Fritz, Jean

Describes how the Constitution came to be written and ratified. Also includes the full text of the document produced by the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

A biography of the first signer of the Declaration of Independence outlining all that he did for himself as well as what he did for Massachusetts and his new nation.

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

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.

The giant Maushop and his family form the geography of Cape Cod in their battles with the pukwudgies.

Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.

Traces the life of the soldier who led the fight for Texas' independence from Mexico, served as governor and senator, and opposed secession during the Civil War.

A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.

Traces a youth's growth to maturity as he resolves his political conflicts in pre-revolutionary Salem, a center of high feeling between the British and colonists.

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