1914-

A biography of the famous ballplayer from his childhood to his retirement from baseball.

Presents a brief, illustrated, biography of children's author Robert McCloskey, providing information on his childhood, his education, and his writing career.

Recounts the successful search of Jonas Salk for the vaccine that conquered polio.

A biography of baseball legend Joe DiMaggio telling how he went from peeling oranges for a living to being one of the greatest center fielders of all time.

A biography of the scientist and humanitarian who discovered the vaccine for polio, a disease which crippled many people in the early part of the twentieth century.

The life story of Joe Louis, heavyweight champion boxer, with the complete history of his career in the ring.

Contains almost 200 collected poems of the well-known Latin American poet.

Called the "Brown Bomber", Louis was the boxing heavyweight champion of the world and an inspiration to many African-Americans.