The brave pioneers who made a life on the frontier were not only male—and they were not only white. The story of African-American women in the Old West is one that has largely gone untold--until now.
With 50 Wacky Things Animals Do, science has never been so fun--or wacky!Did you know that ostriches can run faster than horses? Or that dogs can be identified by their nose prints, just like human ca
The mere word cowboy conjures up vivid pictures of rugged men on saddled horses lassoing cattle, riding bulls, or brandishing guns in a shoot-out. What is woefully missing from these scenes however,
Many of the events that took place along the Oregon Trail are well known--the perils the Applegate family faced as they rafted down the raging Columbia River, the plight of the Donner Party as they fo
From a riverboat worker who dressed as a woman to the abolitionist who died for his beliefs, It Happened on the Underground Railroad offers a gripping look at heroic individuals who became a part of t
