ShawneeA history of the people and events that influenced the North American Indian tribe known as the Shawnee, including chief Tecumseh and conflicts such as Little Turtle's War. Part of the Peoples of North America series For centuries, the Peoples of North America hunted, farmed, and fought throughout the continents diverse landscape of dense woodlands, gleaming lakes, rugged canyons, and rolling plains. This series examines the cultures and lifestyles of

such as their tirelessly hardworking behavior

A simple introduction to the Los Angeles Dodgers major league baseball team

Known by many names in many languages

and illustrated by acclaimed artist Gary Kelley

gazes out at readers to introduce a story about all the ways the country for which they willingly fought still systematically discriminates against them

and popular culture references

exuding a sense of coldness and loneliness that is often in contrast to the tenderness of the poems

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An author's note explains the history of the mustangs and wranglers and the 1970s passage of a law protecting these herds

“the remarkable narrative nonfiction rendering of WWI—and American—history uses free-verse poetry and captivating art to tell the century-old story of hellish combat

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inject rowdy adventure into America's pastime in this story about baseball and the imagination of youth