Walt Whitman Notebooks, 1847-1860s

Of general interest:

Broderick, John C. "The Greatest Whitman Collector and the Greatest Whitman Collection," Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 27 (April 1970): 109-128.

Kaplan, Justin. Walt Whitman: A Life. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1980.

Reynolds, David S. Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography. N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.

Walt Whitman: Complete Poetry and Collected Prose. N.Y.: The Library of America, 1982.

Especially for younger readers:

Cox, Clinton. Mark Twain: America's Humorist, Dreamer, Prophet--A Biography. N.Y.: Scholastic, 1995.

Reef, Catherine. Walt Whitman. N.Y.: Clarion, 1995.

Toynton, Evelyn. Growing Up in America: 1830 to 1860. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1995.

Of general interest:

Collins, Kathleen. Washingtoniana Photographs: Collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress, 1989.

Lewis, David L. District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History. N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Co., 1976.

Miller, Fredric M., and Howard Gillette, Jr. Washington Seen: A Photographic History, 1875-1965. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.

Scott, Pamela and Antoinette Lee. Buildings of the District of Columbia. N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Especially for younger readers:

Brill, Marlene Targ. Building the Capital City. N.Y.: Children's Press, 1996.

Fradin, Dennis Brindell. From Sea to Shining Sea: Washington, D.C. Chicago: Children's Press, 1992.

Reynolds, Patrick M. A Cartoon History of the District of Columbia. Willow Street, Pa.: The Red Rose Studio, 1995.

Words and Deeds in American History

Of general interest:

Lang, H. Jack. Letters in American History: Words to Remember. N.Y.: Harmony Books, 1982.

Library of Congress. Manuscripts: An Illustrated Guide. Washington: Library of Congress, 1993.

Ravitch, Diane, ed. The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation. N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1990.

Shenkman, Richard. Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History. N.Y.: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1988.

Especially for younger readers:

Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth. Illustrated by Gershom Griffith. N.Y.: Holiday House, 1994.

Fritz, Jean. Shh! We're Writing the Constitution. Pictures by Tomie dePaola. N.Y.: The Putnam & Grosset Group., 1987.

Levine, Ellen. . . .If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King. Illustrated by Anna Rich. N.Y.: Scholastic, Inc., 1990.

Levinson, Nancy Smiler. Thomas Alva Edison, Great Inventor. N.Y: Scholastic, 1996.

Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting

Of general interest:

Kinnard, Douglas. From the Paterson Station: The Way We Were. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corporation, 2000. Catalog Record

Murphy, J. Palmer and Margaret. Paterson and Passaic County: An Illustrated History. Northridge, California: Windsor Publications, 1987. Catalog Record

Norwood, Christopher. About Paterson; The Making and Unmaking of an American City. New York: Saturday Review Press, 1974. Catalog Record

Scranton, Philip B., Ed. Silk City: Studies on the Paterson Silk Industry, 1860-1940. Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, 1985 Catalog Record

Especially for younger readers:

Deshpande, Chris. Silk. Ada, Oklahoma: Garrett Educational Corporation, 1994. Catalog Record

Richardson, Adele. Silk. Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Education, 2000. Catalog Record