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By the mid-1700s, European countries were warring with one another to claim the New World as their own. They did not consider that it was not theirs to fight over.Chief Pontiac Fights for the Illinois Country
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The French explorer Hernando de Soto went to the New World hoping to find the fabled seven cities of gold, as well as a passageway to the Pacific Ocean. What he found instead was the Mississippi River. Like many explorers before and after him, he was disappointed that he could not find what he was seeking, but he left his mark on the land that was to become the United States of America in some interesting ways.De Soto and the River in the Wilderness (Dyslexic Font)
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In 1750, Dr. Thomas Walker strode into the wilderness. He was looking for land on which to build a settlement, and he wanted that land to be on the western side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. But first he had to get there. He’d heard of the pass that the Native Americans used, but no one had yet marked it on any maps. Dr. Walker intended to change that. His explorations ultimately disappointed him, but importantly, he had recorded the Cumberland Gap for all who followed.Dr. Thomas Walker Maps the Cumberland Gap
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Caecilia, a young girl living in ancient Rome, introduces herself, her family, and aspects of her world—all in elementary Latin. Even young children can make meaning of the Latin through the engaging illustrations and photographs, as well as repetition of the vocabulary.5 GradesEcce Caecilia et Verus – Student Book (Dyslexia version)
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Young Henry King was first mate on a merchant ship that was taking goods from England to the American colony of Virginia when it was captured by a Dutch privateer. When his captain and most of the crew were taken aboard the privateer, Henry found himself in a battle of both brains and brawn against the young Dutch man chosen to command his ship. Could he outwit his inexperienced adversary and save the English ship?First Mate Henry King and the Privateer
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Gold fever swept the country, and by 1849 people were flooding into California any way they could get there.Forty-Niners Cross the Country
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General Dodge was in charge of building the Union Pacific Railroad west from Omaha, Nebraska. Charlie Crocker was in charge of building the Central Pacific Railroad east from California. The railroad tracks were supposed to meet in the middle.General Dodge and Charlie Crocker Meet in the Middle
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This book, written in graphic novel format, tells the story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
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Captain Bruff was the charismatic leader of a company of men who were marching west to the gold fields of California. He led with determination and authority, and he expected his men to conduct themselves as soldiers.J. Goldsborough Bruff Fights His Way West
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Americans weren’t the only ones who wanted to go to California to find gold. Scotsman J.D. Borthwick went there too, paintbrush in hand, for he was an artist.J.D. Borthwick Finds Gold with a Paintbrush
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When Jacques Cartier sailed into the St. Lawrence River in what is now Canada, he believed that he might have found a passage through North America to the China Sea. He went back two more times to try to prove the existence of the Northwest Passage, but he had to abandon both journeys before he could finish them. His dream, however, inspired others to keep looking.Jacques Cartier Explores Lands for France (Dyslexic Font)
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Jim Cook was still young and foolish when he went on his first cattle drive from Texas to the railroad in Kansas, and he caused a stampede that resulted in a loss of 500 cattle.James Cook: Greenhorn on the Chisholm
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James Hobbs was a foolish sixteen-year-old boy when, while out on a trading journey with a group of traders who were traveling along the Santa Fe Trail, he and another boy left the wagon train to chase a buffalo.James Hobbs’s Long Journey
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In 1826, Jedediah Smith decided to lead a group of men southwest from Utah to search for the Buenaventura River, the mythical river that appeared on old Spanish maps but that no one had been able to find. The group made it to California without seeing the river, so Jed and two of his men went out again, heading east over the mountains and the desert. It was a treacherous journey, but Jed would not give up.Jed Smith and the Search for the Buenaventura (Dyslexic Font)
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When Hugh Glass was brutally attacked by a grizzly, his good friend Jim was deeply saddened, and he was one of two men who chose to stay with the old mountain man until he died so that they could bury his body.Jim Bridger, Mountain Man
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Trappers in the early 1800s worked in parts of the West that were still unmapped. Jim Bridger was out trapping with a fur company when he was chosen by the company owner to follow a river to see where it led. To Jim’s delight, it led straight to a salty body of water. Had he just found the river to the Pacific Ocean that explorers had been searching for throughout the centuries since North America was discovered?Jim Bridger’s Sea of Salt (Dyslexic Font)
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