Describes the development and use of many of the major trails established by Spanish soldiers, traders, and priests in Mexico, the Southwest, and Florida between the 1500s and the 1800s.
Presents a history of the United States Navy, describes how it is organized, and gives information on enlistment, benefits, officer training, Navy life, and the educational and career opportunities available to sailors.
While operating a pet-sitting business, eleven-year-old Margaret Drusilla and her friends, Wil and Denise, uncover a parrot-smuggling operation in Malibu, California.
Discusses the many visits made by explorers, missionaries, businessmen, scientists, and others to Easter Island since the late 1600s and what they revealed about life on this remote Pacific island.
Details the story of the building of the bridge across the entrance to San Francisco Bay, once the longest and tallest bridge, but still beautiful and famous.
Text and photographs portray various types of jobs available to commercial air pilots, including air ambulance pilot, traffic and news reporter, aerial surveyor and photographer, and stunt pilot.
