Olive Woolley Burt

Discusses the effects of programs to save from extinction such endangered animals as bald eagles, whooping cranes, whales, and black-footed ferrets.

Recounts the life of the Shoshoni Indian woman who guided Lewis and Clark on their Northwest expedition in 1804.

Describes the formations of coal, how it is mined, and the lives of the miners.

Brings to life the once-busy and prosperous towns of Tuscarora, Nevada, South Pass City, Wyoming, Winter Quarters, Utah, Antelope, Oregon, and Allensworth, California, whose singular reasons for growth were the very reasons for their deaths.

An introduction to Bulgaria discussing primarily the economic and social advances and the disadvantages of life under a Communistic regime.

Brief biographies of thirteen Negro men and two women who were among the first explorers, trappers, soldiers, businessmen, cowboys, and settlers in the "early West."

A history of the American railroad and its contribution to the growth and development of the young nation.

Chronicles the history of U.S. highway 40 from its early beginnings as a pioneer trail to its present status as a major link between the East and West coasts.

Brief biographies of ten teen-age boys and girls, famous and lesser-known, whose bravery and determination helped shape the American West.

A biography of the Nez Percé chief who led his people on a great military retreat in 1877. Concentrates on Joseph's childhood and youth.

A survey of the history, mining, and manufacturing of copper, one of the oldest metals known to man.

Covers the need for salt, ancient methods of making it, salt in history, and modern saltmaking and mining.

A biography of Plymouth Colony leader, John Alden, stressing his childhood and his shy courtship of the maid, Priscilla.

Emphasizes the boyhood of the man who fulfilled his dream of exploring the vast, unknown areas of the West.

Describes Utah's geography, traces her history, and tells of things to see and celebrate in that State.

Concentrates on the boyhood of the Philadelphian who opened a clothing business in his home town that grew into one of the largest department stores in the country.