American heritage junior library

A biography of the sickly youth whose search to build his mind and body resulted in his becoming a legend as the leader of the Rough Riders and the youngest president of the United States.

Paintings, prints, drawings, posters, photographs, and narrative create the excitement of a circus's coming to town.

Chronicles Matthew Perry's expedition to open Japan to world trade in the middle of the nineteenth century, describing the arduous diplomatic negotiations which finally led to the Treaty at Kanagawa. Illustrated with contemporary paintings which depict the imaginative reactions of Japanese artists to Perry's fleet.

Follows the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark up the Missouri River to the Pacific as they charted the vast territory of the Louisiana Purchase. Illustrated with photographs, and original maps, drawings, paintings and documents characterizing the period.