Meltzer, Milton

Pictures and text chronicle fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan's famous voyage around the world in which he proved the Earth is round.

A tribute to horses and the role they have played in shaping history.

Discusses the value of gold and how it has been sought after and used in countries around the world throughout history.

A biography of the third president who was also the author of the Declaration of Independence.

Traces the history of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution and highlights contemporary challenges to each of the ten amendments.

A biography of Dorothea Lange, whose photographs of migrant workers and rural poverty helped bring about important social reforms.

A biography of our first President, from his growing-up years in Virginia to his death at Mount Vernon.

Letters, diaries, memoirs, interviews, ballads, newspaper articles, and speeches depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War.

An account of the Nazi destruction of six million Jews during World War two, with personal experiences of life in the ghettos and concentration camps recorded in letters, diaries, memoirs, poems, and songs.