Books in Costume, Tradition series

Describes various regiments and fighting units that fought on either the American or British side during the War of Independence

Presents more than twenty-five stamps from different countries, including Belgium, Nicaragua, and the Virgin Islands, and discusses how they celebrate the customs, legends, and history of their countries

Highlights twenty-five notable achievements in science, medicine, and industry and the individuals responsible, including Alexander Graham Bell, Madame Curie, and Samuel F. B. Morse

Explores twenty-five superstitions and how they may have started, including those about walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror, and opening an umbrella indoors

Highlights twenty-five musical instruments from around the world, arranged according to the way in which they produce sound, including aerophones, chordophones, electrophones, idiophones, and membranophones

Describes many of the best known treasures of the world, including Captain Kidd's treasure, the Lost Regalia of Scotland, the Rosetta stone, and the Koh-i-noor diamond

Profiles twenty-five male and female sea robbers who stalked oceans from the Spanish Main to the East Indies, including Henry "John" Avery, Anne Bonny, and Sir Henry Morgan

Profiles the lives of twenty-five notable figures of the Wild West, including Grizzly Adams, Billy the Kid, and Geronimo

In text and photographs, describes twenty-five ancient architectural wonders, including the Great Wall of China, the Kukulcan Pyramid in Mexico, and the Avenue of Lions in Greece

Profiles twenty-five Native American leaders, mostly from the nineteenth century, including Big Elk (Omaha), Geronimo (Apache), Joseph (Nez Perce), Red Cloud (Oglala Sioux), and White Swan (Crow).