A guide compiles the tables of contents and publication notes for a twelve-volume biographical series on explorers, military leaders, frontiersmen, and other early American figures. It lists each volume and its chapter breakdowns, names subjects such as Christopher Columbus (with an alternative narrative by Filson Young), Ferdinand de Soto, La Salle, Miles Standish, Captain William Kidd, Peter Stuyvesant, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Daniel Boone, Christopher Carson, John Paul Jones, and David Crockett. Illustrations, maps, facsimiles, and chapter summaries are cited where present, and the index directs readers to individual volumes and their internal organization for further reading.