Fritz, Jean

The author returns to China, to relive her memories of her youth and to witness the many historical and social changes that have taken place since she left the country in 1928.

Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps.

A brief biography of Patrick Henry tracing his progress from planter to statesman.

A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

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.

Describes some of the well-known as well as the lesser-known details of Paul Revere's life and exciting ride.

Presents a brief biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," chronicling her early, family life, how slavery impacted her, and what influenced the book she wrote that helped hasten the Civil War.

The author's fictionalized version, though all the events are true, of her childhood in China in the 1920's.

A biography of George the Third, King of Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution.

A biography of Thomas Savage, one of the early colonists of Jamestown, Virginia, who was sent to live among the Native Americans in order to learn their language and become an interpreter.