Traces the history of Virginia from its founding to its ratification of the Constitution of the United States in 1788.

Answers questions on the geography, population, history, products, and many other aspects of the fifty states.

Presents the life and career of the orator, lawyer, statesman, and framer of the Bill of Rights.

Describes the United States as a nation of immigrants and the reasons why people came to America, examining how the early immigrants, from the Dutch to the Africans, settled and adapted to their new home.

Describes the hardships, threats, chores, games, amusements, and challenges that made growing up in the Old West a dangerous but exciting experience.

Describes the ships, social conditions, rules, and behavior of pirates and includes stories from the lives of such famous pirates as Blackbeard, Samuel Bellamy, and the female pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny.

A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin, whose application of standardized parts to the production of weapons and other machines was a major influence in the development of industry.

Describes the basic vocabulary needed to communicate in the most commonly used form of sign language used among North American Indians.

Traces the life of the famed Florentine explorer who discovered Brazil, Venezuela, and the Amazon River, and had two continents named for him.

A biography of Christopher Columbus, focusing on his voyage to America aboard the three famous ships.