(4) 4-6 Great Journeys Across Earth series. Each series volume details a historically important expedition. The circumstances leading up to the journey as well as the aftermath are also discussed. Also included is information about who accompanied the explorers and the experiences they all had. Numerous sidebars, maps, and illustrations provide additional information (though the crowded pages divide attention). Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Great Journeys across Earth titles: Captain Cook's Pacific Explorations, Burton and Speke's Source of the Nile Quest, Amundsen and Scott's Race to the South Pole, Hillary and Norgay's Mount Everest Adventure, Lewis and Clark's Continental Journey, Magellan's Voyage around the World, and Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(4) 4-6 Great Journeys Across Earth series. Each series volume details a historically important expedition. The circumstances leading up to the journey as well as the aftermath are also discussed. Also included is information about who accompanied the explorers and the experiences they all had. Numerous sidebars, maps, and illustrations provide additional information (though the crowded pages divide attention). Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Great Journeys across Earth titles: Captain Cook's Pacific Explorations, Burton and Speke's Source of the Nile Quest, Amundsen and Scott's Race to the South Pole, Hillary and Norgay's Mount Everest Adventure, Lewis and Clark's Continental Journey, Magellan's Voyage around the World, and Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(4) 4-6 Great Journeys Across Earth series. Each series volume details a historically important expedition. The circumstances leading up to the journey as well as the aftermath are also discussed. Also included is information about who accompanied the explorers and the experiences they all had. Numerous sidebars, maps, and illustrations provide additional information (though the crowded pages divide attention). Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Great Journeys across Earth titles: Captain Cook's Pacific Explorations, Burton and Speke's Source of the Nile Quest, Amundsen and Scott's Race to the South Pole, Hillary and Norgay's Mount Everest Adventure, Lewis and Clark's Continental Journey, Magellan's Voyage around the World, and Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(4) 4-6 Great Journeys Across Earth series. Each series volume details a historically important expedition. The circumstances leading up to the journey as well as the aftermath are also discussed. Also included is information about who accompanied the explorers and the experiences they all had. Numerous sidebars, maps, and illustrations provide additional information (though the crowded pages divide attention). Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Great Journeys across Earth titles: Captain Cook's Pacific Explorations, Burton and Speke's Source of the Nile Quest, Amundsen and Scott's Race to the South Pole, Hillary and Norgay's Mount Everest Adventure, Lewis and Clark's Continental Journey, Magellan's Voyage around the World, and Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(4) 4-6 Great Journeys Across Earth series. Each series volume details a historically important expedition. The circumstances leading up to the journey as well as the aftermath are also discussed. Also included is information about who accompanied the explorers and the experiences they all had. Numerous sidebars, maps, and illustrations provide additional information (though the crowded pages divide attention). Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Great Journeys across Earth titles: Captain Cook's Pacific Explorations, Burton and Speke's Source of the Nile Quest, Amundsen and Scott's Race to the South Pole, Hillary and Norgay's Mount Everest Adventure, Lewis and Clark's Continental Journey, Magellan's Voyage around the World, and Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(4) 4-6 Great Journeys Across Earth series. Each series volume details a historically important expedition. The circumstances leading up to the journey as well as the aftermath are also discussed. Also included is information about who accompanied the explorers and the experiences they all had. Numerous sidebars, maps, and illustrations provide additional information (though the crowded pages divide attention). Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Great Journeys across Earth titles: Captain Cook's Pacific Explorations, Burton and Speke's Source of the Nile Quest, Amundsen and Scott's Race to the South Pole, Hillary and Norgay's Mount Everest Adventure, Lewis and Clark's Continental Journey, Magellan's Voyage around the World, and Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(4) 4-6 Great Journeys Across Earth series. Each series volume details a historically important expedition. The circumstances leading up to the journey as well as the aftermath are also discussed. Also included is information about who accompanied the explorers and the experiences they all had. Numerous sidebars, maps, and illustrations provide additional information (though the crowded pages divide attention). Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Great Journeys across Earth titles: Captain Cook's Pacific Explorations, Burton and Speke's Source of the Nile Quest, Amundsen and Scott's Race to the South Pole, Hillary and Norgay's Mount Everest Adventure, Lewis and Clark's Continental Journey, Magellan's Voyage around the World, and Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Beginning with an account of how the potato famine affected life in Ireland, this volume describes the major wave of immigration that brought a million of that country's citizens to North America between 1845 and 1851. The clear text describes the dangers of the Atlantic crossing and the challenges the immigrants faced in the New World. Black-and-white historical reproductions enhance the book. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Golden Mountain examines the brutal labor conditions and racism suffered by the Chinese immigrants who helped build the transcontinental railroad; Barbed Wire discusses the injustices experienced by Japanese Americans interned during World War II. These clearly written series books blend history with intriguing anecdotal material and feature plentiful black-and-white photos and reproductions. Bib., ind. [Review covers these Great Journeys titles: Behind Barbed Wire, and To the Golden Mountain.]

