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.



Planet Earth

by Kenneth C Davis

Published 1 August 2001









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.

Presents information on mummies in question-and-answer format, explaining how various cultures around the world made mummies in ancient times and what scientists learn by studying them, and describes significant mummy discoveries, providing color illustrations.