Hudson [Hardcover]

History has not been kind to Henry Hudson. He's been dismissed as a short-tempered man who played favorites with his crew and had an unstoppable ambition and tenacity. Although he gave his name to a mighty river, an important strait, and a huge bay, today he is remembered more for the mutiny that took his life. The grandson of a trader, Hudson sailed under both British and Dutch flags, looking for a northern route to China. Although none of his voyages led to the discovery of a northwest passage, he did explore what is now Hudson's Bay and what is now New York City.

Whatever his personal shortcomings, to sail through dangerous, ice-filled waters with only a small crew in a rickety old boat, he must have been someone of rare courage and vision. InHudson, Janice Weaver has created a compelling portrait of a man who should be remembered not for his tragic end, but for the way he advanced our understanding of the world.Praise For Mirror With A Memory:
. . . A great visual retrospective of a nation's people and events.
-School Library Journal

Praise For Building America:
This is more than a marvelous illustrated history of architecture in America; it provides an easy-to-take social context for the buildings it showcases.
-Philadelphia Inquirer

Praise For From Head To Toe:
[an] always engaging and often enthralling account of the place of clothes and assorted adornments through the ages. . . .Weaver is that exemplary explicator for whom one thing always leads to another. . . .
-The Globe and MailJANICE WEAVER is a highly respected editor and the author of several acclaimed works of nonfiction for young people.Building AmericaandFrom Head to Toe: Bound Feet, Bathing Suits, and Other Bizarre and Beautiful Thingswere each named Notable Books by the International Reading Association.From Head to Toewas also a finalist for both the Rocky Mountain Book Award and thlă