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Collier County Public Library



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A select list of materials regarding

United States History

which are available at the Collier County Public Libraries.

-Listed by Author, Title, Call Number, and Location-
Some relevant Web sites are also mentioned!
Location Codes: CN=Collier North Branch, EN=East Naples Branch, EB=Estates Branch,
EV=Everglades City Branch, GG=Golden Gate City Branch, HQ=Headquarters or Main Location,
IM=Immokalee Branch, and MI=Marco Island Branch

(Materials may be transferred to any branch requested by the patron for pick-up)




Chronologies and Timetables of History

Adams, Simon/ The DK visual timeline of the 20th century/ YA 909.8 ADA/ @HQ, MI, GG, IM, CN, EN, EV, and EB
Chronicle of the world/ REF 902.02 CHR/ @HQ, IM, and EN
Grun, Bernard/ The timetables of history: a horizontal linkage of people and events/ REF 902.02 GRU/ @HQ, MI, and EB
Leonard, Thomas, 1955-/ Day by day, the seventies/ REF 909.82 LEO/ @HQ, and EB
Leonard, Thomas M., 1937-/ Day by day, the forties/ REF 909.82 LEO/ @HQ, EB
Meltzer, Ellen/ Day by day, the eighties/ REF 909.82 MEL/ @HQ, and EB
Merritt, Jeffrey D., 1951-/ Day by day, the fifties/ REF 909.82 MER/ @HQ, and EB
Parker, Thomas, 1947-/ Day by day, the sixties/ REF 909.82/ @HQ, and EB
Trager, James/ The people's chronology: a year-by-year record of human events from prehistory to the present/ REF 902.02 TRA/ @HQ, and IM
Waldman, Carl/ Timelines of Native American history/ YA REF 970.00497/ @HQ, GG, IM, CN, EN, and EB

Periodicals on United States History

American Heritage
American History
Americas
Civil War Times Illustrated
Current History
Daughters of the American Revolution magazine
Florida Historical Quarterly
Florida Historical Society Report
Military History
Prologue
Prologue Journal of the National Archives
Reckon
Sea History
Smithsonian
South Florida History Magazine
World War II

Videorecordings on United States History

The American Revolution/ Series/ @HQ
Andersonville: the great untold story of the Civil War/ @HQ
FDR/ Series/ @HQ
George Washington/ @HQ
Gone with the wind/ @HQ
The Home front/ Series/ @HQ, and MI
The Last of the Mohicans/ @HQ, MI, CN, EV, and EB
Oldest living Confederate widow tells all/ @HQ
A tour of United States capitals/ Series/ @HQ
The way west/ Series/ @HQ
World War I, the complete story/ Series/ @HQ

973 United States

The African-American almanac/ REF 973.0496 AFR/ @HQ, and GG
Album of American history/ REF 973.022 ALB/ @HQ
The annals of America/ REF 973 ANN/ @HQ, GG, and CN
The Asian-American almanac: a reference work on Asians in the United States/ REF 973.0495 ASI/ @HQ
Carnes, Mark C., general editor/ A history of American life/ 973 HIS/ @HQ
Clotworthy, William G., 1926-/ Homes and libraries of the presidents: an interpretive guide/ REF 973.099 CLO/ @HQ
Davis, Kenneth C./ Don't know much about history: everything you need to know about American history (but never learned)/ 973 DAV/ @HQ and EB.
Dictionary of American history/ REF 973.03 DIC/ @HQ
Ferrell, Robert H., and Hoff, Joan, editors/ Dictionary of American history/ REF 973.03 DIC/ @HQ
From revolution to reconstruction and what happened afterwards
Grant, George, compiled by/ The patriot's handbook/ 973 PAT/ @HQ, MI, GG, IM, CN, EN, and EV
The Hispanic-American album: a reference work on Hispanics in the United States/ REF 973.0468 HIS/ @HQ
Historic documents of . . . / REF 973 HIS/ @HQ
History/social studies web site for K-12 teachers
Japanese American history: an A-to-Z reference from 1868 to the present/ REF 973.04956 JAP/ @HQ
Meier, Matt S./ Dictionary of Mexican American history/ REF 973 MEI/ @HQ
National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
Nobles, Gregory H./ American frontiers: cultural encounters and continental conquest/ 973 NOB/ @EN
Our story Presents an information resource on people of African descent, including African-Americans, Caribbean people, and Caribbean-Americans.
Reference library of Black America/ REF 973.0496 REF/ @HQ
Thomas Harriot's a briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia
White House virtual library

