James Henry Daugherty

In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.

The history of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, from the land and sea expeditions to found Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River to the sale of the trading post to the British during the War of 1812.

In order to escape religious persecution, a group of English Separatists set sail for America in 1620, hoping to establish a new colony.

The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with three companions on a horseback journey that would ultimately take him over two thousand miles. His detailed description of the journey, set against the vast majesty of the Great Plains, has emerged through the generations as...