Henry Carter Hull

Examines the many political, social, scientific, and technological advances that impacted the development of Edwardian Britain and the rest of the world.

In 1934, hundreds of jobless World War I veterans were sent to the remote Florida Keys to build a highway from Miami to Key West. The Roosevelt Administration was making a genuine effort to help these down-and-out vets, many of whom suffered from what is known today as post-traumatic stress disorder. But the attempt to help them turned into a tragedy. The supervisors in charge of the veterans misunderstood the danger posed by hurricanes in the low-lying...

Offers detailed descriptions and expert analysis of important 20th century events in America. Events are introduced in essays, followed by interpretations that place the events into a broader context, and include annotated bibliographies, photos, glossary, and a timeline.

Describes the things African American women did to help their country during World War II.

Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

In the sixties, as the nation anticipated the conquest of space, the defeat of poverty, and an end to injustice at home and abroad, no goal seemed beyond America's reach. Then the seventies arrived-bringing oil shocks and gas lines, the disgrace and resignation of a president, defeat in Vietnam, terrorism at the 1972 Munich Olympics, urban squalor, bizarre crimes, high prices, and a bad economy. The country fell into a great funk. But when things...

"The March and April storm of 1913 was the largest the United States had ever seen. This book presents the stories of key people in Dayton, Ohio, the city that became the symbol of this disaster"--Provided by publisher.

Surveys the history of Iran from ancient times through the end of the twentieth century, focusing on political events with a concentration on the modern period; and includes a time line, and a list of notable people.

In 1926, during Prohibition, Joe Coughlin defies his strict law-and-order upbringing by climbing a ladder of organized crime that takes him from Boston to Cuba where he encounters a dangerous cast of characters who are all fighting for their piece of the American dream.

"A collection of nonfiction essays featuring a story about the author's sister, Nora Ephron"--