Samuel Willard Crompton

Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the May 1941 destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood by the German battleship Bismarck, soon followed by the sinking of the German ship by British forces.

Examines the development and launch of the first satellites into outer space by the Soviet Union and the United States.

Examines the events that led up to the American Civil War, discussing the political and military strategies that Union and Confederate leaders employed, and provides information about key people, battles, and events.

"Like many artists before her, Zora Neale Hurston received virtually no recognition for her work until after her death. Hurston began her career as an anthropologist, observing and documenting the tension of race relations in the American South. She strove to expose the horrific practice of "paramour rights," wherein white men sexually exploited black women in their employment. But this work and her later fiction (including the now famous Their Eyes...

Presents a detailed account of the historic 1925 trial in which high school teacher John Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee state law by teaching evolution.

Presents a brief biography of Sir Francis Drake, the British explorer who traveled around the globe from 1577 to 1580, and includes information on his career as the greatest seaman of the Elizabethan Age.