Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography (Little House)
by William Anderson
Annie Oakley (Raintree Stories) (First biographies)
by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson
The life of the frontier woman who was famous for her skills as a sharpshooter which she demonstrated in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and other shows of the time.
"A complete visual package." --Booklist, starred reviewOn a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions specks of dust to form a duster--a savage storm--on America's high southern plains.The sky turned black, sand-filled winds scoured the paint off houses and cars, trains derailed, and electricity coursed through the air. Sand and dirt fell like snow--people got lost in the gloom and suffocated... and that was just the beginning.Don Brown brings the Dirty Th...
Little Biographies of Big People: Sets 1 - 3 (Little Biographies of Big People)
Martha Canary better known as Calamity Jane is one of the more intriguing figures to emerge from the already colorful history of the Old West. Her rough-and-ready nature lent itself well to her environment: She drank hard and smoked cigars, took nonsense from no one, loved to brag about her adventures, and was not afraid to wear men's clothing if it made it easier to drive a mule train or ride a horse. While precious little evidence exists to prove some of her more outlandish claims, Calamity Ja...
We the People: Civil War Era (We the People (Compass Point Books Hardcover))
Heroes of the US Army (Heroes of the Us Military (Gareth Stevens)) (Heroes of the US Military)
by Barbara Linde
Robert E. Lee (Historical American Biographies) (Legendary American Biographies)
by Mona Kerby
Describes the life of the famous Confederate general of the Civil War.
Slave Narratives (In Their Own Words (Franklin Watts))
by Elaine Landau
A biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian leader who led his country to freedom from British rule through his policy of nonviolent resistance.
This is the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who was captured in the United States and sold into slavery in Louisiana. Drawing from primary source documents, including Northup's own memoir, this compelling book has a narrative that is packed with the action of Solomon's 12 - year odyssey as a slave and historical perspective on the human experience of buying and selling human beings. Period artwork is included to given even more historical context to this stunning st...
Childhood of Famous Americans: Helen Keller and the Big Storm (Ready-To-Read: Level 2)
by Patricia Lakin
Women Explorers in North and South America (Short Biographies) (Women Explorers)
by Margo McLoone
Summarizes the lives and accomplishments of five women who were explorers in North and South America.
Young Helen Keller, Woman of Courage (Troll First-Start Biography (Paperback))
Andrew Johnson (History of the Civil War)
by Cathy East Dubowski and Thomas A Durwood
Surveys the political career and private life of the only president ever to be impeached.
Matthew Henson (Black Americans of Achievement S.) (Black Americans of Achievement (Pb))
by Michael Gilman
-- Critically acclaimed biographies of history's most notable African-Americans-- Straightforward and objective writing-- Lavishly illustrated with photographs and memorabilia-- Essential for multicultural studies
Harriet Tubman (Reading Room Collection: Set 4 Great Men & Women) (Rosen Real Readers)
by Elizabeth Kernan
Akhenaten and Tutankhamen (Leaders of the Ancient World)
by Zoe Lowery