Childhood of famous Americans

Describes the boyhood of Samuel Clemens in Missouri and how he came to begin a writing career under the pen name Mark Twain.

A biography focusing on the childhood of baseball player Lou Gehrig, who is remembered for playing 2,130 consecutive games in 14 seasons with the New York Yankees.

Recreates the childhood of the woman traditionally remembered as the maker of the first American flag, which was secretly presented to General George Washington in Philadelphia in 1776.

A childhood biography of Benjamin Franklin, a young Philadelphia printer who grew up to become a world-renowned author, diplomat, scientist, and inventor, and one of the founding fathers of the United States.

A biography of the well-loved baseball personality who set many records and made home runs a common part of the game.

Presents a look at the early life of Albert Einstein, the German-born physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

A biography presented in story form about the life and struggles of Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph, and tells how she overcame polio at an early age to become the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals.

A biography focusing on the youth of the nurse who organized the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., in 1881.

Contains an account of the life of Harriet Tubman, a freed slave, who helped lead slaves to freedom, transporting them from the South to the North by using the Underground Railroad.

Looks at the early life of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and describes his early life as a slave, his work as a civil rights leader, and his meetings with President Lincoln.