American heritage junior library

Surveys the golden era of steamboats, from 1800-1875. Photographs and text describe the Mississippi River, and the captains and passengers of the steamboats.

Profusely illustrated text discusses the history of the first English colony in North America.

The history of the Pilgrims from the time of the Reformation, when the sect was born, to the end of the Plymouth Colony in 1692.

A pictorial history of whaling from colonial times to the nineteenth century, covering such aspects as the ship, the men, the adventures, and the economics of whaling.

An account of the pirates and privateers such as Drake, Kidd and Hawkins who roamed the coastal waters of Central and South America, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries, in search of treasure-laden galleons.

Covers the Normandy invasion from the planning Operation Neptune, to the armada crossing the Channel to the assault, Operation Overlord.

"The story of the American daylight bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in World War II.