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These are a few of our favorite books on African-American History,
Archaeology (both near and far), the American Revolution and Civil War, and
other topics. We'll add additional topics as we find good books. We try to
ensure that selected books are easily found in most libraries, but if you have
trouble locating a specific book, ask your librarian to request it through
Inter-Library Loan.
PARENTS AND TEACHERS -- We believe that those books marked with an asterisk
(*) are suitable for younger readers -- but look at them yourself first. Also,
be aware that books on the Civil War and slavery can be disturbing. Be sure to
read with your kids or students and be prepared to discuss these tough topics
honestly and completely.
You can read this, but you can't read a banned book. Support
freedom and oppose censorship.
African-American Reading List
Brent, Linda. 1973. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. San Diego:
Harvest/HBJ Book. (ISBN 0-15-644350-3)
Campbell, D.C. 1991. Before Freedom Came: African-American Life in the
Antebellum South. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
*Daise, Ronald. 1986. De Gullah Storybook. Beaufort: G.O.G. Enterprises.
Hamilton, Virginia. 1993. Many Thousands Gone: African Americans from Slavery to
Freedom. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. (ISBN 0-394-82873-9)
Hurmence, Belinda. 1984. My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina: John f. Blair. (ISBN 0-89587-039-8)
Hurmence, Belinda. 1989. Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember: Twenty-seven
Oral Histories of Former South Carolina Slaves. Winston-Salem, North Carolina:
John f. Blair. (ISBN 0-89587-069-X)
*January, Brendan. 1998. Cornerstones of Freedom: The Dred Scott Decision.
Children's Press, New York. (ISBN 0-516245-704-50).
*Lester, Julius. 1968. To Be a Slave. New York: Scholastic Books. (ISBN
0-590-42460-2)
*Lester, Julius and Rod Brown. 1998. From Slave Ship to Freedom Road. New York:
Dial Books. (ISBN 0-8037-1893-4)
*Levine, Ellen. 1993. . . . If You Traveled on The Underground Railroad. New
York: Scholastic. (ISBN 0-59045156-1)
*McKissack, Patricia C. 1997. A Picture of Freedom: the Diary of Clotee, a Slave
Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859. Dear America Series. Scholastic, Inc.,
New York. (ISBN 0-590-25988-1).
*McKissack, Patricia C. and Fredrick McKissack. 1992. Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a
Woman? New York: Scholastic, Inc. (ISBN 0-590-44691-6)
*Stein, R. Conrad. 1993. Cornerstones of Freedom: The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Children's Press, New York. (ISBN 0-516-46671-2).
Thomas, Velma Maia. 1997. Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and
Emancipation. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. (ISBN 0-609-60030-3)
Simple Books on Archaeology
Coan, Julie. 1999. Digging into Archaeology: Hands-On, Minds-On Unit Study.
Pacific Grove, California: Critical Thinking Books & Software. (ISBN
0-89455-718-1)
Moloney, Norah. 1995. The Young Oxford Book of Archaeology. New York: Oxford
University Press.
*Samford, Patricia and David L. Ribblett. 1995. Archaeology for Young Explorers:
Uncovering History at Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg: The Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation. (ISBN 0-87935-089-X)
Sattler, Helen Roney. 1993. The Earliest Americans. New York: Clarion Books.
(ISBN 0-618-11146-8)
Books on Far Away Archaeology
*Caselli, Giovanni. 1983. The First Civilizations. New York: Peter Bedrick
Books. (ISBN 0-922745-59-9)
*Baquedano, Elizabeth. 1993. Aztec, Inca & Maya. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
(ISBN 0-679-83883-X)
*Putnam, James. 1993. Mummy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. (ISBN 0-679-83881-3)
*Reeves, Nicholas. 1992. Into the Mummy's Tomb. Toronto: Madison Press Books.
(ISBN 0-590-45753-5)
Taylor, John H. 1995. Unwrapping a Mummy: The Life, Death and Embalming of
Horemkenesi. Austin: University of Texas Press. (ISBN 0-292-78141-5)
Women in History
*Gourley, Katherine. 1999. Welcome to Felicity's World, 1774: Growing Up in
Colonial America. Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Co. Publications (ISBN
1-56247-768-4)
*Gourley, Katherine. 1999. Welcome to Samantha's World, 1904: Growing Up in
America's New Century. Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Co. Publications (ISBN
1-56247-772-2)
*Gourley, Katherine. 1999. Welcome to Molly's World, 1944: Growing Up in World
War Two America. Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Co. Publications (ISBN
1-56247-773-0)
Kamensky, Jane. 1995. The Colonial Mosaic: American Women 1600-1760. New York:
Oxford University Press. (ISBN 0-19-512400-6)
*LaPierre, Yvette. 1999. Welcome to Josefina's World, 1824: Growing Up on
America's Southwest Frontier. Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Co. Publications
(ISBN 1-56247-769-2)
*Sinnott, Susan. 1999. Welcome to Kirsten's World, 1854: Growing Up in Pioneer
America. Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Co. Publications (ISBN 1-56247-770-6)
The American Revolution
*Collier, James Lincoln and Christopher Collier. 1983. War Comes to Willy
Freeman. New York: Yearling Books. (ISBN 0-440-49504-0)
*Egger-Bovet, Howard and Marlene Smith-Baranzini. 1994. USKids History: Book of
the American Revolution. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. (ISBN 0-316-22204-6)
The American Civil War
*Archambault, Alan. 1995. Black Soldiers in the Civil War. Santa Barbara:
Bellerophon Books. (ISBN 0-88388-202-7)
Bolotin, Norman and Angela Herb. 1995. For Home and Country: A Civil War
Scrapbook. Dutton: Lodestar Books. (ISBN 0-525-67495-0)
Gladstone, William A. 1990. United States Colored Troops, 1863-1867. Gettysburg:
Thomas Publications. (ISBN 0-939631-16-4)
*Moore, Kay. 1994. . . . .If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War. New York:
Scholastic, Inc. (ISBN 0-590-45422-6)
Murphy, Jim. 1990. The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the
Civil War. New York: Clarion Book. (ISBN 0-395-66412-8)
Robertson, James I., Jr. The Civil War's Common Soldier. Washington, D.C.:
Eastern National Park and Monument Association. (ISBN 0-915992-65-5)
*Weiner, Eric. 1992. The Civil War. New York: Smithmark. (ISBN 0-8317-2312-2)
Forensics
Platt, Richard. 2003. Crime Scene: The Ultimate Guide to Forensic Science. New
York: DK Publishing. (ISBN 0-7894-8891-4)
Teaching History
Crabtree, Charlotte, Gary B. Nash, Paul Gagnon, Scott Waugh, editors. 1992.
Lessons from History: Essential Understandings and Historical Perspectives
Students Should Acquire. Los Angeles: National Center for History in the
Schools. (ISBN 0-9633218-0-3) (Out of print, but a thought provoking examination
of how history could be better taught).
Loewen, James W. 1999. Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong.
New York: The New Press. (ISBN 1-56584-344-4)
Stephens, John Richard. 1997. Weird History 101. Holbrook, Massachusetts: Adams
Media. (ISBN 1-55850-715-9).
Zemelman, Steven, Harvey Daniels, and Arthur Hyde. 1998. Best Practice: New
Standards for Teaching and Learning in American Schools. Second Edition.
Portsmouth: Heinemann. (ISBN 0-325-00091-3)
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