Kramer, Sydelle

A biography of baseball great, Ty Cobb, on and off the baseball field.

Presents a biography of the professional golfer, who at the age of twenty-one, became the first person of color and the youngest player to win the Masters Golf Tournament.

A biography of early pioneer, Daniel Boone, describing how he opened up the territory of Kentucky to settlers.

A brief biography of late fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who became the first European to lead an expedition across the Pacific Ocean in his attempt to circumnavigate the globe.

Presents a children's study into the life of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who in 1519, set out from Spain to circumnavigate the world.

A brief biography of late fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who became the first European to lead an expedition across the Pacific Ocean in his attempt to circumnavigate the globe.

Describes how and why such men as Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Larry Bird became great basketball players.

Brief profiles of such hard-hitting baseball players as Barry Bonds, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Hank Aaron.

Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest.