R. Conrad Stein

Describes the events that led up to the 1849 gold rush in California, how miners searched for gold, and what happened when all the gold was gone.

Provides a physical description of the city as well as an overview of the history and customs of the capital of Mexico.

Discusses the Revolutionary War efforts of George Washington and the American Army during 1777-78. Highlights the winter at Valley Forge.

Recalls the events surrounding the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor during which the U.S.S. Arizona sank.

Describes the history, cultural composition, daily life, and points of interest of London.

Introduces the lives, actions, and impact of the Spanish explorers of the Americas, who were known as the conquistadors.

Describes the various treatment, from relatively civil to unbearable, given to both military and civilian prisoners of war during World War II.

Surveys the various Apollo space flights that marked America's attempts to put a man on the moon, with an emphasis on the 1969 Apollo 11 project culminating in the first landing.

Discusses the first ten amendments to the Constitution and the rights which they are intended to protect.

Describes Coronado's explorations in the southwestern United States in the 1540s, an expedition which revealed for the first time to Europeans the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, the Great Plains, herds of buffalo, stark deserts, snow-capped mountain peaks--yet never the gold the Spaniards so avidly desired.