Dorothy Hoobler

Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. Painters, scientists, revolutionaries, poets--all were there. But so, too, were the shadows: Paris was a violent, criminal place, its sinister alleyways the haunts of Apache gangsters and its cafes the gathering places of murderous anarchists. In 1911, it fell victim to perhaps the greatest theft of all time--the taking of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Immediately, Alphonse...

Forced to leave their homes in Georgia in 1837, Sarah Tsaluh Rogers, her family, and other Cherokees make the long and difficult journey along the Trail of Tears to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

When the Redcoats occupy her house in Philadelphia, young Annie MacDougal finds a way to help General Washington's troops at Valley Forge.

In Overton, Ohio, in the 1920s, Fran Parker and her family adjust to such modern inventions as the radio and the airplane, and Fran enters a radio contest.

A San Antonio girl and her family are caught up in the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.

Describes the building of the Taj Mahal, an ivory-white marble mausoleum in the Indian city of Agra.

"America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life. There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society. He spent the rest of his life trying to return. Though he failed, he pointed the way for others, who were drawn by the dream that opportunity was here for anyone who dared seize it ... Smith founded more than a colony. He gave birth to the American dream." -from Captain John Smith Captain John Smith...