Jean Fritz

Describes how the Constitution came to be written and ratified. Also includes the full text of the document produced by the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

A brief biography of Benjamin Franklin, the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

A biography of the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, outlining all that he did for himself as well as what he did for Massachusetts and his new nation.

A brief biography of Samuel Adams describing his activities in stirring up the revolt against the British and how he was finally persuaded to learn to ride a horse.

Follows the ambitious life and influential career of Alexander Hamilton. One of the U.S. founding fathers, Washington's most valuable aide-de-camp, first Secretary of the Treasury, a complex man with many quirks, his life was cut short in a duel with Aaron Burr.

Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps.

Having the same name and birthday as George Washington, a young boy wants everything else in his life just as Washington had it, but he can not find out what Washington ate for breakfast.

With wit and scrupulous accuracy, Jean Fritz introduces the viewer to the delegates at the 1787 summer convention in Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Madison, and many others representing the thirteen states gathered there to draft a plan that would unify these states while preserving their sovereignty.

The author's fictionalized version, though all the events are true, of her childhood in China in the 1920's.