Shea, George

Presents a biography of Rachel Carson, the founder of the environmental movement, and describes her efforts to stop the use of DDT and other harmful pesticides by the federal government.

Describes remarkable rescues in three situations: a skydiving accident, an alligator attack, and a fall down a well.

A twelve-year-old boy named Tom Tate meets Orville and Wilbur Wright and witnesses the invention of the airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.