Stories of America

A Matter of Conscience recounts Anne Marbury Hutchinson’s struggle with the Puritan Church over its rigid theocratic control of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, her trial for heresy and sedition, and her banishment from the colony. Anne Hutchinson defends her religious faith against the leaders of the Puritan community in colonial Boston. Put on trial for following her conscious, she faces imprisonment and possible banishment in a contest of wills. Information about the events in this story comes mainly from the transcripts of Anne Hutchinson’s trial and from John Winthrop’s journals and letters. All words shown in quotation marks were actually spoken by the people in the story. Speeches and thoughts not in quotation marks. are paraphrases based on the beliefs, values, thoughts, attitudes, and opinions held by those involved. Joan Kane Nichols is a published author of several young adult and children’s books. Some of her published credits include: A Matter of Conscience: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson (Stories of America), Mary Shelley: Frankenstein’s Creator (Barnard Biography Series) and The Civil War Sisterhood (Scott Foresman Social Studies). Dan Krovatin is a published illustrator of several young adult and children’s books. Some of his published credits include: A Matter of Conscience: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson (Stories of America), Frenchtown Summer (Paperback) and Alien Alert (Ghostwriter). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Coronado’s Golden Quest describes Coronado’s search for gold in the Southwest and his interaction with the Natives residing there. The first Europeans to explore the American Southwest were Spanish conquistadors. These explorers were looking for “gold, God, and glory”. The area was rife with rumors of golden cities filled with riches. After the phenomenal treasures that were discovered in the conquest of the Aztecs, these rumors were eminently believable. The expeditions invariably included a priest or two, looking to convert the indigenous people to a more civilized religion. And finally, they were looking for new lands to claim for the glory of their king and their personal glory. Probably the most famous of these Spanish explorers was Francisco Vásquez de Coronado. Coronado spent a great deal of time and effort in his search for the Seven Cities of Cíbola. Barbara Weisberg is a published poet and the author of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include Coronado’s Golden Quest (Stories of America), Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism and Susan B. Anthony. Michael Eagle is a published author and an illustrator of several children’s books. Some of his published credits include Coronado’s Golden Quest (Stories of America), Nothing Is Impossible, Said Nellie Bly (Real Readers Series: Level Blue), A Flag for Our Country (Stories of America) and Gold Fever (Step Into Reading). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

LA Causa describes the efforts in the 1960s of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to organize migrant workers in California into a union which became the United Farm Workers. This is about the struggle of the migrant farmworkers and the role of their leaders, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, in organizing the United Farm Workers union in the 1960s. The authors spoke with Huerta, and all quotes are as recorded or remembered by the participants. The story is told with immediacy and drama: eyewitness accounts of the harsh working conditions, long hours, poor pay; the struggle to organize a scattered labor force always on the move; strikes and confrontations on the picket lines; and the long march to Sacramento. Influenced by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., Chavez was committed to nonviolence, and the parallels with the civil-rights movement are emphasized. Notes at the end provide further background; there’s a brief bibliography, and several full-page drawings capture the stark confrontation. Dana Catharine de Ruiz is a published author of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: LA Causa: The Migrant Farmworkers’ Story (Stories of America) and To Fly With The Swallows: A Story of Old California (Stories of America). Rudy Gutierrez is a published author and illustrator of children’s books. Some of his published credits include: LA Causa: The Migrant Farmworkers’ Story (Stories of America), Trapped!: Cages of Mind and Body and Malcolm X (Trophy Chapter Books). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

