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From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale... read full description

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Jul 14, 2007
leighcia rated it: 4 of 5 stars
This is one of the last books in a series called “A History of US”, books on American history written for children middle school age or younger. I’m not usually a history fan since I usually can never remember anything and it all ends up being facts and figures. However, this book related the past in terms of how it leads us to where we are today, offering a historical and narrative context to our situation today. In some ways, I felt like I was reading about America today, rather than the past. More...
Aug 10, 2011
Theresa rated it: 3 of 5 stars
a good resource for children to learn about american history of exploration and contact with peoples and countries in the new world.
Feb 04, 2012
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