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History Book List
CODE:
(H) = Henty book
(R) = Robinson book
(S) = Sonlight book
(A) = American Adventure Series
All books in this list are first listed by reading level.  (Each reading level will have it's own chart.)
Levels used:
Level 1 and 2 - Early Elementary and older - Picture books and Bailey Level
Level 3 and 4 - Mid-Elementary level and older - Pollard Level and Americn Adventure books
Level 5 and 6 - High Elementary/Middle School and older- Henty Level
Level 7 and 8 - Advanced Middle School and older
Level 9 and 10 - High School and older
Level 11 and 12 - College Level/Adults
Then the books are arranged choronologiclly by year within each reading level.  So if you have a child that would like to read in more than one reading level, you will need to more than one chart.
Color Code used:
Rows in gold are for books about United States history.
Rows in gray are for books about other American countries.
Rows in white are for over sea countries.
(Or for the books I don't know the location of yet.)

 

Need the year these books took place in:
Search for a Secret G.A. Henty
All but Lost Vol. 1-3 (H) G.A. Henty
Condemned as a Nihilist (H) G.A. Henty
Dorothy's Double (H) G.A. Henty
Facing Death (H) G.A. Henty
In the Heart of the Rockies (H) G.A. Henty
Out on the Pampas (H) G.A. Henty
Sturdy and Strong (H) G.A. Henty
The Lost Heir (H) G.A. Henty
The Plauge Ship (H) G.A. Henty
The Queen's Cup (H) G.A. Henty

Ancient History - Creation - 400 AD (Fall of Rome)
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
5 1250 BC The Cat of Bubastes (H) G.A. Henty Ancient Egypt
5 220 BC The Young Carthaginian (H) G.A. Henty Hannibal
5 61 Beric the Briton (H) G.A. Henty Roman Invasion of England
5 70 For the Temple (H) G.A. Henty Fall of Jerusalem

The Middle Ages - 400 AD - 1491 AD

Dark Ages  (400 AD - 1100 AD)
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
5 870 The Dragon and the Ravan (H) G.A. Henty King Alfred
5 1066 Wulf the Saxon (H) G.A. Henty Norman Conquest - Battle of Hastings

Middle Ages (1101 AD - 1399 AD)
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
5 1190 Winning His Spurs (H) G.A. Henty Third Crusade
5 1314 In Freedom's Cause (H) G.A. Henty Wallace & Bruce - Scottland
5 1340 St. George for England (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1380 The Lion of St. Mark (H) G.A. Henty 14th Century Venice
5 1381 A March on London (H) G.A. Henty  

Early Renaissance and Early Reformation time periods (1400 AD - 1492 AD)
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
5 1400 Both Sides of the Border (H) G.A. Henty Scottland, Wales
5 1415 At Agincourt (H) G.A. Henty Hundred Years War
5 1480 A Knight of the White Cross (H) G.A. Henty Crusades

American History I - 1492 AD - 1860 AD
  (includes world history and the rest of the renaissance and reformation time period during this section)

1492 - 1620
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
3 Various Famous Explorers for Young People Ramon P. Coffman & 
Nathan G. Goodman
Exploration
3 1492 Christopher Columbus and The Discovery of The New World (R) Josephine Pollard Exploration
3 1562-1618 Sir Walter Raleigh Adele DeLeeuw Exploration
3 1620 The Mayflower Adventure (A) Colleen L. Reece Pilgrims
3 1620 Plymouth Pioneers (A) Colleen L. Reece Pilgims
3 1620 Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims Clyde Robert Bulla Pilgrims

 
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
5 1567 St. Bartholomew's Eve - A Tale of the Huguenot Wars (H) G.A. Henty Huguenot Wars
5 1579 By Pike and Dyke (H) G.A. Henty Dutch Republic
5 1580 Under Drake's Flag (H) G.A. Henty Exploration
5 1588 By England's Aid (H) G.A. Henty Freeing of Netherlands
5 1595 By Right of Conquest - with Cortez in Mexico (H) G.A. Henty Exploration

