Discovery book

A biography of the general who commanded the confederate Army during the Civil War.

A brief biography of the man who grew up in the East, became a trapper, and fulfilled his dream of exploring areas of the American West which had been just white space on a map.

A biography of the African-American educator and organizer of Tuskegee Institute who spent his life working for equality for the people of his race.

A biography of the hero of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 who became the seventh President of the United States.

A biography of the man, born a slave, who became a scientist and devoted his entire life to helping the South improve its agriculture.

A biography of the general who commanded the victorious Union armies at the close of the Civil War and who later became the eighteenth President of the United States.

The story of the brilliant painter of birds, who endured years of poverty before his talent was recognized.

A biography of the African-American educator and organizer of Tuskegee Institute who spent his life working for equality for the people of his race.

The naval career of Stephen Decatur who was acclaimed as a hero in the Battle of Tripoli, his appointment as Commissioner of the Navy, and his death in a duel.

The adventure of the early nineteenth-century mountain man, Jim Bridger, as he guides wagon trains west, scouts for the U.S. Army, and explores the region which became Yellowstone National Park.