These Lands Are Ours discusses the life of the Shawnee warrior, orator and leader who united a confederacy of Indians in order to save Indian land from the advance of white soldiers and settlers. This biography focuses on Tecumseh’s struggle to enlist support from the tribes against the “Long Knives” and to reclaim the American Indian lands lost in the signing of the unfairly negotiated Fort Wayne Treaty. The defeat of Tecumseh’s followers in the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, and the subsequent destruction of his people’s village, Prophetstown, were setbacks from which Tecumseh barely recovered. Tecumseh was killed while fighting against the Americans in the War of 1812, and with him died his unrealized dream—to unite all American Indian tribes. The afterword explains to young readers the use of dialogue in the biography, and presents the notes documenting details presented in the book. Kate Connell is a published author of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: These Lands Are Ours: Tecumseh’s Fight For The Old Northwest (Stories of America), Tales From The Underground Railroad (Stories of America) and Dust Bowl Days: Hard Times for Farmers (Voices from America’s Past). Jan Naimo Jones is a published author and an illustrator of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: These Lands Are Ours: Tecumseh’s Fight For The Old Northwest (Stories of America), Maker of Machines: A Story About Eli Whitney (Creative Minds Biography) and Grandma, What Is Prayer? (Hardcover Edition) Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Save The Everglades describes the successful efforts of concerned citizens to stop construction of a jetport that would have destroyed the Florida Everglades. Save The Everglades is accurate account of how very different people who all shared a love of nature fought to stop political leaders and real estate developers in Miami, Florida from building what would have been the world’s largest airport, just a few miles from Everglades National Park and within the Big Cypress Swamp, the wildest and richest part of the Florida Everglades. Hunters, alligator poachers, Miccosukee Indians, school children and environmental leaders, Joe Browder and Marjory Stoneman Douglas, started a national campaign that convinced President Nixon of the United States to withdraw federal money and permits for the airport project, and then to buy the Big Cypress and make it part of the Everglades protected by the National Parks System. Judith Bauer Stamper is a published author of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: Save The Everglades (Stories of America), Magic School Bus: The Wild Leaf Ride (Turtleback) and Go, Fractions! (All Aboard Math Reader) Allen Davis is a published author and illustrator of children’s books. Some of his published credits include: Save The Everglades (Stories of America), Peter Pan (Great Illustrated Classics) and Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane (Smithsonian’s Backyard Series). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

We Want Jobs! uses the experiences of an unemployed steel worker and his family in Pittsburgh to describe the events of the economic depression that gripped America from 1929 through 1933. In Pittsburgh, steelworker John Waskowitz and his family were already suffering from the effects of the Great Depression like millions of others in 1929. As factories cut back on work days or closed altogether, many people found themselves jobless. Despair grips the nation. John was so desperate for work that he walked ten miles out of town, only to find factory after factory along his route shut down. Many give up, John, with scores of other unemployed Americans, begins the call for government action. Robert J. Norrell is a published author of several children’s books. Some of his published credits include: We Want Jobs!: A Story of The Great Depression (Stories of America), Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington and Promising Field (Hardcover). John Waskowitz is a published author of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: We Want Jobs!: A Story of The Great Depression (Stories of America), Tales From The Underground Railroad (Stories of America) and Dust Bowl Days: Hard Times For Farmers (Voices from America’s Past). Jan Naimo Jones is a published author and an illustrator of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: We Want Jobs!: A Story of The Great Depression (Stories of America), These Lands Are Ours: Tecumseh’s Fight For The Old Northwest (Stories of America) and Grandma, What Is Prayer? (Hardcover Edition) Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Never Turn Back: Father Serra’s Mission describes the life of the Spanish priest, Father Junípero Serra, who established missions in California in the late eighteenth century and discusses the lack of understanding between him and the Indians he came to convert. In 1769, Father Serra journeys to Alta California to found a Roman Catholic mission among the American Indian people. If successful, it will be the first Spanish settlement in present-day California. Father Serra is an extremely important figure in the development of present-day California. His missions not only served as the centerpiece to the development of Catholicism in California, but also as a key foundation to the growth of metropolitan cities such as San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego. Father Junípero Serra’s legacy still remains along the former El Camino Real (the present-day Highway 101 & San Diego Freeway) in the form of twenty-one missions, nine of which he personally founded and developed. Each mission has its own individual identity, history, and unique traditions. The Mission System was implemented under the guidelines of the Catholic Church and the Spanish government. They were set up to become the primary center of evangelization to Christianize the Native Americans, and also were designed to train the natives to become successful tradespeople in the new Spanish society. Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Days of Courage describes the experiences of the “Little Rock Nine”, the first African American students to begin the integration of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. In 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously declared in a landmark court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, that it was unconstitutional to create separate schools for children on the basis of race. In 1957, the Brown decision affected citizens of Little Rock, Arkansas, when nine African American students chose to attend the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School. For months, the attention of the state, nation, and world were turned to Arkansas and the heroic efforts of nine teenage students and local civil rights leaders as they fought for equality in central Arkansas’ educational system. The desegregation, which officially occurred under federal troop protection on September 25, 1957, set a precedent for many other communities and states to follow. Richard Kelso is a published author and an editor of several children’s books. Some of his published credits include: Days of Courage: The Little Rock Story (Stories of America), Building A Dream: Mary Bethune’s School (Stories of America) and Walking for Freedom: The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Stories of America). Mel Williges is a published author and illustrator of children’s books. Some of his published credits include: Days of Courage: The Little Rock Story (Stories of America) and I Am a Thief (Hardcover). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

