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George Rogers Clark

A biography of an Indian fighter whose foresight and leadership during the Revolutionary War saved the Northwest Territory for the United States.

The Wright brothers

A biography of the brothers who made the world's first flight in a power-driven, heavier-than-air machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.

Luther Burbank: partner of nature

A biography of Luther Burbank, who developed more than 250 new fruit varieties and made flowers prettier and plants larger and hardier.

Sam Houston, hero of Texas

A brief account of Sam Houston who served as a Congressman and Governor of Tennessee before his association with Texas began.

Buffalo Bill, Wild West showman

A biography of a hunter, scout, frontier hero, and star of a Wild West show.

Kit Carson, pathfinder of the West

1963
A biography of the frontiersman who became known as a trapper, hunter, guide, and soldier.

Theodore Roosevelt, man of action

A biography of the New Yorker who became Governor of his State, Vice President under McKinley, and twenty-sixth President of the United States.

John James Audubon: bird artist

John James Audubon's great talent as an American nature artist was recognized only after he had endured many years of economic hardship.

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