Gleiter, Jan

Recounts the story of the man who lived with the Cherokee Indians, served as an American soldier, and became involved in Texas politics.

Presents that part of Audubon's life when he sailed down the Mississippi on a flatboat, along with his assistant Joseph Mason sketching birds along the way.

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a system of writing for his people in the early nineteenth century and after whom the giant sequoia trees and Sequoia National Park were named.

Traces the life of the African American explorer who accompanied Robert E. Peary in his discovery of the North Pole in 1909.

Traces the life of the African American educator who rose from slavery to found Tuskegee Institute.

A brief biography with emphasis on the early life of the early twentieth-century author who incorporated many of his own experiences as sailor, goldminer, and adventurer into his books.

Presents the life of the fifteenth-century explorer and how he came to discover the New World.

Traces the life of the Shoshoni Indian girl who was stolen from her tribe at the age of twelve, sold to a French trapper, and served as a guide in the Lewis and Clark expedition.

The life of the woman who became a Revolutionary heroine when she carried water to the soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778.

The life of the railroad engineer, famous for always bringing his train in on time, and whose last ride on the Cannonball Express inspired the well-known ballad.