biography

A biography of the Alabama woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

Recounts the life of the famous sculptor, painter, poet, and architect who flourished during the Italian Renaissance.

Describes Samuel Morse's career as a painter and inventor, and how his development of the Morse's code laid the groundwork for modern telecommunications.

Chronicles the life and tragic death of the man who championed foreign relations, civil rights, and space exploration as the thirty-fifth president of the United States.

Examines the life, political career, and achievements of the third president of the United States, including a discussion of his beliefs and their influence on the Declaration of Independence.

A biography of the brilliant southern general who gained the nickname Stonewall by his stand at Bull Run during the Civil War.

A biography of that Portuguese prince whose vision and whose school of navigation significantly affected all later explorers who charted the unknown.

Describes some of the boyhood experiences that influenced the development of the African-American poet Langston Hughes.

Traces the life of the Jewish girl who hid with seven other people in an attic for two years in Nazi-occupied Holland and chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary which was discovered after her death in a German concentration camp.

Recounts the story of Hannah Goslar, a close friend of Anne Frank and one of the last to see her alive.