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Hillstrom, Kevin, Ed.; Hillstrom, Laurie, Ed. – 2000
This book provides biographical profiles of 11 environmental leaders of interest to readers ages 9 and above and was created to appeal to young readers in a format they can enjoy reading and readily understand. Biographies were prepared after extensive research, and each volume contains a cumulative index, a general index, a place of birth index,…
Descriptors: Biographies, Environment, Individual Characteristics, Information Sources
Harris, Laurie Lanzen, Ed.; Abbey, Cherie D., Ed. – 1997
This book provides biographical profiles of 16 leaders of modern Africa of interest to readers ages 9 and above and was created to appeal to young readers in a format they can enjoy reading and easily understand. Biographies were prepared after extensive research, and this volume contains a name index, a general index, a place of birth index, and…
Descriptors: African History, Biographies, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Jaycox, Faith – 2002
To the explorer or colonist of the 16th and 17th centuries, North America was a vast and uncharted land. The continent appealed to European eyes--blind to the claims of the Native Americans who, to varying degrees of density, inhabited the entire continent--as an open field to claim, to exploit, and to settle. Once permanent settlements were…
Descriptors: Biographies, Colonial History (United States), Colonialism, Land Settlement