Collier, James Lincoln

Presents a biography of American author Mark Twain, discussing his childhood and family, his work as a printer's apprentice, a riverboat pilot, a prospector, and a journalist, and looking at how his experiences provided him with inspiration to write his now classic novels.

Presents the biography of legendary jazz artist, Louis Armstrong and profiles his life from his early childhood in New Orleans to his international fame as a jazz trumpeter.

Explores the childhood, character, and influential events that shaped the life of the Civil War nurse who went on to found the American Red Cross.

In 1787 a fourteen-year-old slave, anxious to buy freedom for himself and his mother, escapes from his dishonest master and tries to find help in cashing the solidier's notes received by his father for fighting in the Revolution.

Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.

A free thirteen-year-old African-American girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the British and her mother disappears.

Explores the childhood, character, and influential events that shaped the life of this former slave who went on to become an abolitionist and advisor to Abraham Lincoln.