Fisher, Leonard Everett

Discusses the development of athletic competition in 19th-century America.

Introduces the history of blacksmithing and discusses the techniques, products, well-known blacksmiths, and commercial importance of this trade in colonial America.

Introduces the myths, character traits, symbols, and constellations associated with each sign of the zodiac and explains the origins of astrology and how it differs from astronomy.

Presents basic geometrical shapes in familiar scenes for the reader to identify.

Recounts how the legendary Swiss folk hero was forced to shoot an apple from his son's head by the tyrannical Austrian governor Gessler.

Characterizes the Tower and its people during the turbulent years of the forming of the British nation from 1078 through 1666.

Retells the Bible story in which a Hebrew shepherd boy kills the giant Philistine warrior Goliath with a slingshot.

Presents color-illustrated profiles of seventeen gods and goddesses of ancient China, describing their origins, powers, and roles in ancient Chinese society.

The life and accomplishments of Mohandas Gandhi, focusing on his campaign of peaceful resistance to help India gain its freedom from British rule.

The history of the oldest Jewish house of worship in the United States, the Touro Synagogue, which was built in Newport, Rhode Island, between 1759 and 1763.