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This gripping graphic novel tells the story of the 1891 Coal Creek War–one of the most significant yet overlooked labor and abolitionist uprisings in the history of the United States. Told through the eyes of a young Welsh immigrant, Trouble! at Coal Creek is the epic story of a cross-racial struggle to abolish the system…
A graphic novel biography of the escaped slave, abolitionist, public speaker, and most photographed man of the nineteenth century, based on his autobiographical writings and speeches, spotlighting the key events and people that shaped the life of this great American. Recently returned to the cultural spotlight, Frederick Douglass’s impact on American history is felt even…
The Battle of Gettysburg is a landmark event in United States history. Widely recognized as the Civil War’s turning point, it accounted for the most casualties of any battle during the war and spelled the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. In this powerful graphic history, Wayne Vansant describes the history leading up to…
When the United States began, it was a series of 13 small states on the eastern coast of North America. So how did it end up spanning the width of the entire continent? How did early Americans explore the vast wilderness, and how did the expansion affect the Indigenous peoples who were already living there?…
Mammoth Cave, a National Park in Brownsville, Kentucky, is the world’s largest cavern with more than 400 miles of cavern space. The first to explore the cave was an enslaved Black man, Stephen Bishop. With bravery and a curious mind, Bishop became a popular tour guide and mapped out the extensive caverns, all while remaining…
In mid-May 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from St. Louis, Missouri, leading a group on an ambitious mission. The group, called the Corps of Discovery, was to explore the unmapped land west of the Mississippi–territory completely unknown to most Americans. Then in mid-November 1805, Lewis and Clark looked out at the waves…
In mid-May 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from St. Louis, Missouri, leading a group on an ambitious mission. The group, called the Corps of Discovery, was to explore the unmapped land west of the Mississippi–territory completely unknown to most Americans. Then in mid-November 1805, Lewis and Clark looked out at the waves…
This gripping graphic novel tells the story of the 1891 Coal Creek War–one of the most significant yet overlooked labor and abolitionist uprisings in the history of the United States. Told through the eyes of a young Welsh immigrant, Trouble! at Coal Creek is the epic story of a cross-racial struggle to abolish the system…
Life changed dramatically for the Swinks when a slick salesman from the Colorado Land and Colonization Company strolled into the Swink-Russell store and convinced the partners to invest a mere $100 for 500 acres in the Arkansas River Valley. George’s long-held yearning to move West began as he embarked on the challenging journey by train…
When the United States began, it was a series of 13 small states on the eastern coast of North America. So how did it end up spanning the width of the entire continent? How did early Americans explore the vast wilderness, and how did the expansion affect the Indigenous peoples who were already living there?…
From Nathan Hale, #1 New York Times bestselling author and Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List maker, comes the definitive graphic novel about the Alamo. Hale relays the facts, politics, military actions, and prominent personalities that defined the Texas Revolution in factual yet humorous scenes that will capture the attention of reluctant readers and fans of…
Masks of Anarchy tells the extraordinary story of Percy Shelley’s poem “The Masque of Anarchy,” from its conception in Italy and suppression in England to the moment it became a catalyst for protest among New York City workers a century later. Shelley penned the poem in 1819, after hearing of the Peterloo Massacre, where British…
At its heart, this is a story about America finding its voice through its most vulnerable citizens-a journey that feels startlingly relevant in our own era of economic inequality and social movements. Jack London’s transformation from hungry drifter to literary giant serves as the emotional through-line for a larger American story about dignity, rebellion, and…
In the spring of 1846, the Donner and Reed families joined a wagon train bound for California in hopes of a better life. But when the party took an untested shortcut, it set them down a tragic path. As they crossed the Sierra Nevada, heavy snow fell in the mountain pass. They were trapped. Supplies…
The comic strip “Old Glory at the Crossroads 1861-1865” told the story of the Civil War during its centennial years from January 8, 1961 – June 6, 1965. Published in the Chicago Tribune and its affiliated newspapers, it ran every Sunday in the color comics section. The series was the work of artist Rick Fletcher…
Lost Literacies is the first full-length study of US comic strips from the period prior to the rise of Sunday newspaper comics. Where current histories assume that nineteenth-century US comics consisted solely of single-panel political cartoons or simple “proto-comics,” Lost Literacies introduces readers to an ambitious group of artists and editors who were intent on…
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