Most Popular Books by Jean Lee Latham

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship''s captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.

A brief biography of the inventor of a gin to seed upland cotton and of a way to mass produce musket locks.

A biography of the marine biologist and nature writer well-known for her campaign against the careless use of chemicals.

A brief biography of the inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code, who planned from early childhood to be a painter of great historical pictures but first won recognition as a portrait painter.

At the height of a rebellion in a South American country, a young woman is left in the family compound just miles from a the site of a fierce battle. Her only companion is Gina, a long-term family servant. Nearly a month earlier, they heard someone knocking on the gate and found a wounded soldier there. They''ve been nursing him since, and it appears that his sight is nearly restored, but he still can''t remember who he is or what cause he supported.

A biography of the West Point graduate who learned civil engineering "from the ground up" and supervised the completion of the Panama Canal.

A brief biography of the first admiral of the United States Navy.

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

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In 1607, a fifteen-year-old boy joins the expeditionary force that hopes to establish a permanent English colony in Virginia.

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 man who rose from debt to amass a small fortune, and became the driving force behind the successful laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.

Young adult biography of Maury, US naval officer and oceanographer from Virginia who resigned his position when Virginia seceeded and became Commander of the Confederate States Navy and spokesperson for the Southern cause in England.

Cynthia and Jimmy have been married for six months, and sometimes Cynthia needs a little help from Ma to keep their marriage running smoothly. Right now, Jimmy is determined to eat Ma''s cookies, not salads with maraschino cherries! Meanwhile, Pa tells Jimmy a little secret.

A fictionalized account of the life of Joseph Jefferson, the American actor.

The fairy Grandmarina gives Princess Alicia a magic fishbone. To her father''s confusion she declines to use it. her reward is marriage, which does seem a fantasy as she and the groom appear to be very young.