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YOUNG READERS’ AMERICAN HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY

Alter, Robert. HEROES IN BLUE AND GRAY. Whitman Publishing 1965. Hardcover. Twelve Real Life Stories. NOT ex-lib. Good, pages tanned. $3.50.

America Goes to War Series. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, by Kerry A. Graves. Capstone Books 2001. Hardcover. Ill. with period prints and photos. Includes timeline. 48 pp. 0736805834. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.

Brenner, Barbara. IF YOU WERE THERE IN 1492. Bradbury Press 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with reproductions of woodcuts, maps and period paintings. 106 pp. 0027123219. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.

Brown Paper School. USKIDS HISTORY: BOOK OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES, by Howard Egger-Bovet and Marlene Smith-Baranzini. Little, Brown & Co. 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Discover your history through stories, games, and activities. 95 pp. 4to. 0316222011. Ex-lib. Very Good. $7.50.

Buehr, Walter F. 1812 THE WAR AND THE WORLD. Rand McNally 1967 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-page and ¾-page illustrations by the author. Translates fact into a suspense story and places the events of the war in a broad historical context. 96 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Grades 4-10. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.

Buehr, Walter. WESTWARD WITH AMERICAN EXPLORERS. Putnam’s 1963. Hardcover. 90 pp. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.

Busby, Peter. FIRST TO FLY, How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. Full-page paintings by David Craig. Folio. 31 pp. 1895892279. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.

Chester, Michael. FIRST WAGONS TO CALIFORNIA. G. P. Putnam’s 1965. Ex-lib. G-. $2.

Christian Liberty Press. AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS, by Caroline Emerson. SOFTCOVER 1995. Each story told from the perspective of a young American. Shows how God’s gifts of faith, courage, and determination transformed pioneers into patriots. Heart of Dakota Curriculum. 1930092903. Very Good. $7.50.

Cole, Trevor. WAGONS HO! Whitman Publishing 1961. Color ill. by Robert Doremus. Eight stories of courage and hardship in the lives of the men who “won the West.” 92 pp. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.

Coombs, Charles. PROJECT APOLL0, Mission to the Moon. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1968. Ill. with photos. Good. $1.50.

Cornerstones of Freedom. Children’s Press. Pictorial hardcovers. Illustrated. App. 39 pp. VG+ - Fine. The Story Of: CLARA BARTON, by Zachary Kent. 1987. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.

THE CONSTITUTION, by Marilyn Prolman. 1969, 1995. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 2-6. Fine. $2.

THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION, by R. Conrad Stein. 1978. Truthquest Age of Revolution II, grades 1-4. Near-Fine. $2.50.

MONTICELLO, by Norman Richards. 1970. Fine. $2.

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, by R. Conrad Stein. 1979. Fine. $2.

THE NEW ENGLAND WHALERS, by R. Conrad Stein. 1982. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 2-6. Fine. $2.

THE LITTLE BIGHORN, by R. Conrad Stein. 1983. Fine. $2.

THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, by R. Conrad Stein. Children’s Press SOFTCOVER 1984. 0516446673. Near-Fine. $2.

WOUNDED KNEE, by R. Conrad Stein. 1983. Fine. $2.

THE PILGRIMS, by R. Conrad Stein. 1995 SOFTCOVER. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-7. Ex-lib. Good. $1.50.

THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN, by R.Conrad Stein. 1997. Ex-lib. Fine. $2.

DeLage, Ida. PILGRIM CHILDREN ON THE MAYFLOWER. Garrard Publishing 1980. Hardcover. A For Real Book. Color illustrations by Bert Dodson. Easy Reader. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.

Dicerto, Joseph J. THE PONY EXPRESS, Hoofbeats in the Wilderness. Franklin Watts 1989. Hardcover. Ill. with museum prints and photos. 64 pp. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.

Dines, Glen. END O’ STEEL, Men and Rails Across a Wilderness. Maacmillan 1963 FE. For elementary grades, the story of building this country’s railroads. 46 pp., illustrations by Dick Moore every page. Ex-lib. VG. $2.

Eyes on America. GREAT EVENTS. Kids Books, Inc. 1999 SOFTCOVER. Profusely ill., little text. 30 pp. 1561567124. Fine. $2.

Eyes on America. FAMOUS PRESIDENTS, by Philip Koslow. Kids Books, Inc. 1999 SOFTCOVER. Profusely ill., little text. 30 pp. 1561567094. Fine. $2.50.

Fisher, Leonard Everett. THE SPORTS. Nineteenth Century America. Holiday House 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Fisher. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.

Fisher, Margaret and Fowler, Mary Jane. COLONIAL AMERICA. The Fideler Co. 1960. Authors write about colonial life in a vivid, interesting style with photos and period prints. 4to. 124 pp. Ex-lib. G. $3.

Fritz, Jean. BRENDAN THE NAVIGATOR, A History Mystery About the Discovery of America. Penguin Putnam SOFTCOVER 1979. 069811759x. As-New. $3.

Fritz, Jean. SHH! WE’RE WRITING THE CONSTITUTION. G. P. Putnam’s SOFTCOVER 1987. Ill. Tomie dePaola. Truthquest Age of Revolution 1, Grades 2-6. NOT ex-lib. Good. $2.50.

Fritz, Jean. WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS? G. P. Putnam’s 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. Living books. Ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Very Good. $5.

Frontiers of America. PIONEER TRADERS, by Edith McCall. Children’s Press 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest. Out-of-print. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.

