A childhood spent roaming the woods at night and in all weather, caring for lost animals, and running his mother's plantation prepared Meriwether Lewis for leadership of the expedition across the Louisiana Territory.

A biography that concentrates on the younger years of Jean Piccard who with his twin brother, Auguste, pioneered in balloon exploration of the stratosphere.

A biography of the young Philadelphia printer who grew up to become a world-renowned author, diplomat, scientist, and inventor, and one of the founding fathers of the United States.

Recounts the childhood of the man who was President during the Civil War.

Recreates the childhood of the woman traditionally remembered as the maker of the first American flag, which was secretly presented to General George Washington in Philadelphia in 1776.

Focuses on the youth of the Massachusetts slave who, after joining the colonial patriots in their struggle for freedom, was the first man to die in the American Revolution.

The early life of the American automotive industrialist who pioneered in assembly-line methods of mass production.