McGovern, Ann

A brief biography of the woman who disguised herself as a man and joined the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

Eugenie Clark has been interested in sharks since she was nine years old. she's dived and swum with all kinds of sharks in oceans all over the world. This famous diver and scientist has been attacked by a giant crab and trapped in a tiny craft on the ocean floor-but nothing can stop the Shark Lady!.

In 1778, when Deborah Sampson was 18 years old, most girls her age were settling down and getting married. But Deborah had other ideas. She wanted to travel and have adventures-even if it meant joining the army and dressing like a man! In 1782, the Revoluntionary Was was still going on. And no one suspected that the man in the uniform was really a woman.

Describes what life was like in New York City, then the largest city in the United States, during the 1890's.

A biography of the ichthyologist whose interest in fish began at the age of nine during weekly trips to the Aquarium in New York City.