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Introduces the geography, history, government, economy, industry, culture, historic sites, and famous people of this very small but very diverse state.

An introduction to the history, geography, important people, and interesting sites of Massachusetts.

A biography of the great Boston silversmith and patriot of the American Revolution, who helped his country win independence.

Recounts the early life of the boy who grew up to become a famous silversmith and Revolutionary War patriot.

Describes the Pilgrims' first years in Plymouth and the first Thanksgiving.

Text and photographs follow a six-year-old Pilgrim boy through a busy day during the spring harvest in 1627: doing chores, getting to know his Wampanoag Indian neighbors, and spending time with his family.

Recreates a day in the life of a Wampanoag Indian boy during pilgrim times.

Examines a day in the life of a colonial soldier through the story of Stephen Wells, a minuteman who is called to participate in the Battle of Lexington, the first clash of the Revolutionary War.

Mary, Remember, and Bartholomew are among the pilgrims who survive the harsh early years in America and see New Plymouth grow into a prosperous colony.

A child's two grandfathers relate their boyhood experiences of the "terrible blizzard of 1888," during which each was stuck for three days doing what he disliked the most.

Relates Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of the Swift River towns in western Massachusetts to form the Quabbin Reservoir.

Filmed on-location at Plimoth Plantation, presents a re-creation of the first Thanksgiving, featuring authentic costumes, language and buildings.

Descriptive details showing what life was like in New England during the first half of the 17th century, Historical information on the Pilgrim's journey to America, and the roles and responsibilities of the men, women and children who established the settlement.

In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who takes refuge with the Kelly family in Missouri after fleeing the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders.

The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and so they hatch a plot to stop him.