Combining illustrations, photographs, and inspirational quotes, this biography traces the life of John Glenn--war hero, test pilot, American astronaut, and U.S. Senator--from his childhood days in New Concord, Ohio to his adventures in space.

Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African Americans for the vote. In June of 1964, three idealistic young men (one black and two white) were lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. They were trying to register African Americans to vote as part of the Freedom Summer effort to bring democracy to...