Browse by category
Braddock's Defeat : The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution by David L. Preston
Category: History | Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Raymond Arsenault
Category: History | Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
They were black and white, young and old, men and women. In the spring and summer of 1961, they put their lives on the line, riding buses through the American South to challenge segregation in interstate transport. Their story is one of the most celebrated episodes of the civil rights movement, yet a fu ...Show more
Great Sea Stories by Joseph Cummins
Category: Military | Series: Moments in History
Great Sea Stories recounts epic tales of the victims of shipwreck, mutiny and marooning, through history and around the globe, and includes stories of cannibalism, madness and desperate fights for survival. And behind every tale of tragedy or triumph lies the eternal mystery and majesty of the merciless ...Show more
Lincoln's Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction and the Crisis of Reunion by Louis P. Masur
Category: History | Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
On April 11, 1865, Abraham Lincoln gave his final speech to thousands gathered in the rain outside the executive mansion in Washington, D.C. Coming two days after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and a week after the fall of Richmond, the crowd expected a victory oration. Instead, they heard the ...Show more
Saving Nelson Mandela : The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa by Kenneth S. Broun
Category: History | Series: Pivotal Moments in World History
When South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow in 1963, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But the support he and his fellow activists in the African National Congress received during his trial not only saved his life, but also enabled ...Show more
The Battle of Midway by Craig L. Symonds
Category: History | Series: Pivotal Moments in American History Ser.
There are few moments in military history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4, 1942, a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the Pacific. By sunset, their vaunted carrier force (the Kido Butai) had been sunk by American planes. Thoug ...Show more
The East India Company, 1600-1858 - A Short History with Documents by Ian J. Barrow
Category: History | Series: Passages: Key Moments in History Ser.
In existence for 258 years, the English East India Company ran a complex, highly integrated global trading network. It supplied the tea for the Boston Tea Party, the cotton textiles used to purchase slaves in Africa, and the opium for China's nineteenth-century addiction. In India it expanded from a few ...Show more
1 - 7 of 7