A coming-of-age story in which Laurie Lee recalls his youth in Slad, Gloucestershire, in the early twentieth-century, growing up as one of eight children raised by a single mother and surrounded by doting sisters.
Presents Longfellow's epic poem about the prophet Hiawatha, a magical Native American man who brings the gift of civilization to the world, and includes illustrations by Frederic Remington.
An 1890 manual of pasttimes which includes instructions for making kites, fishing poles, a blow gun, boats, and theatrical costumes, and for raising dogs, stuffing animals, stocking an aquarium, and camping.
Presents humorous, but factual sketches of famous men and women from throughout history, including ancient Greeks and Egyptians, Lady Godiva, Peter the Great, Henry VIII, Montezuma, and others.
