Central Kansas Library System

Text, illustrations, and photographs discuss the fundamental role that African Americans have played in the making of the American republic.

Uses materials from letters and diaries written by survivors of the Donner Party to relate the experiences of that ill-fated group as they endured horrific circumstances on their way to California in 1846-47.

Chronicles the exploits of the mountain men who opened many trails and passages through the American West in the early nineteenth century.

A biographical history of influential African American pioneers and freedom fighters in the Midwest, including Sara Jane Woodson, Peter Clark, and Dred Scott.