picture book and my 3 year old son, reading. This is not unusual. What was unusual was that my thirteen year old daughter sat with them listening intently as well. The book, not surprisingly, was Louisa May and ...
  
  











  



  
Little House on the Prairie Boxed Set ((9 Books) Little House On the Prairie; Farmer Boy; On the Banks of ...2 reviews
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Scholastic, 1994

very pleased with my little house books

+ Little House books

I purchased 9 Little House of the Prairie books, they where in very good condition and arrived in my house in a very short period of time, I am very happy with my purchase.
  
  











  



  
Ship (Trumpet Club Special Edition)
David Macauley

The Trumpet Club, Inc, 1995
  
  











  



  
Things We Couldn't Say20 reviews
Diet Eman

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999

A Christian at War

+ Amazing!
+ An account of valour
+ Excellent
+ Harrowing experience
  
  











  



  
Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky2 reviews
Kathi Appelt, Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer

HarperCollins, 2001

Wish There Was More

+ Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky

This is the kind of book we all should read, regardless of age. It is well researched, well annotated and well written. I bought it for my wife, a reading specialist, for Easter, and wound up reading it before she got her hands on it. It would be great to have an older version, filled with more ...
  
  











  



  
How We Crossed The West: The Adventures Of Lewis And Clark9 reviews
Rosalyn Schanzer

National Geographic Children's Books, 2002

So much more than a picture book!

+ Fast moving and full of interesting information
+ Lots of info and easy to read
+ A Great American Tale
+ Lovely Illustrations