History in the making : an absorbing look at how American history has changed in the telling over the last 200 years / by Ward, Kyle Roy, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Augustine: America's first city -- Captain John Smith and Pocahontas -- The pilgrims land in the New World -- New Sweden -- Anne Hutchinson -- Witchcraft in the colonies -- George Washington and Fort Duquesne -- The Boston Massacre -- Lexington and Concord -- Massacre at Wyoming -- Women in the Revolutionary War -- Andrew Jackson and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend -- The Monroe Doctrine -- The Caroline Affair -- The Trail of Tears -- The Mormons -- The Alamo -- The start of the Mexican-American War -- Slavery in America -- Abraham Lincoln's character -- John Brown at Harpers Ferry -- The Dakota conflict of 1862 -- Sherman's march to the sea -- African Americans and Reconstruction -- Birth of the Ku Klux Klan -- Eugene V. …”

History lessons : how textbooks from around the world portray U.S. history / by Lindaman, Dana

Table of Contents: “…Viking exploration -- Columbus -- British exploration -- Puritans -- French and Indian War -- Government in colonial America -- The American revolution -- The War of 1812 -- The Monroe Doctrine -- Manifest destiny -- Texas and the Mexican-American Wars -- Slavery -- The Civil War -- Immigration -- Opening of Japan -- The Spanish-American War -- Philippine-American War -- Boxer Rebellion -- U.S. interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Causes of World War I -- The Great War -- Aftermath of the war -- Invasion of Russia -- The Treaty of Versailles -- The Great Depression -- World War II -- D-Day and the liberation of Europe -- Resistance -- World War II : Pacific theater -- The atomic bomb -- The origins of the Cold War -- The United Nations -- The Cuban revolution -- Korean War -- NATO -- McCarthyism -- Suez Canal -- The Cuban missile crisis -- The Pueblo incident -- The Vietnam War -- The end of the Cold War -- The hostage crisis in Iran -- Nicaragua in the 1980s -- Apartheid -- Free trade -- U.S.…”