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Graphic America by Crabtree Publishing
Company
This history series in graphic format is
aimed at readers ages 8-9. I think it would also be useful for getting
reluctant readers in higher grades interested in American history.
Each book also contains a time line,
glossary, and index in the back, and these are written in upper case, white
letters on black background. There are no colons between words and their
definitions in the glossary. Instead the terms are in bold face and the
definitions in regular type face. The graphic format will grab the attention of
young people, and they will find themselves learning history they might not have
thought of reading in another form.
Books are 32 pages each and contain web links to related sites.
Inventions and Inventors: How American Discoveries Changed the World
by Darren Sechrist. Crabtree, 2009. This book highlights the accomplishments
of some of America's greatest inventors -- people such as Benjamin Franklin,
Samuel B. Morse, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver,
Henry Ford, Guglielmo Marconi, and the Wright Brothers -- all in the format of
the popular graphic novels. BTH-5103. $8.96-D
Westward, Ho! How American Expanded by Darren Sechrist. Crabtree,
2009. In this book young readers follow the expansion of the United States to
the West from the signing of the Louisiana Purchase to California Gold Rush and
the rush to the Comstock Lode. The book also covers the early settlement of
Texas and California, the war with Mexico, the coming of Christian missionaries
to the Oregon country and the wagon trains that followed them, and the Mormon
migration to Utah. BTH-5105. $8.96-D
Taming the West: A Nation Moving Forward Together by Darren Sechrist.
Crabtree, 2009. This presentation of the settlement of the West in graphic
format concentrates a lot on the relationships between Native Americans and the
Americans who were moving into lands occupied by Native Americans. It also
covers outlaws, well-known lawmen, the role of women in the West and the
building of the transcontinental railroad. BTH-5106. $8.96-D
Free at Last: How the Freeing of the Slaves Changed American History
by Darren Sechrist. Crabtree, 2009. This book covers the history of African
Americans from the Civil War until the present day. Topics covered include The
Emancipation Proclamation, Abolition, Sharecropping, Civil Rights, Jim Crow
Laws, the rise of the Klu Klux Klan, and the continuing hope for future
improvement in racial relations. BTH-5107. $8.96-D
The Revolution in Industry: Machines that Changed the World
by Darren Sechrist. Crabtree, 2009. This book covers the development of
technology from people powered boats and agriculture to our modern day sources
of power. People power progresses to using animals in agriculture and
transportation, on to wind and water power to grind grain, sail ships, and saw
lumber. A major breakthrough in technology came with the invention of the steam
engine, which led to steam trains. Then the internal combustion engine made the
automobile and the first aviation possible. Aviation advances included jet
engines and rockets. Finally scientists were able to harness nuclear power
for submarines and spacecraft. BTH-5108. $8.96-D
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