A Flag For Our Country explains the story of how the first flag of the United States of America was made and the influence that General George Washington and Betsy Ross had on it. Betsy Ross owned a small shop in Philadelphia for making clothes, which she ran by herself after her husband had died in the war. One day General George Washington came to her store and asked her for a favor; he wanted Betsy Ross to make a new flag to represent the United States of America and it’s freedom. General Washington showed her the design and they worked together to design the new flag. The story continues with the Betsy Ross cutting out the stars and sewing the flag. Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

To Fly With The Swallows is a biography of the woman who became California’s first native-born nun, describing a life that spanned the transitional period from Spanish rule to American statehood. In the early 1800s, California is a quiet outpost of the Spanish Empire in America. It is too quiet for Doña Concha, the teenaged daughter of California’s acting-governor. She longs for the excitement of distant lands. But an unexpected visitor brings romance and a surprising challenge to Concha. In 1806, Concha lived with her family in California where her father was commander of the presidio defending Spain’s New World Empire. Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov arrived from St. Petersburg requesting supplies for his ship. He stayed long enough for Concha and him to want to marry, but Rezanov was not Catholic. He left, as requested, to get the permission of the czar. the King of Spain, and the Pope in Italy. Concha waited, but after five years she received word of his death. She never married but spent her life dedicated to Saint Francis and helping those who needed her. Dana Catharine De Ruiz is a published author of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: To Fly With The Swallows: A Story of Old California (Stories of America) and LA Causa: The Migrant Farmworkers’ Story (Stories of America). Debbe Heller is a published author and an illustrator of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: To Fly With The Swallows: A Story of Old California (Stories of America), Building A Dream: Mary Bethune’s School (Stories of America) and Tales From The Underground Railroad (Stories of America). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

When Justice Failed relates the life and experiences of the Japanese American who defied the order of internment during World War II and took his case as far as the Supreme Court. After the Japanese Navy attacks Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States and Japan are at war. For over one hundred thousand Japanese Americans, the war brings special tragedy. One and all, they are all rounded up by the United States Army and imprisoned in internment camps. Fred Korematsu challenges his arrest and the treatment of Japanese Americans during the war. Fred Korematsu’s case is heard at the US. Supreme Court, and he loses the case. In 1983, evidence that has been suppressed by the government lawyers, was presented in San Francisco Federal Court, and the government had to admit its error in the Supreme Court case. Ultimately, the government apologized and made reparations to all of those internees still alive. Steven A. Chin is a published author of children’s books. Some of his published credits include Dragon Parade: A Chinese New Year Story, When Justice Failed: The Fred Korematsu Story (Stories of America) and The Success of Gordon H. Chong and Associates. David Tamura has contributed to When Justice Failed: The Fred Korematsu Story (Stories of America) as an illustrator. Tseng, who was born and raised in Taiwan, is the only artist living outside China to have received the Golden Globet Award for excellence in Chinese painting from the National Art Association in Taiwan. Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Three Ships For Columbus describes some of the difficulties that Christopher Columbus faced on his first voyage to the New World and what he found at the journey’s end. With a crew of about ninety men, the voyage lasted four weeks and took the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria through dangerous waters. As the days passed, tension mounted in the crew and they threatened to mutiny if Columbus did not turn around and sail home. Nevertheless, Columbus pressed on. Then, on the morning of October 12, 1492, the 70th day of the voyage, a lookout sighted land. Columbus thought this land was the Indies, but in reality it was an island off the cost of the Americas. Eve Spencer is a published author of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include Three Ships For Columbus (Stories of America), A Flag For Our Country (Stories of America) and Animal Babies One, Two, Three (Ready-Set-Read). Thomas Sperling is a published author and an illustrator of several children’s books. Some of his published credits include Three Ships For Columbus (Stories of America), Presidents Day (Holidays & Heroes) and The First Independence Day Celebration (Hardcover). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

