St. George, Judith

Recounts the life of Crazy Horse and the tragedy of the Sioux Wars.

Studies some of the great explorers throughout history, including Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, Alexander the Great, Chuck Yeager, Barbara Washburn, Amelia Earhart, and many more.

Follows the parallel lives of Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell, who continued to encounter and support each other from that eventful meeting when he recommended she be given a teacher and thus led her to Annie Sullivan.

A biography of the sculptor who devoted the last fourteen years of his life to the carving of the four presidents' heads on the face of Mount Rushmore.

Eight-year-old Hannah meets with her mother's disapproval when she wants to wear the new women's garment, bloomers, which cause a mild sensation when they are introduced in the mid-nineteenth century.

Tells the story of the sometimes violent boundary disputes between colonial Maryland and Pennsylvania, and how two surveyors established the line that finally brought peace.

Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush.

Presents a history of the Panama Canal from the time Columbus first anchored off the coast of Panama through the signing of the 1977 United States-Panama treaties.

Examines the assassinations of Presidents Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy, discussing the life and career of each man, the motivations of their killers, and the effect of their murders on the nation; and looks at attempts that have been made on the lives of seven additional U.S. presidents.

Presents some of the characteristics of inventors by describing the inventions of people such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Eli Whitney.