Presents the life of Booker T. Washington who was born into slavery but eventually went to school and became the president of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

Recounts the story of the American patriot who rode from Boston to Lexington to warn his fellow citizens that the British were coming.

A biography of the frontier woman who was famous for her skills as a sharpshooter which she demonstrated in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and other shows of the time.

A biography of the Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to reach the Mississippi River, explored in what is now Florida, and took part in the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

A biography of "El Libertador," whose victories over the Spaniards won independence for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Recounts the story of the man who lived with the Cherokee Indians, served as an American soldier, and became involved in Texas politics.

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a system of writing for his people in the early nineteenth century and after whom the giant sequoia trees and Sequoia National Park were named.

A biography of the Mexican artist whose work often portrayed men at work, and which demonstrated his love of his native Mexico.

The life of the railroad engineer, famous for always bringing his train in on time, and whose last ride on the Cannonball Express inspired the well-known ballad.