1621 - 1750
 
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
3 1634 Dream Seekers (A) Lough, Loree Colonial America
3 1636 Fire by Night (A) Lough, Loree Colonial America
3 1710 Queen Anne's War (A) JoAnn A. Grote Colonial America
3 1713 Danger in the Harbor (A) JoAnn A. Grote Colonial America
3 1721 Smallpox Strikes (A) Norma Jean Lutz Colonial America
3 1744 Maggie's Choice (A) Norma Jean Lutz Colonial America
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
5 1630 The Lion of the North (H) G.A. Henty Thirty Years War
5 1640 Won by the Sword (H) G.A. Henty Thirty Years War
5 1650 Friends Though Divided (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1666 When London Burned (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1680 John Hawke's Fortune (H) G.A. Henty Monmouth's Rebellion
5 1690 Orange and Green (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1695 A Jacobite Exile (H) G.A. Henty Thirty Years War
5 1703 The Cornet of Horse (H) G.A. Henty Malborough's Wars
5 1705 The Bravest of the Brave (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1710 In the Irish Brigade (H) G.A. Henty War in Flanders and Spain
5 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie (H) G.A. Henty  

1751 - 1860
 
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
3 1764 Boston Revolts (A) Miller, Susan Martins Colonial America
3 1770 The Boston Massacre (A) Miller, Susan Martins Colonial America
3 1773 The American Revolution (A) JoAnn A. Grote American Revolution
3 1781 The American Victory (A) JoAnn A. Grote American Revolution
3 1807 Adventure in the Wilderness (A) Veda Jones Traveling West
3 1812 Earthquake in Cincinnati (A) Bonnie Hinman  
3 1818 Trouble on the Ohio River (A) Norma Lutz  
3 1828 Escape from Slavery (A) Norma Lutz Pre Civil War America
3 1832 Cincinnati Epidemic (A) Veda Jones Pre Civil War America
3 1836 Riot in the Night (A) Bonnie Hinman Pre Civil War America
3 1840 Fight for Freedom (A) Norma Lutz Pre Civil War America
3 1849 Enemy or Friend (A) Norma Lutz Pre Civil War America
3 1854 Danger on the Railroad (A) Susan Miller Pre Civil War America
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
5 1751 With Clive in India (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1759 With Wolfe in Canada (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1760 With Frederick the Great (H) G.A. Henty Seven Years War
5 1780 True to the Old Flag (H) G.A. Henty American War of Independence
5 1780 Hold Fast for England (H) G.A. Henty Siege of Gibraltar
5 1782 Colonel Thorndyke's Secret (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1786 With Clive in India (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1789 Final Reckoning (H) G.A. Henty Bush life in Australia
5 1793 In the Reign of Terror (H) G.A. Henty French Revolution
5 1795 No Surrender! (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1795 A Roving Comission (H) G.A. Henty French Revolution
5 1795 The Tiger of Mysore (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1795 By Conduct and Courage (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1798 At Aboukir and Acre (H) G.A. Henty Napoleon Invades Egypt
5 1800 At the Point of the Bayonet (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1807 Through the Fray (H) G.A. Henty Luddite Riots
5 1807 With Moore at Corunna (H) G.A. Henty Peninsular War
5 1808 Under Wellington's Command (H) G.A. Henty Peninsular War
5 1810 The Young Buglers (H) G.A. Henty Peninsular War
5 1812 Through Russian Snows (H) G.A. Henty Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
5 1813 With the British Legion (H) G.A. Henty Carlist Wars
5 1815 One of the 28th (H) G.A. Henty Waterloo
5 1819-1901 Queen Victoria (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1819-1901 The Sovereign Reader (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1820 With Cochrane the Dauntless (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1824 On the Irrawaddy (H) G.A. Henty First Burmese War
5 1829 The Treasure of the Incas (H) G.A. Henty Adventure in Peru
5 1825 In Greek Waters (H) G.A. Henty Grecian War of Independence
5 1832 The Hands of the Cave Dwellers (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1840 To Herat and Cabul (H) G.A. Henty First Afghan War
5 1849 Captain Bayley's Heir (H) G.A. Henty Gold Fields in California
5 1850 Through the Sikh War (H) G.A. Henty Conquest of Punjaub
5 1850 The Curse of Carne's Hold (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1851 Redskin and Cowboy (H) G.A. Henty Western Plains
5 1854 Jack Archer (H) G.A. Henty Crimean War
5 1854 Gabriel Allen M.P. (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1856 In Times of Peril (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1856 Rujub the Juggler (H) G.A. Henty  

