Denver, Colorado, was built along streams and rivers on the high, flat, grassy plains. Millions of years ago, dinosaurs wandered this area. After they disappeared, mammoths, giant bison, and even came
New Orleans, Louisiana, was founded by French Colonists in 1817. Because of its location, New Orleans played a large role in the antebellum slave trade, both in the importing of slaves and the growing
Located in the middle of the country, St. Louis is on the eastern side of the state of Missouri and alongside the mighty Mississippi River. People here are called “Saint Louisans” and the city is call
We're taking field trips to new heights with a hot air balloon ride to explore Atlanta, Georgia. Join the class and drop into this exciting US city to learn about its history, architecture, sports tea
We're taking field trips to new heights with a hot air balloon ride to explore Washington, DC. Join the class and drop into this exciting US city to learn about its history, architecture, sports teams
From the peaks and plains of the American West, to the vast and mysterious East African game fields and forests, Theodore Roosevelt shares his experiences and observations of the hunt in irresistible
The latest in Hesperus’s On series comes from master travel writer Mark Twain and concentrates on his journey through the Wild West From 1861 to 1867, a young Mark Twain traveled through the Wild West
A collection of Dickens's valuable writings on the most vulnerable segments of societyDickens is famous for his moralizing and the entreaties within his fiction to help the poor, and characters such a
We Want The Author to give us answers when all he can do is give us desiresMarcel Proust's fiction is threaded through with evidence of his belief in the importance of reading. A la recherche du temps
On Deception presents the highlights of Houdini's writings on illusions, revealing him to have been a remarkably prescient champion of rationalism and an ardent opponent of the duping of susceptible i
