history

Traces the history of the team from its beginnings through 1996.

Discusses the development of stores from supply rooms to general stores to specialized stores in larger cities.

Recipes based on the pioneer food written about in the "Little House" books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, along with quotes from the books and descriptions of the food and cooking of pioneer times.

Color illustrations, diagrams, and text tell the stories of individual pilots. Has a "Spotter's Guide" that shows aircraft drawn to scale.

An illustrated history of airplanes, beginning with the first test of Orville and Wilbur Wright's flying machine in 1903 and continuing through the high-performance precision fighters of the 1990s.

Traces the development of weapons throughout history, using pictures and text to compare how the design of arms and protective equipment has been adapted to meet the needs of particular times.

Brief factual stories about how various familiar things were invented, many by accident, from animal crackers to the zipper.

An introduction to the variety and beauty of American roads, past and present.

Etchings with descriptive text provide a look at various modes of transportation--boats, sleighs, coaches, railroads, and even horseless carriages--of the past.

Examines the establishment of this innovative but short-lived mail delivery system and recounts anecdotes about it.