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Heather Idoni's personal recommendations for the best children's books ever written.



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Messner Milestones in History

By Heather Idoni

Updated Saturday, March 28, 2009

  • 1968: Year of Crisis by Jules Archer
  • 54-40 or Fight! The Story of the Oregon Territory by Bob and Jan Young
  • A Cloud Over Hiroshima: The Story of the Atomic Bomb by Burt Hirschfeld
  • A Nation Fights Back: The Depression and its Aftermath by Irving Werstein
  • A State is Born: The Story of Israel by Burt Hirschfeld
  • After the Alamo: The Story of the Mexican War by Burt Hirschfeld
  • Congo: The Birth of a New Nation by Jules Archer
  • Death to the King: The Story of the English Civil War by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
  • Disaster 1906: The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire by Edward F. Dolan, Jr.
  • Fifty-Five Days of Terror: The Story of the Boxer Rebellion by Burt Hirschfeld
  • Flame of Freedom: The Peasant's Revolt of 1381 by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
  • For the Glory of France: The Story of the French Resistance by Maria Wilhelm
  • For Life and Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Mary Hoehling and Betty Randall
  • Forged in Silver: The Story of the Comstock Lode by Bob and Jan Young
  • Four Cents an Acre: The Story of the Louisiana Purchase by Burt Hirschfeld
  • Free But Not Equal: How Women Won the Right to Vote by Bill Severn
  • Freedom in Jeopardy: The Story of the McCarthy Years by Burt Hirschfeld
  • From Tsars to Commissars: The Story of the Russian Revolution by Kaye Moulton Teall
  • Gathering Storm: The Story of the Green Mountain Boys by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
  • Gusher: The Search for Oil in America by Bob Young
  • I Accuse: The Story of the Dreyfus Case by Irving Werstein
  • In Defense of Freedom: The Story of the Monroe Doctrine by Paul Rink
  • Liberty! Equality! Fraternity! The Story of the French Revolution by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
  • Mr. Madison's War 1812: The Second War for Independence by Noel B. Gerson
  • Passage to the West: The Great Voyages of Henry Hudson by Noel B. Gerson
  • Quest for Freedom: Bolivar and the South American Revolution by Paul Rink
  • Rails Across the Continent: The Story of the First Transcontinental Railroad by Enid Johnson
  • Rock of Freedom: The Story of the Plymouth Colony by Noel B. Gerson
  • Survival: Jamestown, First English Colony in America by Noel B. Gerson
  • That Men Shall be Free: The Story of the Magna Carta by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
  • The 49'ers: The Story of the California Gold Rush by Bob and Jan Young
  • The Cruel Years: The Story of the Spanish Civil War by Irving Werstein
  • The Devil's Shadow: The Story of Witchcraft in Massachusetts by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
  • The End of the Roaring Twenties: Prohibition and Repeal by Bill Severn
  • The Franco-Prussian War: Germany's Rise as a World Power by Irving Werstein
  • The Land Divided, the World United: The Story of the Panama Canal by Paul Rink
  • The Last Emperor: The Story of Mexico's Fight for Freedom by Bob and Jan Young
  • The Last Wilderness: The Saga of America's Mountain Men by Noel B. Gerson
  • The Shot Heard Round the World: The Story of Lexington and Concord by Jeannette Covert Nolan
  • The Spanish Armada: The Story of a Glorious Defeat by Burt Hirschfeld
  • The Story of the Suez Canal: The Vital Link by Burt Hirschfeld
  • Turning Point for America: The Story of the Spanish-American War by Irving Werstein

 

 

 

 




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