It's preserving the stories. It wasn't meant to be a history as dry facts and figures. It was meant to be the human side of the story.

So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.

Assumptions can get you killed. --Titus Ray, Chapter 2

As bad as it is right now, that's still our home. And like anybody who loses their home, you want to go back there and clean everything up and make it right again.

That could cost us in the big picture. But you can't help that. The kids need to be in school.

Although history textbooks contain facts and information and historical fiction provides entertainment, well-told biographies bridge the gap for children by combining historical accuracy along with engaging stories. It is time to bridge that gap for the middle grade student.