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The Perspectives on History series contains firsthand accounts from colonists to astronauts. There are 75 volumes in the series, which rely on journals, letters, advertisements, essays, poems, newspaper accounts, songs, cartoons, maps, illustrations, and photos. Representative titles include Life in the American Colonies, Indians of the Southwest, The Underground Railroad, The Lowell Mill Girls, and The Vietnam War. Other volumes cover the immigrant experience, America at war, the civil rights movement, technology development, and political and religious history. With many of the books containing firsthand accounts from teenagers, the materials engage today's students. Accounts from women and minorities highlight the diversity of American history. Educator Guides available from History Compass. Ages 12-Adult.

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	Alamo Flash Point Between Texas and Mexico Perspectives on History Series by Mary Dodson Wade, editor from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Mexican-American War (Location: HISA-19TEX)
	All That Glitters The Men and Women of the Gold and Silver Rushes Perspectives on History Series by Phyllis Raybin Emert from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in California State History (Location: HISA-19CGR)
	Architecture An Image for America Perspectives on History Series by Pat Perrin from History Compass for 6th-9th grade in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC) $7.95
	Coming to America A New Life in a New Land Perspectives on History Series by Katharine Emsden from History Compass Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Immigration & Emigration (Location: HISA-20IM)
	Cuban Missile Crisis A World in Peril by Karl E. Valois from History Compass Historical Non-Fiction for 6th-9th grade in Communism & The Cold War (Location: HISA-20CW) $7.95
	Dust Bowl Perspectives on History Series by David C. King, ed. from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Great Depression (1929-1939) (Location: HISA-20GD)
	Echoes of the Civil War: The Blue Perspectives on History Series by Stephen M. Forman, editor from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in American Civil War (1860-1865) (Location: HISA-19CW)
	Echoes of the Civil War: The Gray Perspectives on History Series by Stephen M. Forman, editor from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in American Civil War (1860-1865) (Location: HISA-19CW)
	Great Depression A Nation in Distress Perspectives on History Series by Janet Beyer & JoAnne B. Weisman, editors from History Compass Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Great Depression (1929-1939) (Location: HISA-20GD)
	Indian Wars Colonial Period to 1890 Perspectives on History Series by Mary Alice Burke Robinson, editor 1^st edition from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Colonial America (1690-1765) (Location: HISA-17COL)
	Iron Horses Across America The Transcontinental Railroad Perspectives on History Series by Jeanne Munn Bracken from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Transcontinental Railroad (Location: HISA-19TRR)
	Korean War Limits of American Power Perspectives on History Series by Karl E. Valois from History Compass Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Korean War (1950-1953) (Location: HISA-20KW) $7.95
	Lone Star The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846 Perspectives on History Series by Stephen L. Hardin, editor from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Mexican-American War (Location: HISA-19TEX)
	Manhattan Project A Secret Wartime Mission Perspectives on History Series by Kenneth M. Deitch, editor from History Compass Historical Non-Fiction for 6th-9th grade in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $7.95
	Medicine and Society in America Perspectives on History Series by Jennifer Hanson, editor from History Compass Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in History of Science & Mathematics (Location: SCI-HIS) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Mexican War Perspectives on History Series by William Coleman, editor from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Mexican-American War (Location: HISA-19TEX)
	Orphan Trains Leaving the Cities Behind Perspectives on History Series by Jeanne Munn Bracken, ed. 1^st edition from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Gilded Age (1865-1918) (Location: HISA-19GI)
	Presidential Elections 1789-1996 Perspectives on History Series by D. Antonio Cantu, editor from History Compass Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in American Presidency (Location: HISV-PRE)
	Reconstruction: Binding the Wounds Perspectives on History Series by Cheryl Edwards, ed. from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Gilded Age (1865-1918) (Location: HISA-19GI) $7.95
	Road to San Jacinto Texas Gains Independence Perspectives on History Series by Mary Dodson Wade, editor from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Mexican-American War (Location: HISA-19TEX)
	Roaring Twenties Perspectives on History Series by David C. King, editor from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in 20th Century America (Location: HISA-20)
	Shot Heard 'Round the World The Beginnings of the American Revolution Perspectives on History Series by Jeanne Munn Bracken, editor from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV)
	Spanish-American War America Emerges as a World Power Perspectives on History Series by Mary Alice Burke Robinson, ed. from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Spanish-American War (1898) (Location: HISA-19Span)
	Vietnam War How the United States Became Involved Perspectives on History Series by Mitch Yamasaki, ed. from History Compass for 6th-9th grade in Vietnam War (1957-1975) (Location: HISA-20VIE) $7.95
	War of 1812 Perspectives on History Series by Mary Alice Burke Robinson, editor from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in War of 1812 (Location: HISA-19WET) $7.95 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Westward Expansion Exploration and Settlement Perspectives on History Series by Cheryl Edwards, editor from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in Western Expansion (1800-1898) (Location: HISA-19WES)
	World War I The Great War Perspectives on History Series by A. J. Scopino, Jr. from History Compass Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in World War I (1914-1919) (Location: HISA-20WW1)
	World War II: On the Homefront Perspectives on History Series by Phyllis Raybin Emert, editor from History Compass Historical Non-Fiction for 6th-9th grade in WWII: U.S. Homefront (Location: HISA-20WW2H) $7.95
	World War II: The European Theatre The European Theatre Perspectives on History Series by Phyllis Raybin Emert, editor from History Compass Historical Non-Fiction for 6th-9th grade in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E)
	World War II: The Pacific Theatre The Pacific Theatre Perspectives on History Series by Phyllis Raybin Emert, editor from History Compass Historical Non-Fiction for 6th-9th grade in WWII: Pacific Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2P)

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