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Partner in revolution

Abigail Adams
1998
A biography of the woman who was the wife of the second president of the United States and the mother of the sixth president.

The last Hawaiian queen

Liliuokalani
1997
A brief biography of the last queen of Hawaii, whose love of her country led her to write its anthem, "Aloha Oe, " and to work to preserve Hawaiian customs.

The man who painted Indians

George Catlin
1997
A biography of the painter, author, and ethnographer who devoted himself to recording Indian life, not only in this country but in South America and Asia.

She dared to fly

Bessie Coleman
1997
A biography of the woman who became the first licensed African-American pilot.

Mount Everest and beyond

Sir Edmund Hillary
1997
A biography of the New Zealand beekeeper who teamed up with Tenzing Norgay to climb the world's highest mountain in 1953.
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