Describes how Great Britain recruited soldiers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the equipment received and daily life of "redcoats," and the wars they participated in.
Introduces eleven true stories of escape attempts, some of which succeeded and others that failed, including escapes from prison, concentration camps, and an animal shelter.
Presents true stories of people and animals who performed amazing acts of bravery, including a cat who saved four of her kittens from a burning building and firefighters who rescued people from the Wo
