Gr 7 Up-Originally published in 1992, the essays in this collection are well researched and written in a friendly, engaging style, drawing listeners into a world of courage, determination, and search for adventure. McCullough reads the 17 biographical essays that include sketches of scientist/explorer Alexander von Humboldt, author Harriet Beecher Stowe, artist Frederic Remington, author/cowboy/president Theodore Roosevelt, aviator Charles Lindbergh, engineer/bridge builder Washington Roebling, and photographer David Plowden. -VERDICT These essays can be used by teachers in history, science, literature, and writing classes. ["Superb storytelling with a unique slant": SLJ 10/92 review of the Prentice Hall book.]-Patricia Ann Owens, formerly with Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, Mt. Carmel © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.