biography

Francis Bok describes his experiences after being kidnapped in 1986 at age seven from his village in southern Sudan and taken to live as a slave for wealthy Muslim farmers, and tells about his escape ten years later, his attempts to discover what happened to his family, and his eventual move to America.

The author chronicles his impoverished childhood in Limerick, Ireland, in the 1930s and 1940s, describing his father's alcoholism and talent for storytelling; the challenges and tragedies his mother faced, including the loss of three children; and his early experiences in the Catholic church, and balances painful memories with humor.

Davy Crockett tames the American frontier in Texas and fights against the Mexicans in the Battle of the Alamo.

The author, a Rhodes scholar and combat veteran, analyzes factors that influenced him as well as another man of the same name and from the same neighborhood who was drawn into a life of drugs and crime and ended up serving life in prison, focusing on the influence of relatives, mentors, and social expectations that could have led either of them on different paths.

Teenager Da Chen struggles to adapt to his new life at the University of Beijing while staying true to his heritage and his family's beliefs.

Memoir of three Chinese women, Jung Chang, her mother, and her grandmother in twentieth-century China.

Presents biographies of twenty-six men and women who participated in or were affected by the Korean War, including politicians, military leaders, journalists, and nurses.

Discusses the period of growth in American history prior to the Civil War, describing the lives of people from a variety of backgrounds, including Jedediah Smith, Emily Dickinson, John James Audubon, and Sojourner Truth.

Profiles sixty men and women relevant to the colonial era in America; features shorter biographies and sidebars about people and events who are in some way connected to the main biographee; and includes illustrations, cross-references, timelines, and sources for further study.

Presents a history of the struggle for political control in Mexico during the years 1910-1920, including biographical sketches of key personalities.