A biography of Hannibal whose military tactics baffled the Roman Empire's finest generals and whose campaigns are still studied with interest by military strategists.
A brief biography of the seventeenth-century French explorer who traveled the entire length of the Mississippi and took possession of all its surrounding territory for France.
A biography of the troubled nineteenth-century author with a discussion of his prose and poetry which greatly influenced prominent artists and writers throughout the world.
Discusses the issues, including the concept of manifest destiny, that led to war between the United States and Mexico in 1846, the events of the war, and the impact of its outcome.
