Time Period 1865 - 1920 The Advent of Modern America

With its power to reach through the atmosphere, radio seemed like some sort of magic to the people who first experienced it during the early part of the 20th century. This anthology focuses on the experiences of some of the people who were directly involved in the invention, development, and heyday of broadcast radio. How was this new medium to be handled? What government controls would be involved? How could radio best serve the public interest? Also included, along with these topics, are some of the earliest advertising campaigns, transcripts of famous broadcasts of war news, sportscasts, entertainment, and more.

ISBN: 1-878668-85-4      Price: $7.95      Pages: 68     

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The spirit of invention pervaded 19th century America. From Fulton's steamboat, to factory assembly lines, to Edison's motion picture machine, Americans marveled at the new technology. Historian and author David C. King highlights many of the masterminds of the century through his own commentary and with excerpts from primary source documents. The book touches on Whitney, Colt, Fulton, Morse, Otis, Deere, McCormick, Swift, Armour, Borden, Bell, Edison, Westinghouse, Eastman, Ford, Pullman, and several women and African Americans of both genders whose contributions were often not acknowledged.

ISBN: 1-878668-64-1      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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A brief overview of early flight in America -- through photos, letters, magazine articles, and journals of the men and women who enabled America to "take wing." In Chapter One you'll meet "The Dreamers" -- Ben Franklin, Octave Chanute, Simon Newcomb, and Otto Lilienthal. The next section introduces the reader to the "Successes and Misses" of Gustave Whitehead, the Wright brothers, Israel Ludlow, and others. History has recorded the prominent role of airpower and rapid innovations in aviation before and during World War I, and, in the chapter entitled "The Dream Realized," the editors have excerpted accounts of Lawrence Sperry, Charles A. Lindbergh, and Amelia Earhart

ISBN: 1-57960-050-6      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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Children have always worked to help their families -- on farms, and in the home. With the growth of factory labor and the increasing number of immigrants coming to the U.S., the role of the child in the American labor force became increasingly prevalent and threatening to the health and well-being of children as young as six. This volume tells the story of child labor from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the present. Excerpts from some of the experiences of the children, their bosses, the development of new labor laws, and the efforts of some of the best known "Child-savers," such as Jane Addams and Mother Jones. Their story is enhanced with words and photos from Lewis W. Hine and Jacob Riis.

ISBN: 1-878668-98-6      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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A brief history of working conditions experienced by the young people of our country, with a focus on the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Recollections, photos, and commentary from social reformers, mill girls, canallers, "newsies," child stars, and others are included.

ISBN: 1-57960-065-4      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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An opportunity to "meet" Russian, Lithuanian, Italian, Greek, Swedish, and Irish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island around the turn of the century. Excerpts from the diaries and letters of young people and adults are enhanced with historic photographs and poetry, to present a variety of primary source materials. Secondary source essays by contemporary historians Katharine Emsden and Dale Steiner give a broad view of the period.

ISBN: 1-878668-23-4      Price: $7.95      Pages: 63     

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A delightful introduction to Henry David Thoreau, as told in the words of a Concord boy, Will Crawford. When Thoreau comes by on his moving day to Walden Pond, he enlists the boy's help in getting his few belongings to the cabin. In the course of their conversations and activities, Will comes to understand Thoreau's search for independence from material possessions and his respect for nature.

ISBN: 978-1-57960-039-5      Price: $5.95      Pages: 32     

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This collection of journals, news clips, historic photos, poems, songs, essays, and political cartoons highlights the woman's suffrage movement in the United States. From the early days of Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony, to Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Cart, the women who led the movement are profiled through their writing, speeches, and actions. Contemporary historian Madeleine Meyers introduces the movement in her Foreword, and ties the excerpted articles together with brief comments throughout the text.

ISBN: 1-878668-25-0      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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From Hoover's early warnings to the end of the Great Depression, this volume concentrates on the challenges the average citizen faced in his daily life, with the strong determination to keep his family and home together. Letters, journals, eyewitness accounts, songs, jokes, excerpts from The Grapes of Wrath, and photographs bring this remarkable chapter in America's history to life.

ISBN: 1-57960-067-0      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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Personal memoirs and photos relating to Ellis Island, the Port of Galveston, and Angel Island about immigration from the mid-1800s to the early years of the 20th century. Excerpts include the accounts of Russian Jews, Irish, Greeks, Italians, Chinese, Swedes, and Lithuanians. Historic photos from Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine and others are included, as well as poetry, songs, and graphs.

ISBN: 1-57960-073-5      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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Quaker teacher, minister, abolitionist, and leader of the Pennsylvania Peace Society, who was instrumental in the women's rights movement. Beautiful full color illustration by Leslie Carow Ossoff. Ages eight to twelve. Foreword by Rosalyn Carter.

ISBN: 1-57960-040-9      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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The Great Migration had a profound impact on the history of the United States in the twentieth century. Between 1910 and 1970, six and one half million African-Americans migrated from the South to northern cities, pushed by the hardships of their rural homelands and pulled by the job and educational opportunities of the urban North. This anthology introduces their story through letters, essays, government documents, photos, literature from the period, and news accounts of the participants: the migrants, their northern employers, the labor unions, news reporters, and leaders of the black community.

ISBN: 1-57960-004-2      Price: $7.95      Pages: 68     

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The migration of over six million Southern blacks to the Northeast and Midwest had a tremendous impact on life in the U. S. They were soon confronted by a whole new set of problems and challenges in the North. The philosophies of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Marcus Garvey are presented, along with excerpts from writers Zora Neale Hurston, Jessie Fauset, Langston Hughes, and more.

ISBN: 1-57960-068-9      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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This anthology includes several of the orphans’ letters, memoirs, agents’ first-hand accounts of the “placing out” system, ads for finding homes for the children, indenture and adoption papers, and a section of document based questions for students.

ISBN: 1-57960-084-0      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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