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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

1985
A biography of the American president who brought the country out of economic disaster and through World War II.

Mozart and his world

1980
Text and illustrations describe the life and work of Mozart and the world in which he lived.

Abraham Lincoln

1987
Follows the life of America's sixteenth president, with an emphasis on his personal life and early career as lawyer, lawmaker, and abolitionist.

Abraham Lincoln

sixteenth president of the United States
1988
Traces the life of the frontier clerk, storekeeper, lawyer, politician, and Civil War President.

Abraham Lincoln

1986
A biography of the sixteenth President of the United States whose term of office was served during the Civil War.

Dorothea Lange

life through the camera
1985
A biography of Dorothea Lange, whose photographs of migrant workers and rural poverty helped bring about important social reforms.

Walt Disney

1988
Follows the life and dreams of the Missouri boy who became a pioneer in the field of cartoon animation as well as bringing the world live-action films, wildlife documentaries, and amusement parks.

Emily Dickinson

1989
Examines the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century Massachusetts poet whose posthumously published poetry brought her the public attention she had carefully avoided during her lifetime.

Crazy Horse, war chief of the Oglala

1973
A brief biography of the Oglala Sioux leader whose resistance to the Army's attempt to move his people to a reservation resulted in Custer's defeat at Little Bighorn and his own premature death.

Winston Churchill

1986
A biography of the British statesman, historian, and soldier who was the rallying spirit of his country during World War II.

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