Stories of Yesterday: History

What happened in Salem? Sifting through the facts, myths, half-truths, misinterpretations and theories the book presents a vivid narrative of one of the mysteries of American history.

Buckley presents a history of bravery, valor, patriotism, and extraordinary personal courage both on and off the battlefield.

Delve into the rise of Communism in Vietnam, the roles that women played on the battlefield and at home, the participation of Vietnamese villagers in the war, and the war's impact.

In this captivating look back at the last two centuries, readers are treated to an often neglected perspective of American history: a child's view of what life was really like for young Americans.

Based on first-hand accounts of the survivors, this is an exciting story that present a multicultural look at California history.

The authors show how archaeologists and historians sift through corn cobs and root cellars, study songs and quilts, and use the latest technology to reconstruct those heroic journeys.

Here is a look at men's lives on the frontier -- their motivations and occupations, and their activities as husbands and fathers; a final chapter focuses on the experience of Native Americans.

This book shares the correspondence between Clara Breed, a San Diego librarian, and dozens of Japanese-American children sent to internment camps after Pearl Harbor.

This gripping narrative tells the whole story, from the division of Germany after World War II, to life in the Communist East, to the massive protest that brought an end to the Eastern Bloc and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Examines the evidence surrounding some of history's unsolved mysteries, from why the pyramids were built to whether or not there was a conspiracy to kill President John F. Kennedy.

Beginning with the appearance of front-buckled denim pants in nineteenth-century America, Sullivan untangles the legends surrounding the origin of jeans and traces their adoption as work clothing in the West.

In 1966 Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution swept through China and transformed the life of Beijing teenager Ange Zhang. Ange longed to join the Red Guard with his classmates, but was denied membership after his father, a famous writer, was arrested and charged with being a counter-revolutionary. As Ange struggled to maintain his friends' respect,he began to question the Revolution and his role in it.