(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Kent discusses the social, political, and religious environment that fueled the events leading to the Salem witchcraft trials. Concluding chapters explore the aftermath and the potential for history to repeat itself. Primary sources and sidebars add valuable perspective. Stock photos and drawings illustrate the text. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Archival photographs, maps, and sidebars combine with dry but informative texts to provide introductions to voting rights or prohibition. Highlighting key events and figures, these titles portray the historical periods, the movements' successes and failures, and their lasting impacts. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these America's Living History titles: Women Win the Vote and Teetotalers and Saloon Smashers.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Archival photographs, maps, and sidebars combine with dry but informative texts to provide introductions to voting rights or prohibition. Highlighting key events and figures, these titles portray the historical periods, the movements' successes and failures, and their lasting impacts. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these America's Living History titles: Women Win the Vote and Teetotalers and Saloon Smashers.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Beginning with Apollo 11's lunar landing, this accessible title presents key figures, scientific advances, and political history that fueled space exploration. The straightforward text describes NASA's founding in 1958 and the failures, setbacks, and successes that led to man walking on the moon and the eventual collaboration between the U.S. and Russia. Archival photographs and sidebars provide additional information. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. This thorough discussion of Native American life prior to Columbus's arrival combines theories of archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and scientists to provide an engaging portrayal of the daily experiences of regional tribes. Based mostly on archaeological discoveries, the accessible text is supported by archival photographs, maps, and sidebars. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Opening with the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba, this engaging account provides a thorough discussion of events leading up to the thirteen days in history when the United States and the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of nuclear war. Archival photographs, maps, sidebars, and many primary sources effectively depict key figures, political posturing, and the nation's anxiety. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Archival photographs, reproductions, maps, and sidebars combine with vivid texts to provide comprehensive introductions to the featured historical event or movement. Highlighting key figures and focusing on the human experience, these engaging volumes vividly bring their time periods to life. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these America's Living History titles: Alamo and The Harlem Renaissance.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) 4-6 America's Living History series. Archival photographs, reproductions, maps, and sidebars combine with vivid texts to provide comprehensive introductions to the featured historical event or movement. Highlighting key figures and focusing on the human experience, these engaging volumes vividly bring their time periods to life. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these America's Living History titles: Alamo and The Harlem Renaissance.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale