The American adventure ;

Fred Allerton and Alice Harrington are living in hard times. The father of their friend, Dot, hasn't had work for almost three years and can't pay the mortgage on his house. The bank says it will take the house away from him. Then Fred and Alice meet Chet, a teenager who lives as a hobo on the trains. Chet's father made him move out of the house because they couldn't afford to feed him. Every day Chet tries to find odd jobs to do in exchange for food. When the new mayor of Minneapolis says hobos need to be driven out of town and Dot learns that within a couple of weeks her family will lose its home, Fred and Alice know they have to do something for their friends. But what?

It's July 4, 1876, and Walter Fisk is celebrating America's one hundredth birthday in his new home of Minneapolis. These are exciting times, but they also have their difficulties for Walter. When Walter's cousin Polly Stevenson introduces him to Grant LaPierre, Walter Finally finds a friend in Minneapolis. They share an interest in the game of baseball, but Grant has a secret he doesn't want to share with Walter. Will Walter ever learn Grant's secret?

An account of the most widely-used delivery systems in the nineteenth-century United States, stagecoaches and the Pony Express, discussing their development and challenges faced during their growth.

In 1781, with the surrender of Cornwallis signalling the end of the war, eight-year-old Paul Lankford is apprehensive about the return of his long-absent father and the nature of their relationship.

First their cousin Addy develops a cough that won't go away. Fred's father, a doctor, is worried that Addy might have tuberculosis. She may need to move to a sanatorium, and could even die. Then the stock market crashes on what people call "Black Tuesday." Alice and Fred don't understand the fuss, but it's obvious their parents are worried. People are losing their jobs, and some of the richest children at school are forced to move out of their beautiful homes. What can Alice and Fred do to help Addy and their friends? And will the financial problems make them homeless, too?