Jackson, Donald Dale

Profusely illustrated text discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of kangaroos, koalas, wombats, dingoes, platypuses and other animals that live in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania.

Text and pictures explore some of the world's great caves and cavern formations.

Text and photographs describe the historical development of balloons, early balloonists, and various uses of the balloon throughout history up to the present.

Describes life in the North during the Civil War years.

Presents a history with pictures, of the early days of air mail.

Text and photographs describe early 20th century exploration of the polar regions and other unexplored regions.

An account of the California Gold Rush that started in 1848 with the discovery of gold in Sutter's mill and of the people who took part in it.