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Booker T. Washington: leader of his people

A biography of the African-American educator and organizer of Tuskegee Institute who spent his life working for equality for the people of his race.

U.S. Grant, horseman and fighter

A biography of the general who commanded the victorious Union armies at the close of the Civil War and who later became the eighteenth President of the United States.

John James Audubon, bird artist

The story of the brilliant painter of birds, who endured years of poverty before his talent was recognized.

Stephen Decatur

William Penn, friend to all

The life of the English religious reformer and American colonialist who received a grant of land from Charles II in the new world. He laid the foundation for government, educational institutions, and the city of Philadelphia.

Leif the Lucky, discoverer of America

A biography of the Viking Leif Ericson, one of the first men to visit the mainland of America.

Booker T. Washington: leader of his people

A biography of the African-American educator and organizer of Tuskegee Institute who spent his life working for equality for the people of his race.

John James Audubon, bird artist

The story of the brilliant painter of birds, who endured years of poverty before his talent was recognized.

Amelia Earhart, pioneer in the sky

A biography of the pilot who became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean and the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Thomas Alva Edison, miracle maker

A biography of the inventor who patented more than 1,100 inventions in 60 years, among them the electric light and the phonograph.

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