Santrey, Laurence

Presents the early life of the slave who became an abolitionist, journalist, and statesman.

Discusses the development of state and local government and their relationship to each other and to the federal government.

Focuses on events from Benjamin Franklin's youth in Boston which proved influential in his later life.

Traces the life of the first president of the United States from his boyhood at Mount Vernon to his adult years.

Describes different kinds of winds and the effects they can have on Earth.

A biography of the eighteenth-century slave who led his people in the struggle for an independent Haiti and became its ruler in 1799.

Traces the early life of the Oklahoma Indian farm boy who achieved a unique sports career as winner of Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon and as a professional baseball and football player.

Examines the life of the physicist whose work revolutionized scientific thinking, with an emphasis on his early years.

A biography of an early American writer, whose own life was reflected in her famous novels, such as "Little Women" and "Little Men.".

A biography of our second President, the brilliant patriot from Massachusetts.