Books written by Scott Derks

Working Americans, 1880-1999: Social movements

Edward Sienkiewicz , a Polish clothing manufacturer living in Portland , Maine , felt an obligation to help Poland's Jewish community in any way he could after the devastation brought to that country during World War II .
Working Americans, 1880-2005: From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War

Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that group from the 1800s to the present...
The Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-1999

Examines what things have cost and how much money people have had to buy them, recording the actual prices of thousands of items that consumers purchased from the Civil War...
The Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-2009

This fifth edition of the highly successful The Value of a Dollar records the actual prices of thousands of items that consumers purchased from the Civil War to the present,...
Secrets of the Springs: Warm Mineral Springs and Little Salt Spring

Two people making fire. tree that held the eagle nest. Rabbits scampered out ahead of the flames, mice scurried from hole to hole, and snakes rapidly slithered through the grasses. The fire ignited the dry, lower branches of the eagle ...
Working Americans, 1880-1999: Women at work

Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that group from the 1800s to the present...
Working Americans, 1880-2007: Immigrants

These volumes will enrich the reader's understanding of American history, through the eyes of its people, and will be a welcome addition to all types of reference collections.
Working Americans, 1880-1999: The upper class

Each of the volumes in the Working Americans 1880-1999 series focuses on a particular class of Americans, The Working Class, The Middle Class and The Upper Class over the last...
Working Americans, 1880-1999: The working class

Each of the volumes in the Working Americans 1880-1999 series focuses on a particular class of Americans, The Working Class, The Middle Class and The Upper Class over the last...
Working Americans, 1880-2005: Sports & recreation

Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that group from the 1800s to the present...
Working Americans, 1880-1999: Americans at war

This fifth volume in the Working Americans, 1880-1999 series is divided into 11 chapters, each covering a decade from 1880-2003 and examines the lives of Americans during the time of...
Working Americans, 1880-1999: The middle class

Each of the volumes in the Working Americans 1880-1999 series focuses on a particular class of Americans, The Working Class, The Middle Class and The Upper Class over the last...
Working Americans Ten Volume Set

These volumes will enrich the reader's understanding of American history, through the eyes of its people, and will be a welcome addition to all types of reference collections.
The Value of a Dollar: Colonial Era to the Civil War, 1600-1865

Following the format of the widely acclaimed, The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004, The Value of a Dollar 1600-1859, The Colonial Era to The Civil War records the actual prices...
Working Americans, 1880-1999: Their children

Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that group from the 1800s to the present...
Constitutional Amendments: Encyclopedia of the People, Procedures, Politics, Primary Documents Relating to the 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

This updated edition offers new analysis of the implications of recent political groups, specifically Tea Party Republicans who identify as "strict constitutionalists," and new information on the recent challenges to and reinterpretations ...