A brief biography of the Italian weaver's son who never achieved his dream of finding a trade route to India, but in pursuing it opened the door to the New World.
A biography of the Indian whose many adventures with white people in several countries culminated in his aiding them in their early days in Plymouth colony.
Examines the life of the Ottawa warrior who became a great war chief and united his people against the encroachment of the British in the eighteenth century.
A biography of the wealthy woman who realized her ambition to live and work among the poor and founded Hull House, one of the first social settlement houses in the United States.
A biography of the First Lady who, among her other achievements, managed to save many state papers and a portrait of George Washington from the invading British who burned the White House in 1814.
