This book brings Paul Revere's legendary midnight ride to life, and reveals that Revere was active in many of the events that led to the Revolution. Readers will also learn about other famous Americans of the time, including John Hancock and Sam Adams.
Recounts the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted western wilderness, placing it in its historical context.
This new biography of Orville and Wilbur Wright uses the brothers' own journals and drawings to tell the exciting story of the first time a person flew in a heavier-than-air machine. "Success four flights Thursday..." On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright sent a telegram to their father. Its simple message told of the brothers' historic flights at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. F…
This unique biography of Harriet Tubman uses interviewswith Tubman, as well as writings from her contempories, to tell the story of her life. "There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would have the other, for no man should take me alive." Born into slavery on a southern plantation, Harriet Tubman dreamed of the Promised Land to the north. Aft…