Morley, Jacqueline

Cartoons and facts combine to provide an overview of what it was like to travel with Marco Polo during the late thirteenth century.

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to prepare to become a court official and live in the Forbidden City during the mid-eighteenth century.

A light-hearted look at some of the difficulties faced by the pioneers who traveled by wagon train across the United States to settle in the West.

Describes the life of Mary Mallon and the circumstances surrounding her 26-year quarantine.

Describes the hardships experienced on the Lewis and Clark expedition, including the uncertainty, dangers, and rugged living conditions.

Cartoons and facts combine to provide an overview of the search for Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, who is thought to have caused the spread typhoid fever, a disease spread by bacteria in food and water, in New York in 1909.

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be an American colonist in the seventeenth century, discussing the realities of the voyage from England, dealing with Indians, and struggling for survival in the new world.

Humorous illustrations and facts combine to provide a portrait of what life might be like if forced to become a Sumerian slave in ancient Mesopotamia.

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a foot soldier in Alexander the Great's army during his invasion of the Persian Empire in the fourth century B.C.