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Cowboys

Roundup on an American Ranch

by Anderson, Joan & Ancona, George

A pictorial essay on cowboys, focusing on the annual round-up at the Eby Ranch in Faywood, New Mexico.

Richie's Rocket

by Anderson, Joan & Ancona, George

Richie builds a rocket on the roof of his apartment building and flies to the moon, where he explores to his heart's content.

Christopher Columbus

From Vision to Voyage

by Anderson, Joan & Ancona, George

Traces the life of Columbus from his being a merchant in Genoa through his accomplishments as a navigator, mapmaker, and explorer.

Pioneer Settlers of New France

by Anderson, Joan & Ancona, George

Text and photographs recreate life in an eighteenth century pioneer settlement in Nova Scotia.

A Williamsburg household

by Anderson, Joan & Ancona, George

Focuses on events in the household of a white family and its black slaves in Colonial Williamsburg in the eighteenth century.

Pioneer children of Appalachia

by Anderson, Joan & Ancona, George

Text and photographs from a living history village in West Virginia recreate the pioneer life of young people in Appalachia in the early nineteenth century.

The glorious Fourth at Prairietown

by Anderson, Joan & Ancona, George

Recreates the Fourth of July in 1836 in the fictional village of Prairietown, Indiana, to show how the holiday was celebrated in a typical frontier community.