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J.R.R. Tolkien

Describes the life of J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of Middle Earth and author of "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings.".
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Farmworker's friend

the story of Cesar Chavez
Examines the life and accomplishments of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.

Harry S. Truman

Biography of Harry S. Truman, 33rd president of the United States.

Thomas Merton, Monk with a Mission

Biography of monk Thomas Merton.

Grandfather Woo Goes to School

Noah Webster, master of words

1989
A biography of the teacher who authored the first dictionary written in the United States.

Johnny Appleseed: God's faithful planter, John Chapman

1985
A first person narrative of the life of the legendary figure who traveled across the American frontier planting apple trees and carrying the Christian faith to Pioneer families.

Florence Nightingale

God's servant at the battlefield
1985
A biography of the well-to-do woman who defied social convention in order to establish nursing as a respectable career for women and bring about reforms in hospital conditions and nursing care.

Ishi

the last of his people
2000
Describes the life and anthropologists' study of Ishi, the last man of the Yahi Native Americans, who died in 1916.

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