America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Bodyguards are not protecting President Lincoln when John Wilkes Booth shoots him.
South Carolina History Standard 8-5.3 Successes and Failures of Reconstruction in South Carolina
The Dyers meet George Fox, the Quaker leader in England and join his group.
The Legend of Bagger Vance is a fictionalized story based on the Hindu scriptural epic the Bhagavad-Gita.
Abagnale pretends to be a Pan American pilot, then doctor, lawyer and finally a sociology professor.
Many South Vietnamese people do not support the war and want peace.
Albert Fish is a grandfatherly man who inflicts harm upon himself and others.
Robert Newsom continuously rapes his slave, Celia.
Daniel Boone is a legendary frontiersman known for his adventures in the wilderness.
When JFK becomes president in 1960, he asks his younger brother, Bobby, to become U.S. Attorney General.
Family, friends, and classmates describe Elizabeth Short's (Bette or Black Dahlia) life.
Why did the sons of millionaires, with every advantage in life, take the life of a young neighbor?
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