Transportation
Keith Brandt
Describes the vehicles people have used to carry themselves and their things from place to place throughout history, from the Stone Age sledge through modern aircraft and submarines.
Read Time: ~5.3 hr
America dreaming
by Laban Carrick Hill (2009)
About this book
Laban Hill, author of the acclaimed Harlem Stomp, is back with an in-depth exploration of America in the 1960's and the young people who built a new world around them and changed our society significantly.Like Harlem Stomp, America Dreaming is an educational and visual look into a time of energy and influence. Covering subjects such as the civil rights movement, hippie culture, black nationalism, and the feminist movement, Hill paints a sprawling picture of life in the '60's and shows how teenagers were on the forefront of the societal changes that occurred during this grand decade.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreAmerica dreaming Lead Character
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