Real American Stories

Real American Stories include: * The diary of a Civil War soldier * A 15-year old Irish boy joins the British Merchant Marine and meets his future wife on board 14 years later on a voyage from Shanghi to London * A young woman sails to China in 1920 to teach school * Electricity and telephone come to a home for the first time * What was an outhouse? * What was the Horse Theif Detective Association? * What collage coach had an undefeated, untied and unscored on team? * What small high school team won a national high school tournament? * What small town boy became a hero at Colombine? ...and many more.