• Doctor Joseph Warren.--Mr. Paul Revere.--General Thomas Gage.--Sexton Robert Newman.

Recounts the events of the evening of April 18, 1775, when Paul Revere made his historic ride to warn the colonists of the approaching British.
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Examines the historical patterns of slavery throughout the world, from ancient times through the present.
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Follows the activities of a mother whale and her calf from the latter's birth to his weaning as they migrate up the California coast to the Bering Sea.

Describes the geographic features of the ocean floor and the methods that man has developed to study the area in greater detail.
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Traces a year in the life of a young whale from birth through his growing maturity.

A simple description of the causes and effects of earthquakes.

Although old Malachy is among the last of the gold prospectors wandering in the Sierras, he has no thought of quitting until he meets a homeless Indian boy.

Youngsters attempt to repair the town's old covered bridge when the citizens begin talking about replacing it.

Describes the role of the inventor and naturalist in the United States from Colonial days to the middle of the nineteenth century, and then examines advances in physical, biological, and applied sciences made in the last one hundred years.