The Dear America series covers a wide range of topics, including: the Pilgrims' journey to the New World, the Salem Witch Trials, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, western expansion, slavery, immigration, nineteenth-century prairie life, the California Gold Rush of 1849, the Great Depression, Native Americans' experiences, racism, coal mining, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the fight for women's suffrage, the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the Battle of the Alamo, the Vietnam War, and more. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during important events or time periods in American history.
However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010. The series was canceled in 2004 with its final release, Hear My Sorrow. By 1998, the series had 12 titles with 3.5 million copies in print. For the 1987 Vietnam war documentary, see Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.ĭear America is a series of historical fiction novels for children published by Scholastic starting in 1996.
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