A biography of the Oglala chief who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempts to take over Indian lands.

A biography of the French explorer who founded Quebec, discovered Lake Champlain, and was called the Father of New France.

A biography of the Seminole chief who was both feared and admired by his adversaries for his efforts to help preserve his people's Florida homeland.

A biography of the Indian whose many adventures with white people in several countries culminated in his aiding them in their early days in Plymouth colony.

Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.

An account of the first permanent English settlement in North America, with all its tragedies and disasters, established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia.

An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the west to settlers, including information on the people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on the Trail.