A gripping introduction to the fierce battle at the Alamo on March 6, 1836, The Alamo includes eyewitness accounts of the battle and a roster of the defenders ...

Compelling firsthand accounts from the inventors of the first atomic bomb describe the Manhattan Project. Additional accounts from scientists, reporters ...

This compelling anthology of primary sources describing the period of post-Civil War reconstruction focuses on problems facing the freed slaves, carpetbaggers ...

Children have always worked to help their families, on farms and in the home. With the growth of factory labor and increasing numbers of immigrants arriving ...