"A biography which takes a semi-legendary hero and transforms him into a rugged historical figure whose daring contributed greatly to the expansion of early America. [For young people]". Huntting

The story of the young Alexander Hamilton, who served his country in her most critical period, when the Revolutionary War had ended and a nation had to be forged.

The boyhood of the Revolutionary leader and first President of the United States.

Describes the boyhood of Samuel Clemens in Missouri and how he came to begin a writing career under the pen name Mark Twain.

The childhood of the famous scientist.

A biography of the man who helped make Texas a part of the United States, emphasizing his boyhood in Virginia and his friendship with the Cherokee Indians.

A biography of the childhood and family life of the founder of the state of Pennyslvania and the city of Philadelphia.

John Quincy Adams' long political career began at the age of ten, when he became a postrider for General Warren and the Colonial Army to deliver important papers. He became the secretary and interpretor for our ambassador to Russia while still a teenager. As an adult, he held more important offices than any man has had in America: Ambassador to Holland, Russia, and England, Emissary to England, United States Senator, Secretary of State, Reprensentative...