Frank Carlson Library

Describes the causes and the events of the Spanish-American War and how it led to the involvement of the United States in the Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion.

Tells the story of the convention, including events that led up to the First Continental Congress.

What was it like to live in the 13 colonies? Read about day-to-day activities, holidays, celebrations, customs, education, politics and religion.

Tells the story of the convention including events that led up to the Second Continental Congress.

Using in-depth narrative, this book includes background information, what caused the Declaration of Independence and who participated.

What was it like to live in the 13 colonies? Read about day-to-day activities, holidays, celebrations, customs, education, politics and religion.

Will the colonies lose everything they fought for? Confronted with economic collapse and near anarchy, who can save the union? Will freedom be just a new tyranny? Three destitute young men must find their fortunes amidst squabbling colonies that can't determine how to govern. They can barely feed and clothe themselves, with no money to be found anywhere, in addition to having to face bad weather, epidemics, thieves, and cut-throats, confronting...

Three young men, one American, one French, and one English, struggle to find the right direction for their friendship and their futures amidst the chaos of the revolutionary world in which the American republic is trying to birth itself. Lewis, Gilly, and Crispin head across the Atlantic toward their futures together, but are separated by the desire and compulsion each has to find himself, support his country, and be at peace with his conscience....