Edith Raskin Books
World Food
By Edith Raskin
Discusses the ways man has improved his food supply by improving crop yield and livestock quality as well as utilizing diverse food sources.
Read MoreGhosts and witches aplenty
Eleven tales of ghosts, devils, and witches collected from early American diaries, documents, and records.
Read MoreStrange shadows
The experiences of the Fox sisters, Mollie Fancher, Nettie Colburn, and others who seemed to be in contact with the spirit world in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America.
Read MoreStrange shadows
The experiences of the Fox sisters, Mollie Fancher, Nettie Colburn, and others who seemed to be in contact with the spirit world in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America.
Read MoreOf whales and wolves and other adventures in early America
Eight stories, based on historical accounts, of young people who left home to find adventure in the wilderness of colonial America, at sea, in the city, and in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
Read MoreGhosts and witches aplenty
Thirteen tales of ghosts, devils, and witches collected from early American diaries, documents, and records.
Read MoreSpies and traitors
Describes the exploits of ten men and women spies of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
Read MoreTales of indentured servants
Eight accounts retold from historical sources of indentured servants in colonial America, including children who were kidnapped and sold into servitude, a girl who indentured herself, and a student...
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