b. 1844

The history of polygamy in the Mormon Church intertwines the story of Ann Eliza Young, the nineteenth wife of Brigham Young, and a modern mystery in which a polygamous man has been found murdered and one of his wives is accused of the crime.

A biography of Cathy Williams, a woman who disguised herself as a man after the Civil War and joined the Buffalo Soldiers in protecting the expanding Western States, becoming the first documented female to enlist in the United States Army.

Follows the parallel stories of Ann Eliza Young, the estranged wife of Mormon leader Brigham Young, and her campaign to end polygamy in the United States, and Jordan Scott, the son of a polygamist family in twenty-first-century Utah, who returns after years away from the fundamentalist sect to learn the truth about his father's death.

An illustrated biography of a nineteenth-century Canadian captain, who loved sailing and the sea.

At home with the wind and the sea, Justin sails his dory across the harbor and suddenly finds himself in the company of the legendary Captain Slocum aboard the Spray.

Describes the voyage of Capt. Joshua Slocum, a 51-year-old sailor, who in 1895 became the first man to sail around the world alone in a 37-foot sloop that he rebuilt by hand.

An account of 52-year-old Joshua Slocum's adventurous 46,000-mile trip around the world in a 36-foot sailboat.

Chronicles Joshua Slocum's three-year, 46,000 mile solo circumnavigation of the globe.

Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers--avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum--embark on epic journeys.