Surveys the life, career, work and times of Vincent Van Gogh, with background information on other artists of that period, emphasizing the works of Gaugin and Toulouse-Lautrec.

An account of the campaigns and battles between Japan and the Allied nations in the Pacific and Asia during World War II.

Surveys the life, works and times of Antoine Watteau, the greatest painter of 18th century France.

An account of the outlaw gunfighters of the frontier American West, including the Clanton brothers, Billy the Kid, the James gang and the Dalton brothers.

Captioned photographs and text describe the invasion of Russia by the Germans.

Lavishly illustrated account of the lives, religion, customs, sports, homes, horses and history of the Indian tribes of the American West.

"The text presents an overview of life in the Middle Ages through descriptions of noble and notable individuals such as Charlemagne, Heloise and Abelard, Thomas Becket, and William Marshal....The book is divided into four chapters that center on the people of the church, the knightly class, peasants and rural landowners, and town dwellers....A handsomely designed, admirably balanced blend of pictures and text." SLJ.

Describes in text and illustrations the development of large ranches in the western plains, the impact of these establishments on the economy of the area, their organization, and some famous ranches and their owners.