Landmark books

The history of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, from the land and sea expeditions to found Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River to the sale of the trading post to the British during the War of 1812.

The story of the English colonist, Captain John Smith, the Indian girl, Pocahontas, and the settlement of the colony of Virginia.

Presents one of the most important naval battles of World War II, in which the Japanese unsuccessfully sought to gain control of the last American outpost in the central Pacific, from which they could threaten Hawaii and the United States.