Search Results | Martin Luther College

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

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

Language

English

Description

Presents a biography of the general who served as the leader of the Confederate forces during the Civil War.

5) Ulysses S. Grant: general and president (1822-1885)

Author

Zadra, Dan

Series

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

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

Language

English

Description

A biography of the Civil War hero and eighteenth president of the United States.

6) The Boston Tea Party

Author

Series

Language

English

Formats

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.

7) The Battle of Gettysburg

Author

Graphic library. Graphic history
We the people

Series

Lexile measure

GN 620L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Graphic Novel

Description

"In graphic novel format, tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg, the three-day battle that was the turning point in the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.

8) The California Gold Rush

Author

Blashfield, Jean F

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.

9) The Declaration of Independence

Author

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

Examines the political situation in America at the time of the troubles between England and her colonies there and describes how the Declaration of Independence was written and accepted.

10) The Jamestown Colony

Author

January, Brendan

Series

Publisher

Compass Point Books

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.

Language

English

Description

An account of the first permanent English settlement in North America, with all its tragedies and disasters, established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia.

11) The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Author

Quiri, Patricia Ryon

Series

Lexile measure

790L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Chronicles the expedition led by Lewis and Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century, describing its mishaps, adventures, and impact on western expansion.

12) The Oregon Trail

Author

Blashfield, Jean F

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the west to settlers, including information on the people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on the Trail.

13) The Plymouth Colony

Author

Santella, Andrew

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

Describes the reasons that the Pilgrims traveled to the New World, their voyage on the Mayflower, the hardships of their first winter in the Plymouth settlement, and the harvest celebration remembered as the first Thanksgiving.

14) The Santa Fe Trail

Author

Blashfield, Jean F

Series

Publisher

Compass Point Books

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.

Language

English

Description

Introduces the history and economic purpose of the Santa Fe Trail and the resulting settlement of the Southwest.

15) The Statue of Liberty

Author

Heinrichs, Ann

Series

Pub. Date

2001

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.

Language

English

16) The Trail of Tears

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2001

Lexile measure

870L

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

17) The Underground Railroad

Author

Heinrichs, Ann

Series

Pub. Date

2001

Lexile measure

820L

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.

Language

English

18) The Battle of the Little Bighorn

Author

Nobleman, Marc Tyler

Series

Pub. Date

2002

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

19) The Bill of Rights

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2002

Lexile measure

990L

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

20) The California missions

Author

Heinrichs, Ann

Series

Pub. Date

2002

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description