All For The Better: A Story of El Barrio is about a young Puerto Rican girl, Evelina Lopez Antonetty, who showed herself over and over again to be a leader. She proved that one person could make a difference. It was her faith in humanity and her love of all people that helped her succeed. She is remembered by people in the South Bronx and throughout the larger Puerto Rican community. During the dark days of the Great Depression, eleven-year-old Evelina Lopez Antonetty leaves Puerto Rico to live with an aunt in New York and encounters prejudice and hardships. With patience and determination, she finds success and learns that one person can make a difference as she adjusts to life in her new home. Nicholasa Mohr is a published author of several young adult and children’s books. Some of her published credits include: All For The Better: A Story of El Barrio (Stories of America), The Dust Bowl Adventures of Patty and Earl Buckler (I Am American) and Yankee Blue or Rebel Gray: The Civil War Adventures of Sam Shaw. Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Walking For Freedom is an illustrated novel that recounts how the Montgomery, Alabama black community organized and participated in the 1955 bus boycott which ended segregation on public buses. On December 1, 1955, when a tired Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, the police were called and she was arrested. In a show of unity and support for Mrs. Parks, the African American community of Montgomery launched a boycott of city buses. Together they organized a peaceful protest to challenge the unfair segregation laws in America. After 381 days of taking taxis, carpooling, and walking the hostile streets of Montgomery, African Americans eventually won their fight to desegregate seating on public buses, not only in Montgomery, but throughout the United States. Richard Kelso is a published author and an editor of several children’s books. Some of his published credits include: Walking for Freedom: The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Stories of America), Building a Dream: Mary Bethune’s School (Stories of America) and Days of Courage: The Little Rock Story (Stories of America). Michael Newton is a published author and an illustrator of young adult and children’s books. Some of his published credits include: Walking for Freedom: The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Stories of America), Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children, and Gangs and Gang Crimes (Criminal Investigations). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Dame Shirley and the Gold Rush relates how a series of letters, written by a woman known as Dame Shirley and published in a San Francisco magazine in 1854 and 1855, were instrumental in inciting the California gold rush. Dame Shirley was the pen name Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe used to write about her experiences during the Gold Rush. She and her husband traveled out to California seeking the adventure and prosperity that the rugged country "with gold laying all about" had to offer. After the difficult journey there, she saw that life in a mining camp was often dangerous and disappointing. She wrote about her experiences in letters to her sister, now known as the Gold Rush letters. When printed, her letters brought readers the truth about life in a mining camp, and they were widely circulated, and she became something of a celebrity! Written for young readers, this biographical story of Dame Shirley’s experiences is based on her letters, giving readers a firsthand account. James J. Rawls is a published author of several children’s books. Some of his published credits include Dame Shirley and the Gold Rush (Stories of America), Land of Liberty: A United States History and Never Turn Back: Father Serra’s Mission (Stories of America). John Holder is a published author and an illustrator of several children’s books. Some of his published credits include Dame Shirley and the Gold Rush (Stories of America), Funny Bones and Other Body Parts: How It Works (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) and A Christmas Carol (Ladybird Classics). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

The Mountain Man And The President discusses how the friendship between naturalist John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt brought about government protection of America’s wilderness. Naturalist John Muir and President Roosevelt meet for the first time on a camping trip in the spring of 1903. The two men share a love of the great American wilderness and meet to discuss its future. John Muir is often referred to as “The Father of the National Park Service” He was many things, inventor, immigrant, botanist, glaciologist, writer, co-founder of the Sierra Club and fruit rancher. But it was John Muir’s love of nature, and the preservation of it, that we can thank him for today. John Muir convinced President Theodore Roosevelt to protect Yosemite (including Yosemite Valley), Sequoia, Grand Canyon and Mount Rainier as National Parks. David L. Weitzman is a published author and illustrator of young adult and children’s books. Some of his published credits include: The Mountain Man And The President (Stories of America), Brown Paper School Book: My Backyard History Book and Now Is Your Time! and The John Bull: A British Locomotive Comes to America. Charles Shaw is a published author and illustrator of young adult and children’s books. Some of his published credits include: The Mountain Man And The President (Stories of America), The Crippled Champion, The King Ranch Racehorse and Horned Toad Canyon. Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

