Lazo, Caroline Evensen

A biography of the fourteenth president of the United States, whose approval of the Kansas-Nebraska Act brought the U.S. closer to the Civil War.

Discusses the private life and political career of Harry S. Truman, who served as President from 1945 to 1953.

Recounts the life of the feminist leader, her impact on the women's movement, and the founding of Ms. magazine and the Ms. Foundation.

Discusses the search for such missing treasures as the stolen Mona Lisa, Captain Kidd's chests of gold, and the sunken Titanic.