973.1 Early History to 1607

Bakeless, Katherine (Little) 1895-/ They saw America first; our first explorers and what they saw, by Katherine and John Bakeless/ 973.1 BAK/ @HQ
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976/ The European discovery of America; the northern voyages A.D. 500-1600/ 973.1 MOR/ @HQ, GG, CN, and EB

973.2 Colonial Period, 1607-1775

Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911/ Child life in colonial days/ 973.2 EAR/ @HQ
Hawke, David Freeman/ Everyday life in early America/ 973.2 HAW/ @HQ

973.3 Periods of Revolution and Confederation, 1775-1789

American Revolutionary War Web Site
Boatner, Mark Mayo/ Encyclopedia of the American Revolution/ REF 973.303 BOA/ @HQ
Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
Diamant, Lincoln/ Yankee Doodle days: exploring the American Revolution/ 973.3 DIA/ @HQ
Dupuy, R. Ernest (Richard Ernest), 1887-1975/ The American Revolution, a global war/ 973.3 DUP/ @HQ
Higginbotham, Don/ The war of American independence; military attitudes, policies, and practice, 1763-1789/ 973.3 HIG/ @HQ

973.4 Constitutional Period, 1789-1809

Elkins, Stanley M./ The age of federalism/ 973.4 ELK/ @HQ, MI, GG, and CN
Larkin, Jack, 1943-/ The reshaping of everyday life, 1790-1840/ 973.4 LAR/ @HQ, GG, CN, and EN

973.5 1809-1845

Coit, Margaret L./ The sweep westward/ 973.5 COI/ @HQ, GG, IM, CN, and EN
Hunt, Gaillard, 1862-1924/ As we were: life in America 1814/ 973.52 HUN/ @HQ
Oates, Stephen B./ The approaching fury: voices of the storm, 1820-1861/ 973.5 OAT/ @HQ
Smith, Joseph Burkholder/ The plot to steal Florida: James Madison's phony war/ FLA 973.51 SMI/ @HQ, MI, and CN

973.6 1845-1861

Johnson, Dorothy M./ The bloody Bozeman; the perilous trail to Montana's gold/ 973.6 JOH/ @HQ
The Lincoln-Douglas debates: the first complete, unexpurgated text/ 973.68 LIN/ @HQ
Nevin, David, 1927-/ The Mexican war/ 973.623 NEV/ @HQ, MI, and EN

973.7 Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil War

American Civil War
Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-/ A Civil War treasury of tales, legends, and folklore; illustrated by Warren Chappell/ 973.7 BOT/ @HQ, and EB
Catton, Bruce, 1899-/ The American heritage new history of the Civil War/ 973.7 CAT/ @HQ, MI, GG, CN, and EN
Davis, Kenneth C./ Don't know much about the Civil War: everything you need to know about America's greatest conflict but never learned/ 973.7 DAV/ @HQ, MI, GG, and EB
History Buff's Homepage
Moskow, Shirley Blotnick/ Emma's world: an intimate look at lives touched by the Civil War era/ 973.7 MOS/ @HQ, and EN
Voices of the 55th: letters from the 55th Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1865/ 973.781 VOI/ @HQ
Willett, Robert L., 1926-/ One day of the Civil War: America in conflict, April 10, 1863/ 973.733 WIL/ @HQ, and CN
Wright, Mike, 1938-/ What they didn't teach you about the Civil War/ 973.7 WRI/ @HQ

973.8 Reconstruction Period, 1865-1901

Bowers, Claude Gernade, 1879-1958/ The tragic era: the revolution after Lincoln/ 973.8 BOW/ @HQ
Foner, Eric/ Reconstruction, 1863-1877/ 973.8 FON/ @HQ, and EN
Shifflett, Crandall A./ Victorian America, 1876 to 1913/ REF 973.8 SHI/ @HQ, and EB

973.91 1901-1953

Allen, Frederick Lewis, 1890-1954/ Only yesterday; an informal history of the nineteen-twenties/ 973.91 ALL/ @HQ
Daniels, Jonathan, 1902-/ The time between the wars; armistice to Pearl Harbor/ 973.91 DAN/ @HQ, and GG
Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952/ Our times: America at the birth of the twentieth century/ 973.91 SUL/ @HQ, MI, GG, CN, EN, and EB
World War I: Trenches on the web

973.92 1953-

Bloom, Allan David, 1930-/ The closing of the American mind: how higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students/ 973.92 BLO/ @HQ, MI, GG, IM, EB, CN, EN, and EV
Burner, David, 1937-/ Making peace with the 60s/ 973.92 BUR/ @HQ, IM, and EN
Elliott, Michael/ The day before yesterday: reconsidering America's past, rediscovering the present/ 973.92 ELL/ @HQ
Vietnam: Yesterday and Today
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