biography

"To uncover the fate of the thousands being interred at a mysterious Nazi camp on the border of the Reich, a thirty-nine-year-old Polish resistance fighter named Witold Pilecki volunteered for an audacious mission: assume a fake identity, intentionally get captured and sent to the new camp, and then report back to the underground on what had happened to his compatriots there"--Jacket flap.

A revealing look at Michelle Obama's life, from her Chicago childhood and her education at Princeton and Harvard, to how she first met Barack Obama, and to her role as his closest adviser.

Tells the story of Princess Diana, starting with her childhood through her untimely death. Includes over 215 photographs.

Presents biographical profiles of twenty-five significant figures of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in such areas as politics, science, social activism, and entertainment.

Presents overviews of such aspects of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era as industrialization, immigration, westward expansion, and invention, and includes a time line and a glossary.

Presents a short biography of American patriot, Paul Revere and describes how the colonial silversmith helped to further the cause of independence.

Provides information about Molly Pitcher, a young wife during the Revolutionary War who followed her husband William into battle and took his place firing the cannon at British troops during the Battle of Monmouth after he collapsed from heat exhaustion.

An introduction to the life of Rosa Parks, the woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.

Offers a battle-by-battle overview of the Civil War and profiles key military and civilian leaders from the era.

"The true story for middle grade readers of First Lt. Jack Montgomery, a Native American who received the Medal of Honor for his valor in World War II"--Provided by publisher.