Thomas Hoobler

A biography of the eighteenth-century slave who led his people in the struggle for an independent Haiti and became its ruler in 1799.

Describes the shifting ideal of beauty in the United States, from colonial times to the present, and how it influenced and was influenced by societal and economic changes.

The life story of the revolutionary who became leader of Communist Russia.

Excerpts from diaries, letters, memoirs, and interviews recount the experiences of coming to America and starting new lives, including facing prejudice and maintaining Jewish traditions in a new society

"In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake. One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake--one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines sparked a fire that ravaged the city for days. More than...

Presents biographical sketches of Nezahualcoyotl, Moctezume II, Malinche, Juan Diego, Diego de la Cruz, Juana Ines de la Cruz, Father Miguel Hidalgo, Benito Juarez, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahol, and Amalia Hernandez.

In 1893 while working at the Chicago World's Fair, a young Italian-American girl meets two prominent women, Mrs. Potter Palmer and Jane Addams, and learns about the achievements of other women throughout history.