American Adventures Part One:
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements.........................................................iv
To the Reader................................................................v
1. 1781 Moving North......................................................6
2. 1799 The “Good Old Days” of Medicine..........................12
3. 1800 Johnny Appleseed, Hero of the Wilderness.............18
4. 1820 A Matter of Honor...............................................24
5. 1829 Sam Patch – The Man Who Jumped to Fame...........30
6. 1830 The Ladies of Lowell...........................................36
7. 1847 The Stubborn School Teacher...............................42
8. 1849 The Gold Rush Days...........................................48
9. 1854 The Orphan Train...............................................54
10. 1856 Camels of the Old West....................................60
11. 1859 Emperor Norton................................................66
12. 1862 Bloody Antietam...............................................72
13. 1864 The Strange Mission of the Hunley......................78
14. 1865 The Three Hundred Dollar Baby..........................84
15. 1869 The Men Who Built the Railroad Across America...90
American Adventures Part Two:
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements........................................................iv
To the Reader...............................................................v
1. 1872 The Woman Who Dared......................................6
2. 1874 The Mysterious Cloud.........................................12
3. 1889 The Oklahoma Land Rush...................................18
4. 1900 Land Where The Buffalo Roamed.........................24
5. 1901 Teddy..............................................................30
6. 1911 The Triangle Fire...............................................36
7. 1915 Master Of The Sky.............................................42
8. 1920 Confidence For Sale...........................................48
9. 1933 The Girl Who Was Afraid....................................54
10. 1942 The Secret Mission..........................................60
11. 1955 Enough!.........................................................66
12. 1966 Moment of Decision.........................................72
13. 1969 Danger Ahead!................................................78
14. 1988 To Protect And Serve.......................................84
15. 1993 A Rendezvous In Space....................................90
American Characters - They Marched to a Different Drummer
CONTENTS
1. 1850’s Bridgman: Out Of The Darkness......................6
2. Early 1860’s Rarey: He Talked To Horses...................12
3. Late 1860’s Hull: The Man Who Made A Giant............18
4. 1870’s Custer: The Mission......................................24
5. 1880’s Winchester: The House That Never Stopped.....30
6. Early 1890’s Green: America’s Strangest Lady............36
7. Late 1890’s Brady: The Man Who Looked Like Money...42
8. Early 1900’s Bly: Around The World..........................48
9. Late 1900’s Nation: The Lady With The Hatchet.........54
10. Early 1910’s Oldfield: “Mile A Minute” Barney............60
11. Late 1910’s Ishi: He Came From Another World........66
12. Early 1920’s Coleman: No Time for Fear...................72
13. Late 1920’s Kelly: The Flagpole Sitter......................78
14. 1930’s Dean: But It’s Only A Game..........................84
15. 1940’sZiolkowski: Carving Out A Mountain................90
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Morrie Greenberg served as a teacher, a department chairperson, an administrative consultant, and a school principal. As English-Social Studies consultant for the Los Angeles Unified School District, he worked with, and offered suggestions to, teachers at thirty different schools. He also taught Methods of Teaching Social Studies at California State University, Northridge, and coordinated a tutoring program for teenagers there. He also supervised teacher candidates at CSUN.
Other books by the author include (partial list):
The Buck Stops Here, A Biography of Harry Truman, Macmillan
We the People (multi-state history text adoptions, including California), D.C. Heath
Survival in the Square, Brooke-Richards Press
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