America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
In his first inaugural address, which remains one of the most famous in American history, President Franklin D.
Secretary of the Interior, at the outbreak of war with Germany in 1917, Franklin Lane was outspoken in his support of the fight.
During the Great Depression, Americans were starving.
When she wasn't reading, Helen loved to be outside.
Still preparing for college, Helen attended the Cambridge School for Young Ladies.
For two years, as Helen continued her college-prep work, she studied at the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York.
Until Helen was 13, Annie Sullivan worked with her student on the basics: How to finger-spell, how to read (in Braille and raised type) and how to spe...
Although her father had been married before, and Helen had two step-brothers, she was the first girl in the family and her mother's first child.
Even though she'd made great progress, Helen was frustrated because she could not speak.
As a child of the South, Helen had not experienced snow before the winter of 1889.
Helen loved to read.
In the fall of 1900, Helen Keller became the first blind-deaf college student.
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