Jean Lee Latham

A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin who also developed basic ideas of mass production in the manufacture of weapons and other machines.

A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women.

A biography of the Swedish-American engineer credited with over 2000 inventions as well as the design and construction of several types of boats. History remembers him for the construction of the Monitor, the little ironclad warship that held its own against the Merrimack.

A brief account of Sam Houston who served as a Congressman and Governor of Tennessee before his association with Texas began.