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Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the journey of the Donner Party which, in 1846, sought to travel from Independence, Missouri, to California but took an untried shortcut that trapped them in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a terrible winter.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Though the automated assembly line seems the most logical and natural of ideas, its development took place over a long period of time. It would take Henry Ford and his dream of building an affordable Model T automobile to put all the pieces together. In doing so, Ford changed the world forever. The invention impacted prices, wages and demand; labor unions; and even popular culture. In The Invention of the Moving Assembly Line, learn how one simple...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Describes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means for secure communications among American forces in the Pacific during World War II." --
"On February 23, 1945, U.S. Marines claimed victory in the battle of Iwo Jima, one of the most important battles in the Pacific islands during World War II. Instrumental to this defeat of Japanese forces was a group of specialized...
97) Industrialism
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Encyclopedic entries cover the prominent people and events of the period of dramatic industrial growth in the United States.
100) Progressivism
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Alphabetic entries discuss key themes, events and people of the Progressive era and how its reforms affected and changed the United States.
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