Follows the adventures of the brave and bold frontiersman, Natty Bumpo.

Explores the field of marine archaeology, describing how scientists locate, explore, excavate, and preserve ancient shipwrecks, the dangers involved, and the historical and cultural significance of such finds.

Examines, in text and photographs, the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the American black bear.

When fourteen-year-old Jerry, a student reporter, tries to interview elderly Paul Bernard, a truculent legless recluse and the most brilliant novelist in the world, the visit breaks Bernard's case of writer's block and sends him down the long road after past memories he has been keeping locked away.

Feeling crowded and trapped in the farm commune where she has spent most of her life, fifteen-year-old Lake can find no hiding place from everything going wrong with the farm and with her parents.

Vegetarian Bear, who likes to surprise and entertain both himself and others, this time digs a hole where geese are to gather for fellowship and good feeling--and to hum.