(3) YA Miller explores Lee's life and times in this accessible and thorough biography for middle- and high-school students. Moving beyond the myths (both positive and negative) associated with Lee, Miller examines and unpacks his complicated and tumultuous family history and fills in details about his life before and after the Civil War. Black-and-white archival images help provide a sense of time and place. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

(3) YA Women of Action series. This collective biography has revised and expanded on material originally published as Good Women of a Well-Blessed Land. With numerous quotes from primary sources, this dense but engaging treatise on the lives of women (including black and Native American women) in colonial America focuses on women's everyday lives and on societal attitudes about women. Reproductions of period art portray women performing various tasks. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(3) 4-6 Touching on both everyday life and important events before, during, and after the Revolutionary War, this well-written history provides general information, but more interesting are the quotes from King George, governors, and lay people who played pivotal roles. The book is amply illustrated with period illustrations, maps, and reproductions of documents. Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman

(3) 4-6 People's History series. Thoroughly researched, with numerous quotes from primary sources to add immediacy, this dense but highly readable treatise on the lives of women (including black and Native American women) in colonial America focuses on women's everyday lives and on societal attitudes about women. Sepia-toned reproductions of historical art portray women performing various tasks. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) 4-6 Our America series. This series gives an overview of life for young Americans from the seventeenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. Using primary sources when available, the authors include material from diaries, letters, interviews, and oral histories. Each book includes archival photographs and drawings, sidebars, source notes, and activities. Although somewhat cursory, this historical survey should prove useful for report writers. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these Our America titles: Growing Up in the Civil War, Growing Up in a New Century, Growing Up in Pioneer America, Growing Up in World War II, Growing Up in a New World, Growing up in a Revolution and the New Nation, and Growing up in the Great Depression.]

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) 4-6 Our America series. This series gives an overview of life for young Americans from the seventeenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. Using primary sources when available, the authors include material from diaries, letters, interviews, and oral histories. Each book includes archival photographs and drawings, sidebars, source notes, and activities. Although somewhat cursory, this historical survey should prove useful for report writers. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these Our America titles: Growing Up in the Civil War, Growing Up in a New Century, Growing Up in Pioneer America, Growing Up in World War II, Growing Up in a New World, Growing up in a Revolution and the New Nation, and Growing up in the Great Depression.]

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(3) YA Miller presents a fact-packed history of American dress, focusing not only on the details of men's, women's, and children's clothing and accessories, but the social changes and technological advances that led to shifts in fashions throughout four centuries. Sepia-toned historical photographs and drawings provide abundant examples of the fashions described. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Jackie C. Horne