The author separates truth from legend, and offers some ideas on what eventually happened to the strong and fascinating woman known to history as Sacagawea--the native American who made it possible for Lewis and Clark to explore America's then-uncharted West.

A biography of Joan of Arc, a woman born a French peasant who achieved grat military success as a leader and a warrior.

Discusses the life and undersea world of pioneering oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. In his quest to show off the beauty found below the waves, Cousteau dedicated himself to developing new diving technology, inventing innovative ways to photograph underwater life, and traveling the globe to explore different bodies of water. His award-winning film The Silent World opened people's eyes to a formerly unknown and spectacular marine universe. Cousteau...

Examines the life and actions of Pocahontas, a young Native American woman who developed a friendship with English colonist John Smith and the people of Jamestown, and who later became a Christian and married colonist John Rolfe.

A biography of the scientist and Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie explores both Curie's personal and professional life.

Text and photographs present the life of Eleanor Roosevelt.

A biography of famous boxer Muhammad Ali.

The life of the famous abolitionist.