The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History | 
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This magnificent treasury tells the story of America through 100 true tales. Some are tales of triumph—the midnight ride of Paul Revere, the Wright brothers taking to the air, Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Some are tales of tragedy—the fate of the Donner party, the great fire in Chicago, the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. There are stories of inventors and athletes, and abolitionists and artists, stories about struggling for freedom—again and again, in so many ways.
With full-color illustrations on nearly every page and short, exciting stories, this book is perfect for browsing by the entire family. Notes at the end of each story direct readers to related stories, and a guide to thematic story arcs offers readers (and teachers) an easy way to follow their particular interests throughout the book.
A treasure trove of a book that belongs in every home.
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Customer Reviews:
• Great History! Fun To Read. 10 August, 2008
Great for kids and adults alike. We bought it for our son and ended up enjoying it as much as he did. Highly recommended for all ages.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2GP3TQG8IZBE
• History Made Human 27 October, 2008
This is a very good American history book for younger students. Its story telling with colorful metaphores and exagerations, rather than straightforward factual history. Each story is about 3 pages of text and heavily illustrated. The result is much more readable and interesting than you textbook style history book. The book didn't start off with a bang. It is very disappointing that it begins with Europeans and not Native Americans as they are the true beginning of the story of America. And after reading the first chapter "1565 First City", I was afraid it was going to be a boring book, but it gets much better. Many of the stories will give you a chuckle, others will explain things you have always heard of but didn't quite know the story. There is definitely a liberal bias to the book which while I might agree with most of it, I have to admit that it is there. It does make value statements and I question whether that is appropriate for a history book (I could say the same about Christian history texts). But despite these small issues, I think its an excellent book to help make history interesting to the younger child and I will be using in for homeschooling myself.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A37NHGD0WTRYFH
• Warning To Christian Homeschoolers - This Book Full Of Bias 03 October, 2008
I borrowed this book from the library to see if I could use it for homeschooling. No, I will not be using this book. It is full of bias against Christians and those who believe the Bible is true.
Some examples: in the chapter about the Scopes trial, "the law itself was shown to be backward, ignorant and anti-intellectual. And the country made up its own mind: the country evolved." No mention was made that evolution is a THEORY, not the absolute truth. There are also reference to "Bible thumpers" which is unnecessary pejorative.
The chapter about Jonathan Edwards ends with this statement "Edwards continued to frighten and harangue them (his congregation) for another thirteen years." It seems like the author has to get in the last negative word on any Christian mentioned in this book.
Here's another one, in the chapter about the Salem witch trials, the author adds this note at the end. "fear and paranoia about Communism led to the modern "witch hunt" of the McCarthy hearings." This is completely unnecessary and an anti-conservative view of history. There was a real threat of Communism and anyone who doubts this needs to read the book Witness by Whitaker Chambers.
This would be a better book if the author checked her biases at the door.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3E3PEOQR47U26
• Share Our Nation's Stories 20 December, 2007
In this splendid volume, Jennifer Armstrong tells some well known (although now-a-days that is not a given) and not so well know tales from our country's past.
I consider myself a student of American history but I did not know that long before the 1938 Orson Welles War of the Worlds broadcast, The New York Journal "reported" their own sequel to that book, in 1897, in daily installments called "Edison's Conquest of Mars."
I did not know the story of Thaddeus Lowe and his contributions to aerial surveillance for the Union during the Civil War. In one of the many, many author notes following the story, Armstrong explains that Lowe Observatory near Pasadena California is named for him.
The scope of stories is diverse. Spindletop, Typhoid Mary, Mount Saint Helens, the Rumble in the Jungle, Custer, ENIAC, Carrie Nation, the Chicago fire, Popé and the Pueblo revolt, and Asser Levy are names and events that we should know.
The stories are related chronologically, in three page bites, perfect for reading aloud and Roth's illustrations complement the stories. At the back, there is an extensive bibliography and index. The chapters are also grouped by "story arc" categories, such as, "Steel," "Cuba," "Government and Law," "the Moon and Stars" and whimsically, "Bananas." I do wish the page numbers had been included here. It takes an extra step to find the story in the table-of-contents or index.
As a librarian, I found myself matching these chapters with other books on the subject.
1927 The Spirit of St. Louis = Flight by Robert Burleigh
1954 Brown v. Board of Education = Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
1884 Hold Your Horses, Here Come the Elephants = Twenty-One Elephants by Phil Bildner
1938 War of the Worlds = Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account Of The 1938 War Of The Worlds Radio Broadcast's wonderful and entertaining Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account Of The 1938 War Of The Worlds Radio Broadcast
1925 Mush = Togoby Robert J. Blake
1846 I'm Not Leaving this Jail = Henry Builds a Cabin and the other Henry books by D.B. Johnson
There are so many more.
Parents, grandparents, school librarians, YOU can be the storyteller and share the tales that shaped our nation.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AV08SZ4CV954T
• Great Resource 15 August, 2008
This book will be very valuable as we study American History in our home school! It contains short true stories--some well known-others not that will enhance a study of our country's history. Young children will enjoy the tales and the illustrations!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2ZP7B9BTUZVW1
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