Each book in this series contains a concise yet interesting record of a specific period in American historyalways explaining the Catholic influence of religion, culture and morality. Every private Catholic school, home-schooling family and library will benefit from these Catholic textbooks. Book 5, most often used in Grade 8, begins with the acquisition of Alaska and Hawaii, and ends with the Korean War. Fully illustrated, 6"x9" gold embossed cloth hardcover, 383 pages.