1914-

Discusses the life of the medical researcher Jonas Salk and describes his discovery of the polio vaccine in 1955.

The author relates the tremendous obstacles involved in the rescue of European Jews who were being secretly and illegally transported to Palestine on the ship "Hilda" to escape destruction by the Nazis.

Profiles the man who made his mark as developer of a polio vaccine, struggled to deal with the resultant fame, and emerged as a philosopher/scientist, writing and speaking about our responsibility for the future.

A biography of the baseball legend who hit safely in fifty-six games during the 1941 season.

A biography of Dr. Margaret Lawrence from her girlhood in rigidly segregated Vicksburg, Mississippi to her career as a psychiatrist.

Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest.

Explores the life and achievements of Dr. Jonas Salk who, in 1954, discovered an effective vaccine against what was then a dreaded disease, polio.

A biography of the scientist who developed a vaccine that conquered polio.

A poetic prose that tells the story of a Nepalese Sherpa boy who, along with Edmund Hillary, scaled Mt. Everest in May of 1953.