biography

Text and accompanying photographs present a biography of the lawyer, activist, and First Lady of the United States.

Examines the life and accomplishments of the Spanish explorer who travelled through the vast territory of today's southwestern United States.

Describes the life, explorations and voyages of Samuel de Champlain, the Father of New France.

Biography of Buffalo Bill Cody, a frontiersman, from his days at fourteen as a Pony Express rider, to his days in show business in the Wild West shows and his trying to settle on a ranch in Wyoming.

Presents the life of the fifteenth century explorer and how he came to discover the New World.

A biography of Herbert Hoover, mining engineer, millionaire businessman, director of food relief in Europe after World War I, Secretary of Commerce, and thirty-first President of the United States.

A biography of the baseball superstar from Puerto Rico who, before his untimely death in a 1972 airplane crash, was noted for his achievements on and off the baseball field.

Picture book presents the life story of frontiersman Davy Crockett and some of the legends told about him after his death at the Alamo.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the man who is known as the creator of "the greatest show on Earth.".

Briefly recounts the life of this German composer of the Baroque period, including his family life and his musical accomplishments.