Signature lives

Series

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

Description

A profile of the man who is best known for his bold signature on the Declaration of Independence.

7) Michelangelo: sculptor and painter

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

8) Samuel Adams: patriot and statesman

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

Description

Profiles the life of Samuel Adams and explores his role in the tax rebellion and the Boston Tea Party.

9) Abraham Lincoln: great American President

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

10) Adolf Hitler: dictator of Nazi Germany

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

11) Anne Hutchinson: Puritan protester

Author

Stille, Darlene R

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

12) Benazir Bhutto: Pakistani prime minister and activist

Author

Englar, Mary

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

13) Benjamin Banneker: American scientific pioneer

Author

Weatherly, Myra

14) Crazy Horse: Sioux warrior

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

15) Elizabeth I: Queen of Tudor England

Author

Weatherly, Myra

Series

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

16) Eva Peron, First Lady of Argentina

Author

Stille, Darlene R

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

17) Fidel Castro, leader of communist Cuba

Author

Rees, Fran

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

18) Franklin Delano Roosevelt: the New Deal president

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

19) Geronimo: The Inspiring Life Story of an Apache Warrior

Author

Signature lives
Inspiring Stories

Series

Formats

Description

Geronimo was one of the fiercest Apache warriors of all time. He was both admired and feared as he spent years fighting to preserve the Apache way of life in the American Southwest.

20) Henry B. Gonzalez: Congressman of the people

Author

Haugen, Brenda

21) James Beckwourth: mountaineer, scout and pioneer

Author

Gregson, Susan R

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

22) John Winthrop: colonial governor of Massachusetts

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

23) Joseph Stalin: dictator of the Soviet Union

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

24) Lord Baltimore: founder of Maryland

Author

Robinson, J. Dennis

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

25) Martin Luther: father of the Reformation

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

26) Pope Leo X: opponent of the Reformation

Author

Doak, Robin S.

27) Queen Noor: American-born queen of Jordan

Author

Raatma, Lucia

28) Roger Williams: founder of Rhode Island

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

29) Sam Houston: Texas hero

Author

Gregson, Susan R.

30) Sarah Winnemucca: scout, activist, and teacher

Author

Rosinsky, Natalie M

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

31) William Penn: founder of Pennsylvania

Author

Somervill, Barbara A.

32) William Tyndale: Bible translator and martyr

Author

Rees, Fran

Series

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

33) Wilma Mankiller: chief of the Cherokee Nation

Author

Dell, Pamela

Series

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

34) Winston Churchill: British soldier, writer, statesman

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

35) Amelia Earhart: legendary aviator

Author

Haugen, Brenda

36) Benito Mussolini: fascist Italian dictator

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

37) Clara Barton: founder of the American Red Cross

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

38) Indira Gandhi: political leader in India

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

39) J. Pierpont Morgan: industrialist and financier

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

40) Jesse James: legendary rebel and outlaw

Author

Robinson, J. Dennis

Series

Pub. Date

2007

Language

English

41) Sequoyah: inventor of written Cherokee

Author

Basel, Roberta

Series

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

42) Socrates: ancient Greek in search of truth

Author

Dell, Pamela

Series

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

43) Thomas Alva Edison: great American inventor

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

Description

Learn about the life of this American genius.

44) Thucydides: ancient Greek historian

Author

Doak, Robin S

Series

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

Description

Learn about the life of this famous early historian.

45) Will Rogers: cowboy, comedian, and commentator

Author

Donovan, Sandra

Series

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

46) Yo-Yo Ma: internationally acclaimed cellist

Author

Weatherly, Myra

Series

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

47) Cesar Chavez: crusader for social change

Author

Haugen, Brenda

48) Elizabeth Dole: public servant and senator

Author

Rau, Dana Meachen

49) Gerardus Mercator: father of modern mapmaking

Author

Heinrichs, Ann

Series

Pub. Date

[2008]

Language

English

Description

A biography of the sixteenth-century cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who invented a method of projecting the curvature of the Earth's surface on to a flat sheet of paper.

50) Hatshepsut: Egypt's first female pharaoh

Author

Dell, Pamela

Series

Pub. Date

2008.

Language

English

51) Hypatia: mathematician, inventor, and philosopher

Author

Donovan, Sandra

Series

Pub. Date

[2008]

Language

English

Description