From colonial times to the modern day, two things have remained constant in American history: the destructive power of fires and the bravery of those who fight them.Fighting Fire! brings to life ten of the deadliest infernos this nation has ever endured: the great fires of Boston, New York, Chicago, Baltimore, and San Francisco, the disasters of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, the General Slocum, and the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, the wildfire of Witch Creek in San Diego County, and the catastrophe of 9/11. Each blaze led to new firefighting techniques and technologies, yet the struggle against fires continues to this day. With historical images and a fast-paced text, this is both an exciting look at firefighting history and a celebration of the human spirit.

Product Description: Two-term president. Nobel Peace Prize winner. Commander of the Rough Riders. Avid conservationist. Adventurer. All of these and more, Theodore Roosevelt lived his long life to the fullest and left a legacy still remembered more than ninety years after his death...read more

Offers an in-depth look at a community that has played a major part in American history for numerous reasons, including being the first English colony on American soil in 1607, the home of Princess Pocahontas, the first destination port for African slaves, and the business center of the new tobacco industry.

Illustrated by period artwork and photographs of historical artifacts, a fascinating volume paints a vivid portrait of John Paul Jones, a Scots immigrant who, serving in the Continental Navy during the American Revolution, led his men to victory over the world's greatest sea power.

Provides a look at two major events in American history--the Great Depression of 1929 and the Dust Bowl and its associated migration in the late 1930s--and the effects they had on the country throughout time with regard to social programs and domestic policies.

Uses firsthand accounts, oral histories, and essays from school newspapers and yearbooks to tell the story of the Japanese Americans who were sent to live in government-run internments camps during World War II. (view table of contents)

Filled with archival photographs and prints, an enthralling historical account details the intensely moving songs that were sung by slaves as they worked in the fields--songs that were then shared with the world by the Jubilee Singers in 1871, becoming an integral part of American culture. (view table of contents)

Despite their families being interred in camps, nearly 12,000 Japanese-Americans served in the United States army during World War II and fought courageously, in a tale enhanced with period photos, chronologies, end notes, and more.

Filled with moving personal stories and archival photographs, a fascinating book documents the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, the first institution opened by the federal government to teach Native American children the 'white man's way,' which led some students such as Olympian Jim Thorpe to success, but for many others it was an education in isolation and estrangement. (view table of contents)

A definitive account of the Double V Campaign established during World War II and discusses the group of black soldiers who took the lead in an effort to overcome racism and have their rightful place on the front lines of combat.

Chronicles the story of the struggle, sacrifice, and determination of the Fifteenth New York Voluntary Infantry of the National Guard, one of the few black regiments in the U.S. Army to actually have gone overseas and seen action during World War I.

Personal accounts help chronicle the social history of the Great Black Migration of 1915-1930, during which approximately one million African Americans left their homes in the South to find freedom and jobs in Northern cities.

A young reader's edition of the life of a former slave follows his experiences as a cotton steamer pilot, escape to the North, achievements as a Civil War hero, and rise to a U. S. Congressman.

A unique photo essay about the great players and teams of the Negro leagues takes the reader from the early beginnings of all-black baseball in the 1880s to Jackie Robinson's breakthrough into the major leagues in 1947.

Text and photographs describe the sport of sled dog racing, focusing on the Iditarod race in Alaska and discussing how dogs are raised and trained as racers, the history of sled dog racing, and how the sport is practiced in North America