The boyhood of the printer, inventor, author, and statesman whose patriotism helped the thirteen colonies to attain independence.

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...

The life of Kit Carson, legendary scout, mountain man, and Indian fighter of the Old West.

Washington Irving was born in a Dutch neighborhood in New York. He was an imaginative boy who always wanted to write books. He picked up many stories from the Dutch which he hoped to write about later.His first book was "Knickerbocker's History of New York." His most popular book is "The Sketch Book," which the famous stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

A biography focusing on the childhood of America's first First Lady.