American biographies

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American inventors, entrepreneurs, and business visionaries

Profiles more than 280 men and women who have made history with their innovative ideas, entrepreneurial ventures, and abilities to make the impossible possible.

American religious leaders

Provides biographical information on over 270 individuals important to the religious community, having dedicated their lives to religious teaching in various forms, like evangelism, founding schools and debating the relationship between church and state.

American scientists

Presents a collection of alphabetically arranged entries that provide brief biographical sketches of important American scientists, from Louis Agassiz to Ahmed Zewail and others.

Thomas Edison

Helen Keller

Thomas Edison

Helen Keller

Langston Hughes

2013
A biography of the African American poet Langston Hughes.

Geronimo

2012
A biography of Geronimo, Apache warrior, discussing how he fought against the United States Army's forced relocation of the American Indians and evaded capture.

American scientists

2006
Presents a collection of alphabetically arranged entries that provide brief biographical sketches of important American scientists, from Louis Agassiz to Ahmed Zewail and others.

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