Meltzer, Milton

Examines the troubled life of the nineteenth-century writer whose poetry and short stories broke new ground in American literature.

Discusses the daily lives of the various classes of people in ancient Egypt, providing a view of Egyptian culture at the time.

Presents an overview of the events in African American history that culminated in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s and represented a striving for equal rights.

A biography of the Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the steel industry and used much of it for philanthropic causes.

A recounting drawn from historic source material of the many individual acts of heroism performed by righteous gentiles who sought to thwart the extermination of the Jews during the Holocaust.

Introduces the history, effects, and current uses of the potato in the world marketplace.

A biography of the founder of the Bethune-Cookman College and the National Council of Negro Women.