Del Norte Public Library

Details what the first passengers experienced as they traveled West on the transcontinental railroad in the summer of 1869.

Presents the history of the United States from the point of view of those who were exploited in the name of American progress.

UNITED STATES HISTORY. $15.00. VID. DN

Relates the Revolutionary War adventures Of Mary Hays, called Molly Pitcher for bringing fresh water to colonial troops during the Battle of Monmouth, interspersed with verses of original song lyrics to be sung to the tune of "She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain."

A detailed account of the Revolutionary War. Excerpts from contemporary writings help to bring the people who were involved in the struggle to life. Also included are reproductions of sketches and paintings their artists drew and beautiful color photographs of their homes.

UNITED STATES HISTORY. $15.00 VID. DN

An historical account of the final year of the Civil War and the surrender at Appomattox.

"Early Warning opens in 1953 with the Langdons at a crossroads. Their stalwart patriarch Walter, who with his wife had sustained their Iowa farm for three decades, has suddenly died, leaving their five children looking to the future. Only one will remain to work the land, while the others scatter to Washington, DC, California, and everywhere in between. As the country moves out of postwar optimism through the Cold War, the social and sexual revolutions...

Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War.

Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.