Books in History Maker Bios series

Introduces the life of explorer Christopher Columbus, the first man known to cross the Atlantic Ocean, and discusses what he found when he reached the islands now known as the West Indies.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of the twenty-eighth president of the United States.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the first governor of Virginia and one of the founding fathers of the United States.

The amazing career and life of the only United States president not elected to that office.

Describes the life and accomplishments of the wife of the second president of the United States.

Question: Who was known as the First Lady of the U.S. civil rights movement? Answer: Coretta Scott King. She helped her husband, Martin Luther King Jr., fight for equal rights for African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s. After his death, she continued to speak out for peace and equality for all people.

A biography of Tecumseh, whose integrity, personal magnetism, and public speaking skills helped him to lead the Shawnee and people of other tribes in the fight to save their lives and lands from being taken by white men.

Presents the life, career, and accomplishments of the forty-second president of the United States.

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Each book in this middle-grade series is illustrated with photographs and illustrations while sidebars, a timeline, and entertaining cartoons further illuminate each subject's personality.

Describes Benajmin Banneker's life, ranging form his early years working on the family farm and self-educating himself to his later accomplishments as a surveyor and astronomer.

True or False: After Nat Love became a cowboy, he never gave up riding the trails. False! After many years as a cowboy, Nat saw that railroads were connecting towns across the country. He wanted to keep up with the times. In 1889, Nat quit the cowboy life. He began working on trains instead.