Scholastic Biography Series by Clyde Robert Bulla, Dorothy Sterling, Ann McGovern

Squanto tells everyone he meets, "I am going on the great ship across the sea.""I wish you would not go," his mother says."It is just for a little while," says Squanto. "I will come back."But before Squanto can return, many, many years go by, years full of adventure. And when Squanto does come back, his family is gone. His village has disappeared. New people have come—the Pilgrims.

Born into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible--certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet did escape North, by the secret route called the Underground Railroad. Harriet didn't forget her people. Again and again she risked her life to lead them on the same secret, dangerous journey.

Deborah Sampson wanted to travel and have adventures, but since she had no money, the best way to do that was to join the army. This is the exciting true story of a woman who became a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, by dressing and acting like a man.