Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps.
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A brief biography of the Irish saint who was known for his love of books and his missionary work throughout Scotland.
Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.
The author's fictionalized version, though all the events are true, of her childhood in China in the 1920's.
A young Pennsylvania boy takes part in the pre-Civil War anti-slavery activities.
A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.
Discusses Leonardo's unfinished dream of making a statue of his horse and how Charles Dent completed the dream.
Discusses the voyages of Christopher Columbus who determined to beat everyone in the race to the Indies.
Describes the English colony of Roanoke, which was founded in 1585, and discusses the mystery of its disappearance.
Jean Fritz presents an accurate history of Pocahontas, the little girl who came to be a peacemaker between her father's tribe of Powhatan and the English settlers of the Jamestown colony. Later in her life, she became "Rebecca," the most sought-after individual in London society....
Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that h...
When Chad and his family flee to a fort in the Tennessee wilderness to escape an attack by Chickamauga Indians, the presence of the family of a white renegade who joined the Indians causes additional tensions.
A brief biography of Samuel Adams describing his activities in stirring up the revolt against the British and how he was finally persuaded to learn to ride a horse.
Describes the events of the 6,000 mile march undertaken by Mao Zedong and his Communist followers as they retreated before the forces of Chiang Kai-shek.
Traces the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, describes the impact of her most famous novel, and discusses her family background.
The author's fictionalized version, though all the events are true, of her childhood in China in the 1920s.