Historical, economic, geographical, and cultural information is found in the ‘America the Beautiful’ series by Children’s Press.  The part Georgia played in the American Revolution is interesting, but the real grabber is the historical “Trail of Tears” where Georgians got rid of the Native Americans when gold was discovered on Indian land within the Georgia state boundaries.  The white man’s lust for gold and riches is well known and well documented, but how could we justify what we did to an entire race for greed?  Looking at history, I would like to think that today we wouldn’t let that happen; but I’m not sure at all.  I do appreciate the fact that the publishers printed the truth and didn’t try to hide the facts.   This book has valuable information but with budget money so tight, I’m not sure if school libraries could afford to buy a 50-volume set, when information is so easily available on the internet.