History Collection (14 books)
Overview
Want students to read more? So do we. That's why we created the Townsend Library—a collection of more than 100 high-interest paperbacks that engage and entice readers.
As a convenience to educators, we've bundled related Townsend Library books into collections that allow you to easily extend your classroom offerings or deepen your coverage of a specific genre or topic.
Books in this nonfiction collection will have particular appeal to readers interested in U.S. history.
More information
The History Collection includes one copy of each of the books listed below (14 books total). To learn more about a particular book, click its title.
A Nation Divided: The American Civil War by Mark Thomas
A Nation Created: The War for American Independence by Mark Thomas
Abraham Lincoln by Tanya Savory
Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader by Tanya Savory
Ida B. Wells: A Woman of Courage by Ruth Rouff
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
John F. Kennedy by Tanya Savory
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Warrior for Peace by Tanya Savory
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Rosa Parks and the Bus to Freedom by Beth Johnson
The Deadliest War by Mark Thomas
The Story of Blima: A Holocaust Survivor by Shirley Russak Wachtel
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
William Still and the Underground Railroad by Kathleen Stevens
Click a title below to read the book's first chapter. The other titles in this collection will be added here soon.
A Nation Divided by Mark Thomas
A Nation Created by Mark Thomas
Abraham Lincoln by Tanya Savory
Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader
Ida B. Wells: A Woman of Courage
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
John F. Kennedy by Tanya Savory
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Warrior for Peace
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Rosa Parks and the Bus to Freedom
The Deadliest War by Mark Thomas
The Story of Blima: A Holocaust Survivor