Latham, Jean Lee

A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States who worked in England and the U.S. to open the field of medicine to women.

After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American Practical Navigator," also known as the "Sailors' Bible.".

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.

A biography of the West Point graduate who learned civil engineering "from the ground up" and supervised the completion of the Panama Canal.

A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women.

A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin who also developed basic ideas of mass production in the manufacture of weapons and other machines.

A biography of the inventor of the telegraph and Morse code, who planned from early childhood to be a painter of great historical pictures but first won recognition as a portrait painter.

A brief account of Sam Houston who served as a Congressman and Governor of Tennessee before his association with Texas began.

A brief biography of the first admiral of the United States Navy.