Childhood of Famous Americans – serie

Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion is Guemsey Van Riper Jr.'s biography of a world-class athlete.A biography of the Native American known as one of the best all-round athletes in history, for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner as well as an outstanding professional football and basebell player.

Concentrates on the boyhood of Bill Cody, Pony Express rider, scout, showman, and buffalo hunter.

John Muir was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His activism helped to preserve Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is still active today. The John Muir Trail is a 211-mile hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada. Now readers can explore how his childhood influenced his life.