Describes the life cycle of the knobbed whelk, identifies different types of shells and their usefulness to man, and gives suggestions for building a shell collection.
In the Massachusetts Bay Colony's bustling seaport city, young Paul Revere saw about him the heart of Colonial America. Here is Boston as he and other early patriots knew it.
Describes the celebration of several Japanese festivals including Hi Matsuri, Girls' Day, The One Thousand Person Procession, the Okunchi Festival, and the Peace Festival.
Enthralled by the new science of natural history, a famous American painter establishes a museum in his home and organizes a scientific expedition to find and dig up a complete mammoth skeleton.
A biography of the 18th century Italian whose experiments with microbes disproved the theory of spontaneous generation and provided a base for the work of future scientists.
The life of the French soldier, liberator, and statesman, stressing the events and political maneuverings during his career as President of the Republic.