The Tenement Writer: An Immigrant’s Story follows a young Jewish immigrant from Poland as she struggles to build a new life in America and fulfill her dreams of becoming a writer. In her native Polish village, a little Jewish girl named Anzia Yezierska dreams of coming to America. When her dream comes true, she finds the streets in America aren’t paved with gold and that life in America can also be a struggle. Around 1890, Anzia Yezierska and her family arrived in New York from Poland to join her brother, renamed “Mayer.” Taking the name Hattie Mayer, Anzia had to adjust to a new life in a tenement, safer than Poland but drearier. After she had worked for a long time and attended school, Anzia Yezierska began to write about the life of an immigrant who hated being poor. By the 1920s, she had become a well-known American immigrant writer. Her success caused a sensation. Newspapers called her the “Sweatshop Cinderella” and published articles about her “rags to riches” life. Ben Sonder is a published author of young adult and children’s books. Some of his published credits include: The Tenement Writer: An Immigrant’s Story (Stories of America), Gangs (Life Issues) and Osceola, Patriot And Warrior (Stories of America). Meryl Rosner is a published author and illustrator of children’s books. Some of her published credits include: The Tenement Writer: An Immigrant’s Story (Stories of America) and Ella Of All-of-a-kind Family (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Glorious Days, Dreadful Days examines the events, aftermath, and significance of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Declaration of Independence will not be signed for another year, but in the late spring of 1775, the War for Independence has begun. An amateur army of ordinary citizens has occupied the hills overlooking Boston while the mightiest army in the world prepares to make them pay for their rebellious spirit. Philippa Kirby is a published author of several children’s books. Some of his published credits include: Glorious Days, Dreadful Days: The Battle of Bunker Hill (Stories of America) and Christmas Wrappings: Basics And Ideas For Perfectly Wrapped Gifts. John Edens is a published author and illustrator of young adult and children’s books. Some of his published credits include: Glorious Days, Dreadful Days: The Battle of Bunker Hill (Stories of America), Meet Christopher Columbus (Landmark Books), Russian Portraits (Images Across the Ages) and The Eye Book (Paperback). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction. There are many accounts of the Battle of Bunker Hill written by people who were actually there. As is often the case, many of them contradict each other. The account of this book is based on a combination of eyewitness accounts and the many fine histories written after the event. Where there was disagreement, choices had to be made about what was more likely to be true. ~ Editors.

