juvenile literature

Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America. Includes archival photographs.

A humorous look at the polar expedition of Ernest Shackleton.

Describes how the immigration station on Ellis Island served as a gateway into the United States for millions of immigrants.

Sydney tells the inside story of Australia's largest city.

Presents the memoirs of Joseph Plumb Martin, a fifteen-year-old boy who enlisted in the revolutionary army in 1776, fighting under Washington, wintering at Valley Forge, and staying in the fight until the end of the war in 1783.

A Biography of the peasant girl who led the French army to victory against the English and paved the way for the coronation of King Charles VII.

Describes the discovery in 1911 of the Peruvian ruins called Machu Picchu and presents the various theories of the function of this city in the ancient Inca civilization.

Highlights the migration of people from Asia to North America and the subsequent "discovery" of the continent by Irish monks, Norsemen, and Christopher Columbus.

A biography of Mohandas Gandhi, the Mahatma, who played a crucial role in the struggle for Indian independence from Great Britain in the 1930s and 40s.

Reconstructs a possible mission of the fourteen-year-old spy who carried messages to George Washington's camp in the buttons of his coat during the Revolutionary War.