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Series

Pub. Date

1983

Lexile measure

810L

Physical Desc

31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Discusses the causes and consequences of the battles which marked the beginning of the American revolution, in April 1775, after local militiamen were warned by Paul Revere that British troops had set out from Boston.

10) The story of the Little Bighorn

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1983

Physical Desc

30 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the bloody battle known as "Custer's last stand, " in which an army of Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull fought off an attack by the United States cavalry, leaving no survivors among the soldiers in Custer's command.

11) The story of the Monitor and the Merrimac

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1983

Physical Desc

31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

An account of the naval duel fought in the Chesapeake Bay between the opposing ironclads of the North and the South.

12) The story of the San Francisco earthquake

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1983

Physical Desc

31 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the devastating earthquake and ensuing fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in the spring of 1906.

13) The story of the Boston Tea Party

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1984

Lexile measure

930L

Physical Desc

31 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Recounts the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party, which ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution.

14) The story of the Spirit of St. Louis

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1984

Physical Desc

31 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the celebrated 1927 New York-to-Paris flight of Charles A. Lindbergh, which was the first transatlantic solo flight in history, as well as the first non-stop flight between the two cities.

15) The story of the assassination of John F. Kennedy

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1985

Physical Desc

31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

"Describes the assassination of President Kennedy, the reactions of a stunned world, his funeral services, and the controversy over the investigation of the killing." -- Provided by publisher.

16) The story of the Battle of the Bull Run

Author

Kent, Zachary

Series

Pub. Date

1986

Physical Desc

30 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Presents the events in the Civil War leading up to the first major battle, at Bull Run in 1861, and describes that clash and its aftermath.

17) The story of Mississippi steamboats

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

30 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

18) The story of Admiral Peary at the North Pole

Author

Kent, Zachary

Series

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

30 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Language

English

19) The story of the Haymarket Riot

Author

Simon, Charnan

Series

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Language

English

20) The story of the Battle of Shiloh

Author

Kent, Zachary

Series

Pub. Date

1991

Physical Desc

30 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description