Hargrove, Jim

A biography of the seventeenth-century French explorer who, among other exploits, led the first European expedition to track the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

The life of the Portuguese navigator and explorer who launched the first voyage around the world in the early 1500's but met his death before his men completed the expedition.

Traces the life and political career of the statesman from Missouri who became president of the United States following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945.

Surveys the life of the Texas politician who became America's thirty-sixth president and faced great public controversy during the war in Vietnam.

Recounts the life of the general who led Allied troops to victory in World War II and became thirty-fourth president of the United States.

Traces the life of the frontier clerk, storekeeper, lawyer, politician, and Civil War President.

Follows the life and career of the man who has directed four of the top ten money-making films of all time.

Examines how presidential elections have changed over the past 200 years, discussing such topics as presidential primaries, national conventions, television campaigns, and funding.

Examines the life of the lawyer politician who became the eighth president of the United States and led the country through its first serious depression.

Traces the life of the tall red-headed Virginian, from his early education and involvement in the American Revolution to his activities as the nation's third president and last years at Monticello.