A Discovery book

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Sam Houston, hero of Texas

A brief account of Sam Houston who served as a Congressman and Governor of Tennessee before his association with Texas began.

Richard E. Byrd, adventurer to the poles

A brief record of Richard Byrd's accomplishments, especially his exploration of the poles by air.

Jane Addams, pioneer of Hull House

A biography of the pioneer in social work who founded the first settlement house in Chicago, campaigned for better social legislation, and won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Benjamin Franklin

Samuel F. B. Morse, artist-inventor

A brief biography of the inventor of the telegraph and Morse code, who planned from early childhood to be a painter of great historical pictures but first won recognition as a portrait painter.

Florence Nightingale, war nurse

A biography of the founder of modern nursing.

Sam Houston, hero of Texas

A brief account of Sam Houston who served as a Congressman and Governor of Tennessee before his association with Texas began.

Benjamin Franklin

Eli Whitney, great inventor

A brief biography of the inventor of a gin to seed upland cotton and of a way to mass produce musket locks.

The Wright brothers

A biography of the brothers who made the world's first flight in a power-driven, heavier-than-air machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.

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