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Harriet Tubman: guide to freedom

A biography of Harriet Tubman stressing her fight for freedom and dedication to the task of freeing other Southern slaves.

Jake Gaither: winning coach

1969
A biography of the head football coach at Florida A & M College whose teams' successes have made him the "winningest" coach in football.

Lou Gehrig

iron man of baseball
1970
The life of the Yankee player voted "the greatest first baseman of all time" by the Baseball Writers' Association.

Cesar Chavez, man of courage

1973
An easy-to-read biography of the Mexican American who organized the agricultural laborers' struggles for better pay and working conditions.

Malcolm X: Black and proud

1975
A biography of the African American man who, as leader of the Black Muslims and later of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, sought a better life for his people.

Andrew Carnegie: giant of industry

1969
A biography of a self-made millionaire who rose from bobbin boy to tycoon and philanthropist.

Will Rogers, cowboy philosopher

1970
The life of the Oklahoma cowboy of Indian descent who became a well-known writer and comedian.

Jim Thorpe, all-around athlete

1971
A biography of the only athlete, an American Indian, to win both the pentathlon and the decathlon in the Olympics.

Knute Rockne

Notre Dame's football great
1970
A biography of the immigrant boy whose successful career as head coach of Nortre Dame's Fighting Irish led President Hoover to mourn his death as a national loss.

Walter Reed, pioneer in medicine

1971
A biography of the Army doctor who is best known for his discovery of the way in which yellow fever is spread.

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