Ferris, Jeri

A biography that describes the love of books and learning as well as the personal life and political career of the third president of the United States.

A biography of the African-American explorer who discovered the North Pole.

A biography of the African-American farmer and self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notable for its preciseness.

Traces the life of the farm boy who became a teacher and went on to write the first American dictionary.

Traces the life of the African-American woman orator who spoke out against slavery throughout New England and the Midwest.