juvenile literature

Describes some of the difficulties that Columbus faced on his first voyage to the New World and what he found at the journey's end.

The story of John Stetson and how he came to create the most popular hat west of the Mississippi.

Includes a brief biography of President Lincoln, a list of locations where he walked, and photographs of places, buildings, and objects significant in his life.

Celinda McKelvey, a Navajo girl, participates in the Kinaalda, the traditional coming-of-age ceremony of her people.

A brief biography of the engineer, Confederate general, and college president, remembered as an excellent military leader and a great American.

Examines the life of the first black man to be appointed an associate justice of the highest court in the country.