New Friends in a New Land: A Thanksgiving Story describes the Pilgrims’ first year in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the first Thanksgiving. Damaris, a young Pilgrim girl newly arrived from England on the Mayflower, is a little afraid of her new Plymouth home. Gradually, she and the others in her group become friends with their Native American neighbors and celebrate a thanksgiving feast together. Judith Bauer Stamper is a published author of children’s books. Some of her published credits include New Friends In A New Land: A Thanksgiving Story (Stories of America), Space Race (Hello Reader! Phonics Fun) and Penguin Puzzle (The Magic School Bus). Chet Jezierski is a published illustrator of children’s books. Some of his published credits include New Friends In A New Land: A Thanksgiving Story (Stories of America), The Wapshot Chronicle and Women in Crisis: Lives of Struggle and Hope (Leather Bound). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Tales From The Underground Railroad describes the efforts of the vast secret network of sympathetic people who helped African Americans escape slavery in the South on the Underground Railroad. It is a collection of true stories about those who escaped from slavery and were finally reunited with their families. People united by a hatred of slavery work together to help runaway slaves escape to freedom. The heroes of these exciting stories risk their own freedom and their lives for a great cause. The term ‘underground’ in underground railroad means secret. It was not actually a road, but more like a trail. Thus, if you said the term literally, you would say ‘secret trail’. The underground railroad was called a railroad because there were multiple stops along the way for slaves to get food, clothes and the supplies they needed. Kate Connell is a published author of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: Tales From The Underground Railroad (Stories of America), The Dust Bowl Adventures of Patty and Earl Buckler (I Am American) and Yankee Blue or Rebel Gray: The Civil War Adventures of Sam Shaw. Debbe Heller is a published author and an illustrator of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: Tales From The Underground Railroad (Stories of America), Building A Dream: Mary Bethune’s School (Stories of America) and To Fly With The Swallows: A Story of Old California (Stories of America). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Dragon Parade is a fictionalized account of Norman Ah Sing who is a successful, newly-arrived Chinese grocer in San Francisco of the 1850s. He is thrilled to be in the Land of the Golden Mountain. He talks to other Chinese owners and plans a Chinese New year like they had in China. This prompts him to invite all to celebrate the Lunar New Year and to organize the first big celebration in 1851 Chinatown. Steven A. Chin is a published author of children’s books. Some of his published credits include: Dragon Parade: A Chinese New Year Story, When Justice Failed: The Fred Korematsu Story (Stories of America) and The Success of Gordon H. Chong and Associates. Mou-Sien Tseng has contributed to Dragon Parade: A Chinese New Year Story (Stories of America) as an illustrator. Tseng, who was born and raised in Taiwan, is the only artist living outside China to have received the Golden Globe Award for excellence in Chinese painting from the National Art Association in Taiwan. Note: The most vibrant and colorful festival in the Chinese calendar is the Lunar New Year when the whole of Chinatown is ablaze with lights from ceremonial red lanterns, and the streets are bedecked with traditional decorations mainly in red, the color of good luck. The celebration starts with family reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve, followed by visitations over the next few days. Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

Osceola, Patriot And Warrior describes the struggle of Seminole chief and warrior Osceola to save his people from being forced off their land in Florida by the United States government. In the 1830s, the United States government wants the Seminole Indians of Florida to abandon their homes to move to the Arkansas Territory. Unwilling to give up their land, Osceola leads the Seminoles in defending their homes and their freedom. The name “Seminole” translates to free people and evolved from the Spanish word, “cimmarónes”, which means wild or untamed. It is an appropriate name for this amalgamation of people who shared a common desire to be free of domination. Moses Jumper is a published author and an illustrator of several children’s books. Some of his published credits include Osceola, Patriot And Warrior (Stories of America) and She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader. Ben Sonder is a published author of young adult and children’s books. Some of his published credits include Osceola, Patriot And Warrior (Stories of America), Gangs (Life Issues) and The Tenement Writer: An Immigrant’s Story (Stories of America). Patrick Soper is a published illustrator of several children’s books. Some of his published credits include Osceola, Patriot And Warrior (Stories of America), St. Patrick’s Day Alphabet and Jolie Blonde and the Three Heberts: A Cajun Twist to an Old Tale (Hardcover). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.

They Shall Be Heard describes the work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton for the women’s suffrage movement. When Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton first met in the early 1850s, women in America are considered little more than the property of men. The two women dedicate themselves in the struggle for equality in America and build a lifelong friendship in the process. In 1851, Susan B. Anthony, a well-known abolitionist, started working with Stanton. Anthony managed the business affairs of the women’s rights movement while Stanton did most of the writing. Together they edited and published a woman’s newspaper, the Revolution, from 1868 to 1870. In 1869, Anthony and Stanton formed the National Woman Suffrage Association where Stanton served as president. They traveled all over the country and abroad, promoting woman’s rights. Kate Connell is a published author of several children’s books. Some of her published credits include: They Shall Be Heard: Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Stories of America), The Early Colonial Adventures of Hannah Cooper (I Am American) and Yankee Blue or Rebel Gray: The Civil War Adventures of Sam Shaw. Barbara Kiwak is a published illustrator of several young adult and children’s books. Some of her published credits include: They Shall Be Heard: Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Stories of America), My Name Is Bilal (Hardcover Edition) and Jazz Age Poet: A Story About Langston Hughes (Creative Minds Biographies). Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.