Product Description: Close on the heels of the American public’s early enthusiasm over the airplane came aviation stories for the young. From 1910 until the early 1960s, they exalted flight and painted the airplane as the most modern and adventuresome of machines...read more

Product Description: Boys' aviation series books from 1910-1950 shaped at least two generations’ views of aircraft and American life. From the earliest days of aviation to those of spaceflight, they instilled a vision of flight both romantic and progressive...read more

Product Description: In the 1960s when the Supreme Court rules that African Americans must be admitted to the university in an unnamed Southern state, Governor Cullie Blanton is about to run for re-election. One of his opponents is “Bayonet Bill” Wooster, an ex-marine general who bases his campaign on fear of racial integration, fear of Communists, and fear of the federal government; he presents himself as the leader in a holy war against the incumbent infidel...read more

Paintings, drawings, prints, and excerpts from the accounts of artists, writers, and travelers offer a description of the U.S., both wilderness and town, prior to 1876

Provides brief biographies, commentaries on major works, and a survey of criticism for important Western writers