This book describes the difficulties and what was learned on the expedition Meriwether Lewis and William Clark organized in the 1800s to explore the western part of North America.
Chronicles the life of American explorer Meriwether Lewis, describing his famous expedition with William Clark as well as his years as Thomas Jefferson's secretary and the governor of the Louisiana Territory.
Tells the life story of John Glenn, describing his childhood in Ohio, his experiences in the military, his path to becoming an astronaut and the first American to orbit Earth, his years as a senator, and his return to space in 1998.
A portrait of American astronaut Eileen Collins, which describes her girlhood heroes, her path to becoming an astronaut and the first woman to pilot a space shuttle mission, and her role in the 2005 "Discovery" mission, during which her crew made history by repairing their shuttle in space.
Describes the invention of the telephone, the ways phones and phone technology have changed over the course of more than a century, and how the phone has changed the world.
An introduction to Mae Jamison, the first African-American women astronaut, discussing her childhood in Chicago, her education and work as a doctor, her career at NASA, and her activities after leaving the space program.
A brief biography of Anne Hutchinson that chronicles her early years in England, marriage and follower of Puritan John Cotton, journey to Massachusetts, banishment to Rhode Island, and death.
This book discusses the history, the people, and the importance of the Declaration of Independence, the document stating the reasons for the colonies separating themselves from the British people.
