Real American Stories

Real American Stories include:

* The diary of a Civil War soldier

* A 15-year old Irish boy joins the British Merchant Marine and meets his future wife on board 14 years later on a voyage from Shanghi to London

* A young woman sails to China in 1920 to teach school

* Electricity and telephone come to a home for the first time

* What was an outhouse?

* What was the Horse Theif Detective Association?

* What collage coach had an undefeated, untied and unscored on team?

* What small high school team won a national high school tournament?

* What small town boy became a hero at Colombine?

...and many more.