Frontiers of America. WAGONS OVER THE MOUNTAINS, by Edith McCall. Children’s Press 1961. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Cover wear. Good. $2.50.

Giblin, James Cross. FIREWORKS, PICNICS, AND FLAGS. Clarion Books 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. The story of the Fourth of July symbols. Ill. by Ursula Arndt. 90 pp. 0899191460. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.

Ginn & Co. HEROES HEROINES AND HOLIDAYS, by Eleanor Thomas and Mary Kelty. Ginn & Co. 1947. Hardcover. Short stories of our country’s history and heroes for mid-elementary grades. 246 pp. Good-, cover wear, clean. $3.50.

Green, Michael and Gladys. THE U.S. NAVY SEALS AT WAR, On the Front Lines. Capstone High-Interest Books 2004. Easy History. 31 pp. with photos. Fine. $2.50.

Gross, Ruth Belov. . . .IF YOU GREW UP WITH GEORGE WASHINGMTON. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1982, 1993. 0590451553. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Kamma, Anne. . . .IF YOU LIVED WITH THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. 0439260779. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name in black marker. $2.50.

Kamma, Anne. IF YOU WERE AT. . .THE FIRST THANKSGIVING. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2001. 0439105668. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Landmark Books. LIBERTY! HOW THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN, by Lucille Recht Penner. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1998, 2003. Color illustrations every page by David Wenzel. For grades 2 and up. 41 pp. NOT ex-lib. 0439334241. Fine. $3.

Landmark Books. THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH, by Lucille Recht Penner. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1996, 2002. Color illustrations every page by S. D. Schindler. For grades 2 and up. 41 pp. NOT ex-lib. 0439405785. Fine. $3.

Levine, Ellen. . . .IF YOU LIVED WITH THE IROQUOIS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1998. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 2-7. NOT ex-lib. 0590674455. Very Good. $2.50.

Levine, Ellen. . . .IF YOU TRAVELED WEST IN A COVERED WAGON. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1986. 1992. Age of Revolution II grades 1-4. 0590451588. Fine. $2.50.

Lowitz, Sadyebeth & Anson. THE CRUISE OF MR. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Lerner Publications 1968. Hardcover. Living History. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $2.50.

Maestro, Betsy and Giulio. THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER. Square 4to. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 2-5. 0590465155. Fine. $2.50.

Maestro, Betsy & Giulio. THE STORY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. Mulberry Books SOFTCOVER 1986, 1989. 0688087469. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.

McGovern, Ann. . .IF YOU GREW UP WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1966, 1992. Truthquest Age of Revolution II, grades 1-4. Very Good. $2.50.

McGovern, Ann. . . .IF YOU SAILED ON THE MAYFLOWER IN 1620. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1969, 1991. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 2-5. 0590451618. Fine. $2.50.

Monjo, F. N. THE ONE BAD THING ABOUT FATHER. Harper & Row I Can Read History 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. Quentin and Archie cannot understand why their father, Theodore Roosevelt, chose to be president when he could have been a hunter, a cowboy, or a boxer. Historical fiction. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.50.

Morris, Richard B. THE CONSTITUTION, American History Topic Books. Lerner Publications 1985. Hardcover. Ill. Leonard Everett Fisher. 0822517027. Ex-lib. G. $2.

Provensen, Alice. MY FELLOW AMERICANS, A Family Album. Browndeer Press 1995, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Provensen. Album filled with the words and deeds of our fellow Americans, showing us some of the thousands of men and women whose personalities have influenced our lives today, with more illustrations than text. 61 pp. Folio. 0152766421. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.

Pumphrey, Margaret. STORIES OF THE PILGRIMS, Revised and Edited by Michael J. McHugh. Christian Liberty Press SOFTCOVER 1991. Heart of Dakota Curriculum. 1930092369. Fine. $5.

Roop, Peter and Connie. . . .IF YOU LIVED WITH THE CHEROKEE. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1998. Truthquest Age of Revolution grades 2-6. NOT ex-lib. 059095606x. Fine. $2.50.

Rounds, Glen. SOD HOUSES ON THE GREAT PLAINS. Holiday House 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Rounds. Pre-school – early elementary. 0823411621. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.

H Rounds, Glen. THE TREELESS PLAINS. Holiday House 1967. Entertainingly written and illustrated history of the American Plains. Ex-lib. VG. $3.50.

Sabin, Francene. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Troll Associates SOFTCOVER 1985. 30 pp, illustrated in color. Very Good. $1.50.

Scott, Ann Herbert. COWBOY COUNTRY. Clarion Books 1993. SOFTCOVER. Ill. Ted Lewin. An “old buckaroo” tells how he became a cowboy, what life was like in the past, and how it has changed. 0395764823. Very Good, cover creased. $2.50.

Spence, David & Susan. THE HISTORY OF SHIPWRECKS. Barrons SOFTCOVER. A look at many of the world’s shipwrecks, from the mighty Spanish galleons and their hoards of treasure to Modern-day disasters and why they occur. 31 illustrated pages. 0764106465. Near-Fine. $2.

Step-Up Books. THE STORY OF FLIGHT, by Mary Lee Settle. Random House 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. $2.50.

Wise, William. LEADERS, LAWS, AND CITIZENS, The Story of Democracy and Government. Parents’ Magazine Press 1972. Hardcover. Ill. every page by Mila Lazarevich. 62 pp. Lower elementary. VG. $4.

See also YOUNG READERS’ WORLD HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY .