A biography of Quanah Parker, the son of a Comanche war chief and a kidnapped white settler, looking at the role he played in leading his people in battle and in defeat.
Describes the growing worldwide dependence on oil, explores the search for an alternative, sustainable source of energy, and examines its impact on our future world. Includes photos, illustrations, and an index.
Chronicles how the buffalo reached near-extinction in the nineteenth century, discussing the various causes, and explains how they were brought back from the brink with the help of the early conservationist movement.
Narrates the late nineteenth-century struggles of the Native Americans to survive against the increasing flow of white settlers moving west and taking over the land.
An account of the savage conflict which raged on and off for seventy years as the French and the British struggled to control the continent of North America.
Describes rat behavior and survival skills and aspects of their relationship with humans, including disease, rats as food, rats as pests, and the training of rats as rescuers.
Provides a detailed account of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers in 1911, and examines the impact of this event on the nation's working conditions and labor laws.
A biography of the scientist-adventurer, Roy Chapman Andrews, focusing on the expeditions he led for New York's American Museum of Natural History to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in an effort to uncover dinosaur fossils.
A biography of the sixteenth-century English sea captain Sir Francis Drake, who is famous for his voyage around the world, his raids against the Spanish, and his defeat of the Spanish Armada.
