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|  | The Black West by William L. Katz
The American West: no period in our history has defined and shaped us more as a nation. Unique to the U.S., the Old West exerts a power on the American imagination that can still be seen in almost every aspect of our culture. Sadly, as is the case with most other periods, historic acknowledgment of the African American contribution to the West is either totally nonexistent or nowhere near complete. In The Black West, historian William Loren Katz corrects the record in words and pictures, showing that, from the journeys of Lewis and Clark to the charge at San Juan Hill, nowhere did African American men and women exert such an influence as they did in the discovery and definition of the American West. AUTHOR: William L. Katz
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Only Yesterday by Frederick L. Allen, Grover Gardner
Written in 1931, ONLY YESTERDAY traces the rise of post-World War I prosperity up to the crash of 1929 against a colorful backdrop of flappers, speakeasies, Al Capone, the first radio, and the scandalous rise of skirt hemlines. Here is an attractively packaged new edition of a vibrant social history that takes in events on Wall Street as well as the infectious spirit of the times. AUTHOR: Frederick L. Allen, Grover Gardner
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Look What Came from Ireland by Miles Harvey
Description not available.Describes the many things that originally came from Ireland, such as holidays, food, sports, musical instruments, and fashion. AUTHOR: Miles Harvey
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | A History of the Jews by Paul Johnson, Richard Brown
Description not available.Traces the development of Judaism as an idea and a culture, looks at its influence on world history, and follows the history of Israel in each of its manifestations AUTHOR: Paul Johnson, Richard Brown
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Amistad Affair by Walter Dean Myers
In 1839, the schooner Amistad set sail on a short voyage from one end of Cuba to the other. During the journey, the illegally enslaved Africans she was carrying revolted against their captors and seized control of the ship. They hoped to sail back to Africa, but instead they wound up in the United States, where they were put on trial. Their case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where they were represented by former U.S. President John Quincy Adams. Walter Dean Myers explores the issues surrounding the imprisonment and trial of the Amistad captives and examines the feelings, both popular and political, that were shaping our young nation at the time. AUTHOR: Walter Dean Myers
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Alaska's History by Harry Ritter
Description not available.Discusses Alaska's geography, the lives of the Aleuts, Inuit, and other Native Alaskans, the Russian colony, the territorial period, statehood, economic conditions, and environmental developments AUTHOR: Harry Ritter
PUBLISHER: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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