Tim McNeese

Isabel Allende is an informative introduction to the distinguished author. Isabel Allende, one of the world's most widely read Latin American writers, is a Chilean novelist who, like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, was strongly influenced by her grandparents. Her vivid fiction, such as The House of the Spirits, blends realism with magical elements and spotlights political and often feminist concerns. Here is a wonderful introduction to Isabel Allende that...

This book traces the events leading up to the mysterious explosion that destroyed the U.S.S. Maine in 1898 and discusses how the United States soon was at war with Spain.

This book examines the history of the New World, from the final decades of the 1500s through the mid-1700s, describing the exploration and quests of the French, the Spanish, and the Dutch, the establishing of English colonies, the African slaves, the French and Indian War, and the Revolutionary War.

This book examines the conception and creation of the Pony Express and the daring riders who carried mail on horseback between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.

This book introduces the Civil War Era 1851-1865, describing the clash over the expansion of slavery into western territories, the secession of eleven Southern states over states' rights, and the four years of battles with tens of thousands of casualties.

Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the 1944-45 Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes, France, during World War II, as well as its long-lasting consequences.

Describes the background to and the events of the 1453 siege of the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, by Turkish Muslims.

On May 10, 1869, two great lengths of railroad track were linked, and America became united. Until that moment, it had been one nation divided by great distance. However, with the promise of the wide-open west and the excitement of the Gold Rush in California, fast transportation across the country became vital. In this volume of "The American Saga", Tim McNeese tells the story of America's rapid westward expansion and the railroads that stitched...

Describes the history of the colonial settlement of Williamsburg.