Tilton, Rafael

Focuses on the life and contributions of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross.

An illustrated biography of nineteenth-century American author Edgar Allan Poe that includes a chronology and a selected bibliography.

Discusses the early life of Henry Ford, including his moving to the big city and his success as an inventor, engineer, and pioneer of the automobile.

A biography of the famous astronaut and U.S. senator.

A biography of the woman whose studies of primitive cultures established her as one of the world's most acclaimed anthropologists.

Chronicles the lives and reigns of seven monarchs of the Middle Ages beginning with Charlemagne, the Frankish king who was the first to unite the Roman Empire during the eighth century AD to Charles VII, king of France during the fifteenth century.

A biography of the nun who founded the order known as the Missionaries of Charity to work with the sick and destitute in Calcutta and other places and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.