Author Karen Clemens Warrick

"The well-researched account describes the various roles this larger-than-life figure played in our history as pioneer, businessman, missionary, patriot, and friend to Native Americans . . . Readers gain a sense of pioneer life, . . . this one focuses on facts including historical background of the times and would be useful for reports."
--School Library Journal, April 2001

". . . competently written biographies . . . supplemented by . . . information boxes that provide colorful background information or place events within historical context. The final pages of each volume discuss the legacy of each subject."
--The Horn Book Guide, Fall 2001