A biography of John Hancock, one of the richest men in colonial America, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Joel Chandler Harris wrote the famous Uncle Remus stories which were based on folklore he had heard as a boy.
The boyhood of an explorer who was born to a prominent Virginia family, graduated from Annapolis and led expeditions to the poles.
A biography of the frontiersman, Indian fighter, and Texas hero whose famous knife became a legend.
Describes the childhood and youth of a boy who grew up in the woods, learning the ways of animals and Indians, to become a trail blazer and hunter moving new settlers westward.
The boyhood of the showman, operator of a popular museum in New York and a three ring circus known as "the greatest show on earth.".
