Marshall Cavendish.Marshall Cavendish Cavendish (kăv`əndĭsh), pseud. of Henry Jones, 1831–99, English card game expert. Jones studied medicine, practiced in London, and retired in 1868. He became a leading authority on card games and was the first person to formulate a system of playing whist. 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 $20.95 Each 1-800-831-9881 Nearly 50 pages of information pack each book in Dennis Brindell Fradin's 'Turning Points in American History' series titles, making them perfect picks for elementary grades 3-4 who are teaching early U.S. history. JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA (076142122X) tells of the first settlement to last in America, surveying the settlers' experiences and the Natives who aided them, THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT Mayflower Compact, in U.S. colonial history, an agreement providing for the temporary government of Plymouth Colony. The compact was signed (1620) on board the Mayflower by the adult male passengers; it created the first American settlement that was based upon a social contract. In it, the colonists combined together in a "civil Body Politick" whose purpose was to frame just and equal laws for the general good of the colony. (0761421254) tells of the Pilgrims who sailed to the New World searching for religious freedom and how they signed a compact or promise to seek equality for all; THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Declaration of Independence, full and formal declaration adopted July 4, 1776, by representatives of the Thirteen Colonies in North America announcing the separation of those colonies from Great Britain and making them into the United States. The Road to Its Adoption(0761421297) follows how the declaration came to be written; THE ALAMO (0761421270) considers the key elements and influences of a major battle which is remembered to this day; CUSTER'S LAST STAND (0761421246) tells of the Battle of Little BighornBighorn, river, United StatesBighorn, river, 461 mi (741 km) long, formed in W central Wyo. by the confluence of the Wind and Pop Agie rivers and flowing north to join the Yellowstone River in S Mont. The Bighorn basin, part of the Missouri River basin project, has several dams that provide for flood control, irrigation, hydroelectricity, and recreation. which represented changes not only for Natives but for whites, and THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN (0761421238) tells of the first murder of an American president and its lasting effects on race relations. Each book draws important connections between past events and modern history. Each comes with a timeline of events, glossary, and bibliography for further reading. No elementary-level collection should be without it. |
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