R. Conrad Stein

Describes the history, geography, economy, culture, religion, language, sports, arts, and people of Mexico.

Describes the Federal government's seizure of Cherokee lands in Georgia and the forced migration of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma along the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears.

Relates the circumstances of the United States' involvement with the Barbary States of North Africa in the early years of the nineteenth century.

Describes the events preceding, during, and following this noted event, which helped precipitate the American Revolutionary War.