An easy-to-read-biography of the soldier and politician who helped gain Texas independence from Mexico and became first president of the new Republic of Texas in 1836.
A biography of the Wampanoag Indian whose experiences at the hands of early English explorers later enabled him to help the struggling Plymouth colony.
A brief biography of the Italian weaver's son who never achieved his dream of finding a trade route to India but in pursuing it opened the door to the New World.