In 1925, Tennessee passed a state law against teaching “any theory that denies the story of creation of man as taught in the bible, and to teach instead that man descended from a lower order of animals.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial). John Scopes, high school science teacher, was...
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Carole Whang Schutter weaves a fictional love story into the sharing of an historical event, The Mountain Meadows Massacre, "the first act of religious terrorism in the United States." Told from the point of view of a daughter reading her father's journals, September Dawn, is...
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The Indians assisted settlers, teaching them how to raise crops and even sharing their food with them. In return, the white man looked on the Indians as savages and treated them like animals. The American government, on more than one occasion, cheated the Indians. Eventually,...
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Susanna protected herself by keeping everyone at arm’s length. It was not until after the death of her aunt that she realized how much she loved her. Susanna and her faithful companion, Quincy, returned to Massachusetts to settle the estate. Letters from Abigail Adams dated...
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