American History II - 1861 AD - Present
  (include world history during that time period)

1861 - 1900 (Begins with Civil War)
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
3 1861 Time for Battle (A) Susan Miller Civil War
3 1862 The Rebel Spy (A) Norma Jean Lutz Civil War
3 1865 War's End (A) Norma Jean Lutz Civil War
3 1875 Centennial Celebration (A) JoAnn A. Grote  
3 1877 The Great Mill Explosion (A) JoAnn A. Grote  
3 1881 Lights for Minneapolis (A) Susan Miller  
3 1886 The Street Car Riots (A) Susan Miller  
3 1893 Chicago's World Fair (A) JoAnn A. Grote  
3 1896 A Better Bicycle (A) Norma Jean Lutz  
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
5 1861 With Lee in Virginia (H) G.A. Henty Civil War
5 1862 A Hidden Foe (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1865 Out with Garibaldi (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1867 The March to Magdala (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1870 A Woman of the Commune (H) G.A. Henty Two Sieges of Paris
5 1870 Maori and Settler (H) G.A. Henty New Zealand War
5 1870 The Young Franc-Tireurs (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1873 By Sheer Pluck (H) G.A. Henty Ashanti War
5 1873 The March to Coomassie (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1879 For Name and Fame (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1880 The Young Colonists (H) G.A. Henty Sulu and Boer Wars
5 1882 A Chapter of Adventures (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1885 The Dash for Khartoum (H) G.A. Henty Nile Expedition
5 1896 Through Three Campaigns (H) G.A. Henty Ashanti War
5 1898 With Kitchener in the Soudan (H) G.A. Henty  
5 1899 With Buller in Natal (H) G.A. Henty Boer Wars
5 1900 With Roberts to Pretoria (H) G.A. Henty Boer Wars
5 1900 With the Allies to Pekin (H) G.A. Henty  

1901 - 1928 (Includes World War I)
 
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
3 1903 The New Citizen (A) Veda Boyd Jones  
3 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake (A) Bonnie Hinman  
3 1907 Marching with Sousa (A) Norma Jean Lutz  
3 1914 Clash with the Newsboys (A) Norma Jean Lutz  
3 1916 Prelude to War (A) Norma Jean Lutz World War I
3 1918 The Great War (A) Norma Jean Lutz World War I
3 1919 The Flu Epidemic (A) JoAnn A. Grote  
3 1920 Women Win the Vote (A) JoAnn A. Grote  
3 1923 Battling the Klan (A) Norma Jean Lutz  
3 1927 The Bootlegger Menace (A) Bonnie Hinman  

1929 - 1949 (Great depression and World War II)
 
Level Year Book Title Author Topic
3 1929 Black Tuesday (A) JoAnn A. Grote The Great Depression
3 1933 The Great Depression (A) JoAnn A. Grote The Great Depression
3 1935 Starting Over (A) Susan Miller  
3 1938 Changing Times (A) Susan Miller  
3 1939 Rumblings of War (A) Norma Jean Lutz World War II
3 1942 War Strikes (A) Norma Jean Lutz World War II
3 1943 The Home Front (A) Bonnie Hinman World War II
3 1945 Coming Home (A) Veda Boyd Jones World War II

1950 - 1963 (Korean War and Civil Rights Era)
 
Level Year Book Title Author Topic




















1964 - present (Vietnam War, Cold war, Space age)
 
Level Year Book Title Author Topic