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Golden Mountain examines the brutal labor conditions and racism suffered by the Chinese immigrants who helped build the transcontinental railroad; Barbed Wire discusses the injustices experienced by Japanese Americans interned during World War II. These clearly written series books blend history with intriguing anecdotal material and feature plentiful black-and-white photos and reproductions. Bib., ind. [Review covers these Great Journeys titles: Behind Barbed Wire, and To the Golden Mountain.]

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. The 1838-39 forced relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma is related in a clearly written text. Personal narratives from both government officials and Native people are woven throughout the book, offering opposing perspectives on this major event in American history. Archival images and maps add interest. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Freedom's Star uses the stories of two escaped slaves, Harriet Jacobs and John P. Parker, as focal points in relating the history of the Underground Railroad. Border presents a broad picture of Mexican-American life from sixteenth-century Spanish exploration to the present. Both clearly written volumes in this series are accompanied by black-and-white reproductions and photos. Bib., ind. [Review covers these Great Journeys titles: Following Freedom's Star and North Across the Border.]

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Focusing on the wave of European immigration that lasted from 1820–1920, this book chiefly covers immigration trends--explaining why people immigrated, where in the U.S. they settled, and what hardships they encountered. Illustrated with black-and-white archival images, the book includes well-chosen anecdotes and an account describing the experiences of Meltzer's grandfather as he traveled to America in steerage. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Freedom's Star uses the stories of two escaped slaves, Harriet Jacobs and John P. Parker, as focal points in relating the history of the Underground Railroad. Border presents a broad picture of Mexican-American life from sixteenth-century Spanish exploration to the present. Both clearly written volumes in this series are accompanied by black-and-white reproductions and photos. Bib., ind. [Review covers these Great Journeys titles: Following Freedom's Star and North Across the Border.]

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Four history-making migrations are documented through narrative text, testimony (song lyrics, verse, letters, diary entries), and a wealth of black-and-white images (maps, drawings, paintings, photos). These primers place particular emphasis on the humanity of both subject (in Darkness, two individuals are tracked over fifty years) and reader ("What do you feel when you see this picture?" asks one caption). Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Four history-making migrations are documented through narrative text, testimony (song lyrics, verse, letters, diary entries), and a wealth of black-and-white images (maps, drawings, paintings, photos). These primers place particular emphasis on the humanity of both subject (in Darkness, two individuals are tracked over fifty years) and reader ("What do you feel when you see this picture?" asks one caption). Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Four history-making migrations are documented through narrative text, testimony (song lyrics, verse, letters, diary entries), and a wealth of black-and-white images (maps, drawings, paintings, photos). These primers place particular emphasis on the humanity of both subject (in Darkness, two individuals are tracked over fifty years) and reader ("What do you feel when you see this picture?" asks one caption). Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) 4-6 Great Journeys series. Four history-making migrations are documented through narrative text, testimony (song lyrics, verse, letters, diary entries), and a wealth of black-and-white images (maps, drawings, paintings, photos). These primers place particular emphasis on the humanity of both subject (in Darkness, two individuals are tracked over fifty years) and reader ("What do you feel when you see this picture?" asks one caption). Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram