Jan Gleiter

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

"The epitome of the chivalric novel, Ivanhoe sweeps readers into Medieval England and the lives of a memorable cast of characters. Ivanhoe, a trusted ally of Richard-the-Lion-Hearted, returns from the Crusades to reclaim the inheritance his father denied him. Rebecca, a vibrant, beautiful Jewish woman is defended by Ivanhoe against a charge of witchcraft -- but it is Lady Rowena who is Ivanhoe's true love. The wicked Prince John plots to usurp England's...

In the woods near Chicago, Robert Cooper encounters a boy and his guardian running from men trying to kill them. He puts them up in his house and proceeds to solve the puzzle: why did the boy's father leave him in the woman's care without giving a reason?

A biography of one of the first leaders of the women's rights movement, whose work led to the adoption of the nineteenth amendment--women's right to vote.

Tall tales of the mighty logger, including his birth and his adventures in a logging camp, in the South Dakota forests, and among the California redwoods.

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.

Traces the life of the black educator who rose from slavery to found Tuskegee Institute.

A biography of the legendary hero of the American frontier, emphasizing his skill as a woodsman, exploration of the Cumberland Gap, and relationship with native Americans.

Traces the life of the black explorer who accompanied Robert E.Peary in his discovery of the North Pole in 1909.