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John Henry, based on the famous African American folk ballad, this story tells of the legendary contest to the death between a spirited man with a hammer and a steam drill to build a tunnel through the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. Swamp Angel, an original tall tale about Angelica Longrider, better known as Swamp Angel, the greatest woodswoman in Tennessee history. When a huge bear, Thundering Tarnation, can't control his bottomless appetite for settlers' grub, she musters up all her strength of body and heart to tackle him.

When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.

Dramatizes the life of All-American football player Michael Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother, adopted at the age of sixteen by a wealthy family, and a first-round NFL draft pick.

When Chad and his family flee to a fort in the Tennessee wilderness to escape an attack by Chickamauga Indians, the presence of the family of a white renegade who joined the Indians causes additional tensions.

Provides information on the Scopes trial, evolution, fundamentalism, and American education and the differing perspectives accompanying them.

Davy Crockett tames the American frontier in Texas and fights against the Mexicans in the Battle of the Alamo.

Offers a brief introduction to the life and times of frontiersman Davy Crockett.

A biography of Davy Crockett, focusing on his childhood years and how he grew to be a freedom fighter at the Alamo.

A simple, illustrated biography of one of America's most famous pioneers and soldiers.

Biography of frontiersman and hero of the Alamo Davy Crockett.