The story of the young farm boy who became an astronomer and discovered the planet Pluto at the age of twenty-four.

As a young girl, Margaret Bourke-White dreamed of having great adventures-the kind only a brave and fearless woman would have. As she grew up, she found that the camera was her ticket to adventure. Her portraits of people in terrible circumstances-from the desperate farmers of the Dust Bowl to the victims of World War II's horrors-made her famous worldwide. With her camera always at the ready, Margaret faced many challenges, including floods, bombings,...

A biography of the freed slave who made her fortune in Colorado and used her money to bring other former slaves there to begin new lives.

Biography of the woman who spent eighteen years in Rwanda, Africa, studying mountain gorillas and working for their survival.

Describes the life of track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens, from his childhood in Alabama and his family's move to Cleveland to his athleic career which culminated in his winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

Describes the life of mary Anning, who discovered many of the best and most complete fossils in nineteenth-century England, yet received little credit for her work.

Growing up, Alexander Graham Bell was fascinated with music, speech, and sounds. He worked hard to invent things that would not only help those with impaired hearing, but also bring people together in new and special ways. What he didn't know was that his simple idea--to help people communicate--would change the world when he invented the telephone.

John Chapman loved all forms of nature, and he worked throughout his lifetime to improve it by planting apple trees. Known as the folk hero Johnny Appleseed, John helped to build America--not with a hammer and nails, but with a bag of seeds and a handful of dirt.

An illustrated biography of the famous pioneer and explorer.

Describes the life and accomplishments of baseball star Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American in twentieth-century major-league baseball.