Bibliograph

It happened in America, true stories from the fifty states, Lila Perl ; illustrated by Ib Ohlsson

Type

Label

It happened in America, true stories from the fifty states, Lila Perl ; illustrated by Ib Ohlsson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-288)

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Middle School

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

It happened in America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

25409466

Responsibility statement

Lila Perl ; illustrated by Ib Ohlsson

Sub title

true stories from the fifty states

Summary

Presents historical anecdotes from each of the fifty states, with an emphasis on women and ethnic minorities

Table Of Contents

The day rosa Parks said no to "Jim Crow" -- Ma Pullen and the Chilkoot Pass -- Hadji Ali and the camel experiment -- James Black and the "Arkansas toothpick" -- The forty-niners in Death Valley -- Silver king of the Rockies -- Don't take any wooden nutmegs -- Brave as the blue hen's chickens -- Dolley Madison stands her ground -- The oranges of Lue Gim Gong -- The little White House at Warm Springs -- The farewell song of Queen Liliuokalani -- Rendezvous of the mountain men -- Come to the fair, ride the first ferris wheel -- Mr. Studebaker's horseless carriage -- Home cooking, Amana style -- Dinner with the Harvey Girls -- Mammoth Cave, where the blind fish live -- Jean Lafitte, pirate or patriot? -- Martha Ballard made house calls -- Mary Pickersgill and the flag at Fort McHenry -- The ice king of New England -- Breakfast from Battle Creek -- "America letters" to the folks back home -- How Mississippi mud pie got its name -- Gateway to the West -- Miss Fligelman's mother was shocked -- Ugly as a mud fence -- Sam Clemens changes his name to Mark Twain -- Laura Bridgman, out of the darkness -- Atlantic City, Monopoly's hometown -- Sky City, home of the Acoma -- Yours till Niagara Falls -- Was the "lost colony" really lost? -- Sacagawea, a gift from the plains -- Heading north on the underground railroad -- Sooners and Boomers in Indian Territory -- "Dear diary" on the Oregon Trail -- Home of the Prairie Schooner -- The smuggled secret of Samuel Slater -- The revolt of Denmark Vesey -- Sitting Bull's last stand -- Casey Jones and the Cannonball Express -- Cowboys of the Chisholm Trail -- All those dinosaur bones -- Father Coolidge swears in a president -- Robert E. Lee makes a painful decision -- Asa Mercer, matchmaker -- Mother Jones, the coal miners' angel -- The Ringling brothers start a circus -- Where women came first

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor