Series:

First biographies

5 total works

Cover of Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson

Published 1 September 1986
Presents the life of the fifteenth-century explorer and how he came to discover the New World.

Cover of Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

by Jan Gleiter

Published 1 December 1987
Traces the life of the black educator who rose from slavery to found Tuskegee Institute.

Cover of Pocahontas

Pocahontas

by Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson, and Deborah Chabrian

Published 1 September 1984
A biography of the Powhatan Indian woman who befriended the English settlers at Jamestown, Virginia, and helped maintain peace between her tribe and the colonists.

Cover of Paul Revere Hb-Fb

Paul Revere Hb-Fb

by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson

Published 1 January 1995

Cover of Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson

Published 1 September 1986
The life 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.