Frank Carlson Library

"America needed its great war of brothers," wrote Bruce Catton, "to weld in a terrible fire what had been and what might be. The story of the war needs retelling because it helped to change the future of the human race." For a person seeking a single volume to serve as a captivating introduction and a dependable guide through all the maze of battles and issues of the Civil War, this is a book without parallel. Catton understood the Civil War, its...

This traces the growing conflict that inexorably set the American colonies on the road to independence, but it is above all a spirited chronicle of the war itself, its military campaigns and strategies

An account of the black soldiers, sailors, spies, scouts, guides, and wagoners who participated and sacrificed in the struggle for American independence.

"One Last Word is the work of a master poet." - Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Crossover From the New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes an emotional, special new collection of poetry inspired by the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most exciting African-American illustrators. Inspired by the writers of the Harlem Renaissance, bestselling...

Born in the heart of Kentucky, Ty Mattson never knew his parents. His mother died in childbirth while his father fought in the Mexican War. For seventeen years, Ty never knew why his father didn't return. But when he receives news that his father is alive -- in the forces of General John Morgan -- Ty sets off to join him and Morgan's Raiders. When the bullets of a Confederate assassin divide father and son again, Ty Mattson must do what it takes to...

Contents: Viet Minh's Victory, Containing Communism, Undeclared War, Search and Destroy, Tet Offensive, Vietnamization, Air War, Peace with Honor, Final Collapse

A detailed look into the presidency and a short biography of each former president of the United States of America.

Describes some of the foods prepared in the various areas of what would become the United States during the colonial period. Includes recipes.