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Shabbona (Sha-bon-ney) (1775-1859) was an Ottawa tribe member, born on the Kankakee River, who became a chief within the Potawatomi tribe in Illinois. His name means "indomitable", "hardy", "built like a bear." Shabbona was a grandnephew of Pontiac, the famous Ottawa leader. He aided Shawnee Chief Tecumseh and participated in the Battle of the Thames where Tecumseh was killed in 1812. Shabbona became a "friend of the whites" and warned other t...

Chief Powhatan (c. 1547 - c. 1618), father of Pocahantas, was the leader of the Powhatan, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time when English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607. He had assembled a total of about 30 tribes into the Powhatan Confederacy by the early 17th century. The confederacy was estimated to include 10, 000-15, 000 people. This book "Chie...

Geronimo (1829-1909) was born in the Gila River area of Arizona. As an Apache leader and medicine man, he is best known for his fearlessness in resisting anyone-Mexican or American-who attempted to remove his people from their tribal lands. He repeatedly evaded capture and life on a reservation, and during his final escape, a full quarter of the U.S. standing army pursued him and his followers. When Geronimo was captured on September 4, 1886, ...

Seven Voyages Of Sindbad is one of the fables from the Arabian Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern stories frst told in the 14th century. The tale is about a merchant called Sinbad who lived during the third Islamic era. The stories of his seven voyages are filled with giant birds, sea monsters, whales as big as an island, and other fictional characters. The Seven Voyages Of Sinbad has been translated into many languages and portrayed in nu...

Windsor Castle in Berkshire England was started by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. It has been used by the reigning monarch and is the longest-occupied palace in Europe. Originally designed to project Norman dominance around the outskirts of London and oversee a strategically important part of the River Thames, Windsor Castle was built with three wards surrounding a central mound. Windsor Castle grounds cover 13 acres (52, 609 squar...

The Salt Grass Trail Ride is the "Daddy-Of-Em-All", started in 1952, as the kick-off event for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the biggest rodeo event inthe United States. It reenacts the trail ride of pioneer cattlemen and their herds to Houston from the rich salt grass pastures on the Texas Gulf Coast. More than 6, 000 riders participate today, in many trail rides from all over Texas. This book "Riding Along the Salt Grass Trail" trace...

The Blue Lagoon is the story of two cousins, Dicky and Emmeline Lestrange, stranded on a remote island with a beautiful lagoon. As children, they are cared for by Paddy Button, a portly sailor who drinks himself to death after two and a half years. The children flee to another part of Palm Tree Island. Over a period of five years, they grow up and fall in love. They manage to copulate instinctively and conceive a child. The birth is especially...

On May 10, 1756, sixteen year old Mary (Molly) Finney survived the "Means Massacre" by Native Americans and was taken captive to Quebec. There she was sold as a slave to a local merchant. Molly was eventually rescued by merchant ship captain William McLellan who was acquainted with the survivors of the Means family of North Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay. Read the thrilling events of the "Means Massacre", Molly's capture and slavery, and her even...

John Jacob Astor was a German-American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, patron of the arts and investor who made his fortune mainly in the fur trade and by investing in real estate in or around New York City. He was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States. His American Fur Company competed with Canada's Northwest Company and Hudson's Bay Company. Astor also formed the Pacific...

The 1926 book "Winnie-the-Pooh" by A. A. Milne is set in the Hundred Acre Wood, with short stories about the adventures of a teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and friends he knew, Christopher Robin, Piglet, the donkey Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo. Milne and illustrator E. H. Shepard collaborated on the publication, with the teddy bear Shepard modelled after his son's toy. The boy is patterned after Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne, and h...

Range Of A Cowboy" documents all the hardships and rewards of driving 3, 100 head of Mexican cattle from the Texas Rio Grande border to Montana along the Great Western Trail. Follow the narrative of a young cowhand as he brings to life the exploits of rancher Jack Sommers, trail boss Ben Hodges, remuda wrangler Teddy Walters, the segundo Donn "Blaze" Milow, the cook "Big John" Meekins and the rest of the cowboys as they follow the world's long...

Aloha, E Komo Mai! Welcome to Island Song Lyrics Volume 5 (songs 2001-2500)

Wambdi Okichize Huya-Na was born as Little Eagle but the whites insisted on calling him War Eagle. He participated in sqirmishes with other tribes but came to be known as "The friend of the white man". From numerous historical documents, including those at the Sioux City Public Museum, this fully illustrated documentary, "Chief War Eagle - Peacemaker Of The Sioux", details his legacy as a messenger during the War Of 1812, activities in the Fur...

The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Matthias W. Baldwin, the founder, began as a jeweler, then moved to the manufacture of bookbinders' tools and steam-powered cylinders for calico fabric printing. Baldwin's workmanship was so excellent and his steam cylinder efficiency so great that he turned exclusively to steam engineering. This publication, "Baldwin - King Of Locomotives", tr...

Learning how to tie knots is a very useful skill. Whether you're boating, climbing, or scouting, these knots will often come in handy. Better to know a knot just in case you need it! Learn how to tie a square knot, sheet bend, bowline, fisherman's knot, clove hitch and mant others. This book "How To Tie Knots" is fully illustrated, with applications, of 116 different knots and pulley applications.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni proved to be one of the greatest painters, sculptors, architects and poets of the Renaissance Period from the late 1400s until his death at age 88 in 1564. Commissioned by several Popes and influential Italians, Michelangelo produced a large volume of works which established his legacy for the ages. This publication, "Michelangelo - Renaissance Man" traces his exciting life through peace and turmoil w...

As a cub, Billy the Grizzly was the only survivor of a hunter's assault on his Mother and her four offspring. Growing up in the wilds of Wyoming, he wandered the Wind River Range, the Upper Meeteetsee and the Yellowstone. Learning the hard way, without a Mother's guidance, Billy survived the hunter's steel bear traps and many predators until he was King of his range and domain. Young folks, as well as older ones, will enjoy eagerly the reading...

The 500 ft deep Blanco Canyon, in the Texas Panhandle, in October 1871, was the site of the main skirmish of Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie's campaign against the Plains Comanches, known as the Battle of Blanco Canyon. The Comanche Moon arose blood-red over Blanco Canyon. The Comanches were led by Chief Quanah Parker. This book, "Comanche Moon Of Blanco Canyon", details the true events as recorded by Lt. Robert Goldthwaite Carter. Read the exciting ...

Wreck Of the Charles Eaton" is the true account of crashing onto the "Detached Reef" on August 15, 1834 and subsequent cannibalism of all except two on Boydan Island, between north Australia and New Guniea. Teenager John Ireland and a younger boy, William Doyley (D'Oyly) lived with the islanders as captives until rescued, on June 3, 1836, by captain Charles Morgan Lewis on the schooner "Isabella". The recovered skulls of the Charles Eaton crew...

Fourth in the series of books on clipper ships, this fully illustrated edition, "Clipper Ships - The Kiwi Connection", chronicles the "Mayflowers of New Zealand", the beautiful sailing ships which brought settlers from the Old North Country to the exotic South Pacific. Their passages round the Cape and through the roaring forties filled many stout hearts with awe, wonder, fear and romance. They heard the whistle and scream of the mighty wester...