"This fascinating new installment in the popular Lives of . . . series of collective biographies is full of juicy tidbits about history's greatest explorers"--

A biography of the restless adventurer who made his reputation with a hunting knife, became a successful farmer and businessman, and died in the siege of the Alamo.

"Biographical vignettes highlight exciting adventures and innovative contributions of women and girls from a wide variety of countries and historical periods."--

"From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even hidden treasure. Her endless curiosity eventually led to her career in diving and paleontology, where she would continue to find things big and small. In 1990, at a dig in South Dakota, Sue made her biggest discovery to date: Sue the T. rex, the largest and most complete T. rex skeleton ever unearthed. Named in Sue's honor, Sue the T. rex would be placed...

"An illustrated biography of famous frontiersman Davy Crockett, who died at the Alamo"--