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A fascinating book that is for anyone who has ever read Little House on the Prairie and wondered why we don't see massive swarms of grasshoppers today.

The history of America is a history of westward migration from the Colonial Era to Manifest Destiny resulting in the populating of the Great Plains after the Civil War.

PBS has made several shows available for purchase on Apple's iTunes site, including animated children's shows Arthur, Cyberchase and Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been controversial since its inception, yet few know much about the refuge beyond its potential for oil production.

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Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust prophecies the destruction of society as well as the annihilation of literature as an art form, as motion pictures rise.

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Grasshopper Glacier in the Rocky Mountains is known for its deposits of this insect species, which has a unique history in the high elevations and prairies of the West.

Brief biography of American novelist James Fenimore Cooper, best-known for Leatherstocking Tales and American frontier stories.

Overstatement is a favorite tool of everyone, not just limited to writers and artists. While the impulse to exaggerate is world-wide, overstatement is typically American.

The Mandan grew a unique variety of corn which was smaller than the corn produced by other tribes along the Missouri River.

John Donald Hicks's autobiography, "My Life With History," is a personal lesson in 19th and 20th century American history.

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Less than half of the Mayflower's 1620 passengers were still alive when the first harvest was brought in, but there was much to give thanks for.

The legend of Sleepy Hollow is much more than just a Ghost story. It leaves the reader with a moral lesson learned and questions asked at the end of the story.

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Life among the missionaries in South America can be difficult. The Cuiva have been able to handle it, as well as with settlers that have been in Columbia for centuries.

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Perhaps better known as the second half of the Lewis and Clark exploration team within the Corps of Discovery, William Clark led a remarkable career of adventure.

The American Girls dolls and books bring history alive for young girls. Each story follows a year in the character's life. This is a great gift for a tween girl.

Bat Masterson was one of the most renowned "Lawmen of the Old West" but was not the cold-blooded killer that so many false legends and counterfeit reports claimed.

Although badly outnumbered, French defenders and their Indian allies mounted a desperate ambush that resulted in the first major British defeat in North America.

The Jemison family lived in the Buchanan Valley in Adams County, Pennsylvania when Mary and a neighbor boy were taken to the Ohio Valley by the Shawnee Indian Tribe.

The evolution of Dodge City, Kansas from a few sod houses to a railroad depot and booming cow town was a natural one considering its prime location on the Santa Fe Trail.

Margaret "Peggy" Taylor, the wife of twelfth U.S. president Zachary, was one of several reclusive first ladies. Mrs. Taylor did not enjoy her role as America's first lady

Biography of Mother Jones (nee Mary Harris), iconic American labor activist and organizer whom the Senate declared "the most dangerous woman in America".

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Suite101 takes ride along with the trains of America, and the songs inspired by them.

While the western frontier is still romanticized by many, it's becoming painfully obvious that there is no wilderness left to the lower forty-eight.