Examines the childhood and youth, education, early surveying career, life in the military, and presidency of George Washington.


Presents, in question and answer format, a history of the United States from the exploration of Christopher Columbus to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

A compelling compendium of history's greatest and most influential works and writers--from Homer to Harry Potter, from Chaucer to "Charlotte's Web."







Questions and answers present information about who the Pilgrims were, how and why they came to America on the Mayflower, and what happened in the colony of New Plymouth.