During the U.S. Civil War, a condemned man has many thoughts as he stands on a bridge, awaiting hanging.

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

"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...

The 125 events illustrate many of the happenings that have transformed America since 1900. Each event marks a milestone of change in realms such as science and technology, government, the nation's role in the world, the economy, the women's movement, or civil rights.

Describes the conditions and treatment that drove workers, including many children, to various strikes, from the mill workers strikes in 1828 and 1836 and the coal strikes at the turn of the century to the work of Mother Jones on behalf of child workers. "By the early 1900s, nearly two million children were working in the United States. From the coal mines of Pennsylvania to the cotton mills of New England, children worked long hours every day under...