Walker's American history series for young people

A thirteen-year-old girl in Baltimore is forced to come to grips with her dreams and the realities of the Depression in 1931.

A biography of the riverboatman who, among other achievements, designed and built the first steamboat able to navigate the Mississippi River.

A chronicle of the first black-controlled union, made up of Pullman porters, who after years of unfair labor practices staged a battle against a corporate giant resulting in a "David and Goliath" ending.

Describes some of the United States' most interesting archeological sites, such as Mystery Hill in New Hampshire, Mesa Verde in Colorado, and Serpent Mound in southwestern Ohio, and discusses the mysteries they present us.

In the final months of World War II fourteen-year-old Alex, worried about the fate of his brother fighting in Europe, falls into the hands of two Nazi spies intent on sabotage.

Ten-year-old Richard Woodley describes his trip to the New World aboard the Mayflower and tells about the first year spent by the Pilgrims at Pymouth.

In the frontier town of Franklin, Missouri, in 1826, teenage friends Jim Matthews and Kit Carson share the dream of running away to a life of adventure on the Santa Fe Trail.

A history of the American newspaper and its influence on public opinion with emphasis on the men and women who helped shape that history.

As her family travels from Vermont to settle in California, in the early 1850's fourteen-year-old Luanna learns to accept life for what it is, no matter where.