"In these books you will find explorers, farmers, cowboys, heroes, villains, inventors, presidents, poets, pirates, artists, slaves, teachers, revolutionaries, priests, musicians--the girls and the boys, men and women, who all became Americans"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The making of a president -- A major leaguer -- A (very short) history of Russia -- A curtain of iron -- The Marshall plan -- A "lost" election -- Spies -- Tail gunner Joe -- Liking Ike -- Houses, kids, cars, and fast food -- French Indochina -- Separate but unequal -- Linda Brown, and others -- MLKs, senior and junior -- Rosa Parks was tired -- Three boys and six girls -- Passing the torch -- Being President isn't easy -- Some brave children meet a roaring bull -- Standing with Lincoln -- The president's number -- LBJ -- The biggest vote in history -- Salt and pepper the kids -- A King gets a prize and goes to jail -- From Selma to Montgomery -- War in Southeast Asia -- Lyndon in trouble -- Friedan, Schlafly, and friends -- As important as the cotton gin -- Picking and picketing -- These are the times that try men's souls -- Up to the mountain -- A new kind of power -- The counter culture rocks -- Nixon : Vietnam, China, and Watergate -- A congressman and a peanut farmer -- Taking a leading role -- Living on the edge -- The end of the Cold War -- A quilt, not a blanket -- The land that never has been yet.

Wilson's Children

School Library Journal

Child Study Children's Book Committee

Discusses the postwar history of the United States as a world power and a nation in change and turmoil, including the Cold War, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the presidencies of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton.

6.4 Follett Library Resources

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