Books written by Teri Kanefield

Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Making of America #5

Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the presidency, with Teddy Roosevelt coming in second, and the Republican incumbent, Taft, trailing in third place. Franklin kicked off his second term by introducing an impressive number of bills to benefit ...
Abraham Lincoln: The Making of America #3

Lincoln, Collected Works, vol. 8, quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln. “plain unpretentious plodding man” Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis, eds., Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln (Chicago, ...
Guilty?: Crime, Punishment, and the Changing Face of Justice

Maxine A. Given, 2011 U.S. 11th Cir. 14282 (2011). Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961). In re Marvin Lee Wilson, 433 F3d 451 (2005). Marvin Lee Wilson v. The State of Texas, 7 S.W. 3rd 136 (1999). Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).
Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America #1

Over time, because of the systems Hamilton set up and the ideas he left, his vision won out. Here is the story that epitomizes the American dream—a poor immigrant who made good in America.
Thurgood Marshall

This book includes a timeline, excerpts of Marshall’s writings, source notes, a bibliography, and an index. “Provides a well-rounded look not only at the life of Marshall, but at the events in the world that shaped him into the man he ...
Andrew Jackson

The book includes selections of Jackson’s writings, endnotes, a bibliography, and an index. “A concise profile that successfully reveals Jackson’s personal complexities and contradictions and his controversial legacy as a public ...
Susan B. Anthony

The book includes selections of Anthony’s writing, endnotes, a bibliography, and an index. “Susan B. Anthony, who fought tirelessly for women to have the right to vote, is profiled in this very readable entry in the Making of America ...
The Extraordinary Suzy Wright: A Colonial Woman on the Frontier

The Extraordinary Suzy Wright sets about to change that, telling the little-known story of Quaker Susanna (Suzy) Wright (1697–1784), a renowned poet and political activist.
The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement

The book includes a civil rights timeline, bibliography, and index.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Making of America #5

Now in paperback, the inspiring story of one of America's greatest presidents The fifth book in the Making of America series, Franklin D. Roosevelt examines the life of America's 32nd president: his birth into one of America's elite ...
Free to be Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Story of Women in Law

Mixing social and legal history with a moving and intimate biography, award-winning author Teri Kanefield captures a turbulent era and tells the story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg defied expectations to become one of the most influential and ...