Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during important events or time periods in American history. Kit contains 13 titles from the 1800s with some titles having more than one copy. Titles are: Line in the Sand: Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836, Valley of the Moon: Diary of Maria Rosalia De Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta CA, 1846, Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847, So Far from Home: Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish mill girl, Lowell, MA, 1847, Picture of Freedom: Diary of Clotee, A Slave Girl, Blemont Plantation Virginia, 1859, Light in the Storm: Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861, When Will This Cruel War be Over?: Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, VA, 1864, Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864, I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, SC 1865, Great Railroad Race: Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868, My Face to the Wind: Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881, West to a Land of Plenty: Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883, and Coal Miner's Bride: Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896.