Fradin, Dennis Brindell

Describes the interesting sights, people, geography, and history of Pennsylvania.

This is the true story of Peter Still, who, after more than forty years in bondage as a slave, bought his freedom and then searched for and found his mother who in 1806 had made the difficult decision to flee north.

Introduces the geography, climate, history, industries, prominent cities, and famous people of Texas.

Presents the history, culture, geography, and people of the state of Idaho.

Includes the stories of Samuel Adams, John Hancock, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry, Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Nelson, Carter Braxton, Benjamin Harrison, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, George Clymer, James Wilson, John Morton, George Ross, George Taylor, James Smith, Richard Stockton, Francis Hopkins, John Witherspoon, John Hart, Abraham Clark, Thomas McKean, Caesar Rodney, George Read, William Ellery, Stephen Hopkins, Oliver Wolcott, Samuel Huntington, William Whipple, Matthew Thorton, Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, William Hooper, John Penn, Joseph Hewes, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch Jr., Thomas Heyward Jr., Arthur Middleton, Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, George Walton, Lewis Morris, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, and William Floyd and their parts in creation of the Declaration of Independence.