Cheryl Harness

Profiles adventurer David Boone, discussing his influence in the westward expansion of America and specifically looking at the changing nature of trails into roads and highways and the use of trains and canals in travel between towns.

Depicts happenings in countries around the world on Christmas Eve, 1822, while Clement Clarke Moore gives to his family the first reading ever of his poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas."

Focuses on this American author's connection with steamboats on the Mississippi River while also presenting a history of the craft.

Provides readers with a guide to a year of life in the original thirteen colonies as people store food for a New England winter, harvest their crops in the rural south, sit around open fires and have quilting parties, and enjoy all the other simplicitiesand celebrations that come with the changing seasons.

Brings to life the experiences of the Pilgrims and their military advisor, Myles Standish, in America, describing the people they met, the hardships they overcame, and the many successes they achieved.

Examines the life and times of the multifaceted man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the third president of the United States.

Presents a life of the American statesman who was a diplomat, postmaster, inventor, and revolutionary and played an integral part in the founding of the nation through his great writings and communication skills.

A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.