Lo caótico de ser mariposa

These biographies introduce young readers to important figures in American history. Ideal for reports and correlated to the social studies curriculum, the series presents a straightforward account of each individual's life and times and describes how each person contributed to the shaping of our nation.

Narración en la que tienen cabida algunos hechos sobresalientes en los setenta y tres años de vida del autor que van, desde su niñez hasta su jubilación, como Almirante General de la Armada. Una carrera fuera de lo común, puesto que la inició con 17 años, como marinero raso.

"Three years of captivity among the Patagones" is an exceptional ethnological document, but to its documentary value it adds the attraction and intensity of an adventures novel. It narrates the extraordinary experience of Auguste Guinnard, a young French immigrant who, around 1850, gets lost in the Pampas and is captured by native tribes who considered every foreigner a foe. Bound to a cruel slavery among the last nomads of Patagonia, Guinnard, was forced to sleep in the ground, and survive naked feeding from raw meat and fresh blood. In spite of being despised, and often chastised even by...

When flying an airplane was no more than a reckless act, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly cross the Atlantic and the Pacific alone. Besides her exploits as a pilot, she wrote three books and many articles reporting on her trips, and become one of the primary promoters of aviation. Her last adventure was to fly around the world. Before arriving at the second-to-last phase of her itinerary, a storm ended her life and that of her copilot, Frederick J. Noonan.