Butts, Ellen

The biography of May Chinn, the daughter of an escaped slave and a Native American. Chinn became a respected doctor in the New York community of Harlem in the 1920s.

A biography of the celebrity scientist who brought astronomy to books, magazines, and television, as well as to his Cornell University classroom.

A biography of Fidel Castro, the famous Cuban revolutionary and dictator who has ruled Cuba for over four decades.

Describes the life and career of ichthyologist Eugenie Clark, who first became interested in fish at the New York Aquarium and went on to become an expert on sharks.