Sketches the lives of the two men responsible for the first flight of a machine powered aircraft on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Sketches the life from poverty to riches of the inventor of the Kodak camera which made it possible for the ordinary person to take pictures.

Sketches the life of the "Wizard of Menlo Park, " the man who patented more than one thousand inventions, the most important of which was the electric light bulb.

A biography of the fortieth president of the United States, including his childhood, education, employment, and political career.

Discusses the personal life and political career of the man who became the thirtieth president of the United States in 1923 upon the death of President Harding.

A biography of the World War II general who became the thirty-fourth president of the United States in 1952.

A biography of the senator from Missouri who became the thirty-third president of the United States in 1945.

Profiles the early life, career, family, and contributions of the fifth president of the United States.

A simple biography of the second president of the United States, from his childhood and education in Massachusetts to his marriage to Abigail Smith and his role in the country's early history.

Examines the life of the president who helped postpone the Civil War with the Compromise of 1850 and who was considered to have destroyed his political career in order to preserve the Union.