History maker bios

Presents a short biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt and provides information on his life and political career, his struggles with polio, and presidential victory during the Great Depression and World War Two.

Chronicles the life of sixteenth-century British explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, describing his founding of Virginia, the first English settlement in the New World; his search for El Dorado; and his imprisonment in the Tower of London.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce young readers to the life of Abraham Lincoln, including information on his strange habits, his presidency, and his personal and professional achievements.

Presents a brief biography of W.K. Kellogg, creator of the original Kellogg's Corn Flakes; and chronicles his life, family, and events that led to his successful business in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Describes the life and accomplishments of Henry Ford, discussing his childhood, early fascination with machines, invention of the Model T, and work at the Ford Motor Company.

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.

A biography of Quanah Parker, a spiritual and political leader of the Comanche people in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

A brief biography of Annie Oakley, discussing her youth and family in Ohio, the development of her skills as a hunter, her marriage to Frank Butler and their work as a sharpshooting team, her travels with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and her later life.

Presents a profile of frontiersman Daniel Boone, discussing his early life, his success as a hunter and tracker, his determination to settle in Kentucky, his conflicts with the Shawnee, and his impact on American history.

A biography of Tecumseh, whose integrity, personal magnetism, and public speaking skills helped him to lead the Shawnee and people of other tribes in the fight to save their lives and lands from being taken by white men.