After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into 'The American Practical Navigator,' also known as the 'Sailors' Bible.'A fictionalized look at Nathaniel Bowditch and how his knowledge of mathematics, astronomy, ships, and the sea led him to become a brilliant navigator.

The success story of an artist turned inventor, Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph

Describes the life and work of the biologist, naturalist, and writer who was a forerunner in condemning the use of chemicals and insecticides

A biography of the West Point graduate who learned civil engineering 'from the ground up' and supervised the completion of the Panama Canal.

A brief biography of the first admiral of the United States Navy (view table of contents)

A portrait of the American mechanical genius who invented the cotton gin and instituted mass production in his musket factory

A brief account of Sam Houston who served as a congressman and governor of Tennessee before his association with Texas began

A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women

While looking for his blue ball, Tabbit finds his yellow duck, red shoe, and other missing articles.

Mailman Dog must determine who lives at each address on his route by answering rhymed riddles presented by each animal-resident