The American story 100 true tales from American history / by Jennifer Armstrong ; illustrated by Roger Roth
One hundred brief stories about real people and occurences in American history, arranged in chronological order by year from 1565 to 2000
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A. A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- 1565-First city
- 1570-People of the longhouse
- 1590-Lost colony
- 1607-Pocahontas of Virginia
- 1620-Wanderers
- 1626-Manhattan real estate deal
- 1655-Keeping watch, keeping the faith
- 1680-Knotted rope
- 1692-Devil in Massachusetts
- 1737-Fall of man
- 1743-Claims of France
- 1752-Go fly a kite!
- 1775-Midnight ride
- 1776-Founding Fathers-East
- 1776-Founding Fathers-West
- 1778-Forging an army
- 1791-Plan for a capital
- 1796-Portrait
- 1804-Going bananas
- 1805-Great Divide
- 1812-Uncle Sam
- 1819-Birdbrain
- -1820-Whale's fury
- -1821-Lord's been good to me
- -1825-Marriage of the waters
- 1835-Astonishing discoveries on the moon
- 1846-I'm not leaving this jail
- 1847-Fatal snow
- 1848-Sutter's Mill
- 1849-This side up
- 1851-Ain't I a woman?
- 1851-Flying cloud
- 1852-What is that?
- 1853-Angry response from a touchy chef
- 1856-Big bones
- 1858-Murder by moonlight
- 1861-Daring rescue
- 1863-Jubilee
- 1867-End of the trail
- 1869-Golden spike
- 1870-He laid down his hammer and he died
- 1871-Great Chicago fire
- 1874-Glittering cloud
- 1876-Hard of hearing-East
- 1876-Hard of hearing-West
- 1881-Shoot-out at the O.K. Corral
- 1884-Hold your horses, here come the elephants!
- 1885-Up from the ashes, into the light
- 1889-Run for the hills!
- 1892-Welcome to America
- 1892-Lizzie Borden
- 1895-New friends
- 1898--Remember the Maine!
- 1898-Edison's conquest of Mars
- 1899-Extra! extra! read all about it!
- 1900-Hatchetation
- 1901-Gusher
- 1902-Don't shoot!
- 1903-into the air
- 1906-Bringing down the house
- 1907-Woeful plight of Mary Mallon
- 1911-Cucaracha slide
- 1912-Golden land
- 1917-Courage under fire
- 1919-Great molasses flood
- 1919-Great convoy
- 1920-Votes for women
- 1923-Curse of the bambino
- 1925-Mush!
- 1925-Evolution
- 1927-Spirit of St. Louis
- 1929-St. Valentine's Day
- 1934-Rainmaker
- 1936-Migrant mother
- 1938-War of the worlds
- 1939-Mrs. Roosevelt's revenge
- 1942-Chain reaction
- 1945-Raising the flag on Iwo Jima
- 1946-Electronic brain
- 1947-Cookie-cutter houses
- 1952-End of the summer terror
- 1954-Brown v. Board of Education
- 1955-Walking city
- 1956-All shook up
- 1962-Thirteen days in October
- 1969-Eagle has landed
- 1971-Ping-pong diplomacy
- 1972-Cold war chess
- 1972-Offer he couldn't refuse
- 1973-Battle of the sexes
- 1973-Break-in at the Watergate
- 1974-Rumble in the jungle
- 1975-Last voyage of the Big Fitz
- 1980-Fire mountain
- 1981-Pac-man fever
- 1982-Wall
- 1987-Flight of the condor
- 1990-Hubble trouble
- 1996-Ancient wanderer
- 2000-Election
- Story arcs
- Bibliography
- Index
