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Sam Houston

Texas hero
Presents a biography Sam Houston, the first president of the Texas republic, and chronicles his childhood in Virginia, life among the Native Americans in Tennessee, service during the War of 1812, and involvement in the Texas war for Independence.
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Benjamin Franklin

scientist and statesman
Presents a biography of Benjamin Franklin--statesman, diplomat, and inventor--from his early childhood in Boston, Massachusetts, to his work in the American Revolution, through his time spent in England, and his return to Philadelphia. Includes time line, glossary, and index.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe

author and advocate
Presents a biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe who wrote the popular and controversial novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" after she witnessed the injustice and cruelty of slavery.
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Will Rogers

cowboy, comedian, and commentator
2007
A brief biography of early twentieth-century cowboy and actor Will Rogers that chronicles his childhood, roping ability, and stage, film, and radio career.
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Gerardus Mercator

father of modern mapmaking
2008
A biography of the sixteenth-century cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who invented a method of projecting the curvature of the Earth's surface on to a flat sheet of paper. Includes photographs, a time line, a list of resources, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.

Marcus Garvey

black nationalist crusader and entrepreneur
2008
A biography of Marcus Garvey that discusses his childhood in Jamaica, founding of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, entrepreneurial success, meeting with the imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, arrest, and more.

Amy Tan

author and storyteller
2007
A biography of Chinese American author Amy Tan, discussing how her mother's experiences in China influenced her life and writing.

Jane Goodall

legendary primatologist
2006
A biography of primatologist Jane Goodall describing her childhood in England, education and early interest in conservation, and extensive research with chimpanzees.

Gloria Steinem

champion of women's rights
2006
A biography of women's rights activist Gloria Steinem, who cofounded "Ms Magazine" and supported the women's liberation movement in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s.

Frederick Douglass

slave, writer, abolitionist
2005
Contains a biography of Frederick Douglass, the former slave turned abolitionist and author of an antislavery newspaper, and includes information on Douglass, from his childhood, to his struggles as a slave, to his leading the first all-black volunteer army in the Civil War.

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