Peter F. Copeland

Color 42 legendary American Revolution heroes and heroines. These dramatic illustrations include Nathan Hale, an American spy captured and executed by the British; Margaret Cochran Corbin, who followed her husband to the battlefront and took his place as a gunner when he was killed; Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox,” who resorted to guerrilla warfare in the forests and swamps of South Carolina; and many more. Informative and detailed captions accompany each image.

These 45 finely detailed and carefully researched illustrations portray westward expansion and life on the American frontier. Capture and color the dramatic rescue of the Donner party, a keelboat approaching a thriving river town, a wagon train attacked by Native Americans, prospectors in the Rockies, a section gang laying railroad tracks, and much more. A descriptive caption accompanies each image, appealing to Western history enthusiasts and coloring book fans of all ages.

Journey back to 1804, and experience the epic expedition of Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as they charted the new, unexplored American West. Forty-five historically accurate, precisely drawn illustrations for coloring retrace the nearly 8,000 miles of their perilous trek. For two years, this dauntless duo and their team of explorers navigated insect- and snake-infested waterways, crossed scorching plains, scaled frigid mountain passes, and faced near-starvation—all the while charting a vast wilderness never before seen by white men. This coloring book educates and entertains with engaging captions providing historical context, making it perfect for young explorers, history enthusiasts, and art lovers eager to explore America's frontier legacy.

The greatest and most destructive war in history, World War II involved gigantic struggles not only in Europe, but in Asia, Africa, and islands of the South Pacific as well. Peter Copeland presents a graphic overview of this historic conflict in dramatic illustrations of air, land, and sea battles, and other major events — from the German invasion of Poland in 1939 to the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in August 1945. Forty-five ready-to-color exciting scenes include the Battle of Britain; Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; General Rommel's desert campaigns; sinking of the German battleship Bismark; Battle of Stalingrad; allied invasion of France; Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa; fall of Berlin; dropping of atomic bomb over Hiroshima; and many more. An informative caption accompanies each powerful, meticulously rendered illustration.

All the drama of the American Civil War comes vividly to life in these ready-to-color scenes of key moments in that epic conflict. Scenes include panoramic views of land and sea battles, revealing vignettes that dramatize social and political issues of the period, and detailed close-ups of uniforms, equipment, and locale. The 40 realistically rendered illustrations depict the battle for the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, the bombardment of Fort Sumter, a naval battle between the first American iron-clad ships — the Monitor and the Merrimac — the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox, the assassination of Lincoln at Ford's Theater, and much more.

This captivating book brings history to life with illustrations that capture the drama of America’s struggle for independence from England. The 45 pages of detailed drawings depict scenes of the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere's ride, the Battle of Lexington, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, George Washington at the Delaware, and many more important milestones that led to the birth of a new nation. Each image is accompanied by a fact-filled descriptive caption and can be colored with pencils, pens, or crayons. Both educational and entertaining, this unique coloring book is sure to appeal to teachers, students, and history buffs ages 9 and up.

Learn about the age of exploration across the North American continent in this captivating book! Forty-four pages of finely detailed illustrations depict important historical events spanning centuries of discoveries that changed the world. The dynamic drawings begin with the arrival of the Vikings in Vinland (ca.1000 AD), followed by dramatic scenes highlighting many famous expeditions led by Columbus, Cabot, Cortes, Coronado, Champlain, Captain Cook, Lewis and Clark, Jedediah Smith, and more. Each image is accompanied by a fact-filled descriptive caption and can be colored with pencils, pens, or crayons. Both educational and entertaining, this unique coloring book is sure to appeal to teachers, students, and history buffs ages 9 and up.

Informative, carefully researched coloring book depicts, in 39 detailed illustrations, native North Americans engaged in a host of arts and crafts: drum-making, carving totem poles, face and body painting, building a dugout canoe, making and painting ceramic pots, weaving rugs and blankets, preparing hides, more. Descriptive captions.

Many of them are National Historic Sites today, but in their time these forts were among the first footsteps of a westward-bound society. Illustrations of 44 historic forts range from sites in the northernmost reaches of the United States and Canada to El Morro, Puerto Rico's sixteenth-century citadel. Detailed captions accompany scenes from Fort McHenry, Fort Jamestown, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Sumter, Plymouth Fort, Fort Laramie, and many other strongholds.

A big book of coloring fun, packed with cowboys, desperados, prospectors, and pioneers Saddle up and take a trip back to the days of the Wild West with this giant coloring book. Packed with captivating details of frontier life, it features 118 full-page illustrations of dramatic historical events -- building the railroad, crossing the prairie, battling outlaws -- plus portraits of explorers, bandits, lawmen, and other real-life characters from an adventurous era.Scenes from pioneer life include a wagon train fending off an Indian attack, workmen erecting the first transcontinental telegraph lines, and prospectors trying their luck amid the Rockies. From Belle Starr and Billy the Kid to Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickock, a colorful gallery of famous faces includes personalities on both sides of the law. Richly detailed, authentic depictions of cowboy life chronicle the exhausting and exhilarating business of bull riding, roping, branding, and trail driving. Each illustration appears with an informative caption.

Exciting illustrations depict the daring deeds of 5 swashbuckling renegades and their cohorts, notorious for victimizing the high seas and harbor towns of the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries: Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, William Kidd, and Henry Morgan. 30 illustrations and captions.

31 lively drawings reproduce whole panorama of military attire; complete instructions for accurate coloring. Captions.

Well-researched coloring book dramatically captures the danger, hardships, tedium, and lighter moments in the life of a Civil War soldier. Forty-five realistically rendered illustrations depict new recruits saying good-bye to loved ones, trying on uniforms, spending a relaxed evening in camp, posing for a photographer, waiting expectantly for mail, facing a cavalry attack, and much more. Captions.

44 dramatically illustrated scenes tell the story of the secret network that took runaway slaves from southern states to the North and Canada between 1830 and 1860. Shocking views of slave pens, "below decks" aboard a slave ship, methods of punishing runaway slaves, refugees arriving at a "safe house," and more. Fact-filled captions complete a book that will thrill coloring book fans and fascinate students of American history and anyone interested in the African-American struggle for freedom.

With your crayons and markers you'll have no trouble learning exactly what the soldiers from both North and South wore during the Civil War. Peter Copeland, historical artist, has drawn 21 Confederate uniforms and 24 Union uniforms for this coloring book. Here are the men from many different states and ranks (privates, volunteers, captains, a drummer boy, a mule driver, corporals, and others) as well as several historical figures -- General Robert E. Lee, 1863; Dr. Mary Walker, woman nurse, 1865; Major General Ulysses S. Grant, 1865; Admiral David Farragut, 1865. Each illustration is accompanied by a full caption that describes the authentic colors for the uniform. All 45 uniforms are shown in full color on the covers.

42 accurately rendered portraits of outstanding Native Americans, among them Geronimo, the famous Apache chieftain, Chief Joseph (Nez Perc� 9), Pontiac (Ottawa) and Sitting Bull (Sioux). Captions.

Early American craftsmen made a vital contribution to the development of this country, and they are still a very important part of our heritage. This book provides illustrations, rendered for coloring, of 22 crafts that were once widespread in America but are now rarely seen.Wigmakers, farriers (horse shoers), glassblowers, hatters, a whitesmith (tinsmith), cutlers, coopers, cabinetmakers, a coppersmith, and other tradesmen are shown in period costume at work, often in groups of two or more. On facing pages are illustrations of tools and products associated with each trade -- such as the whitesmith's anchored shears, flatting hammer, tin snips, tin candlestick, tin lantern, soldering iron, etc. A caption provides basic information on the craft.