Biography & Autobiography - Historical
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Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge’s First Day of School
$19.99 Read moreInspired by an iconic Norman Rockwell painting and translated from an original French text, this is a story about the day a little girl held her head high and changed the world.
- Author: Cohen-Janca, Irene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1568463413
- Language: English
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Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story
$12.95 Add to cartThe true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.
Growing up a slave in South Carolin
- Author: Halfmann, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1600609864
- Language: English
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Las Poderosas Palabras de Martin: La Vida del Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
$16.95 Read moreMartin Luther King, Jr., was one of the most influential and gifted speakers of all time. Doreen Rappaport uses quotes from some of his most beloved speeches to tell the story of his life and his work… [more below]
- Series: Palabras de Grandes / Big Words
- Author: Rappaport, Doreen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1543335845
- Language: Spanish
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A Man Called Horse: John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad
$18.99 Add to cartFrom award-winning children’s author Glennette Tilley Turner, a daring account of Black Seminole warrior, chief, and diplomat John Horse and the route he forged on the Underground Railroad to gain fre… [more below]
- Author: Turner, Glennette Tilley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1419749331
- Language: English
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Vip: Dr. Mae Jemison: Brave Rocketeer
$9.99 Read moreSoar to the stars with Dr. Mae Jemison in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans of the Who Was and Little Leaders series, the books in the VIP series tell the true–and ama
- Series: VIP
- Author: Alexander, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0062889702
- Language: English
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Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
$8.99 Add to cartKate stared at the rickety wooden bridge. There were boards loose on its narrow walkway. There was no railing to hold on to. She was afraid to cross this bridge even in daylight. But she had to cross
- Series: On My Own History (Paperback)
- Author: Wetterer, Margaret K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0876145411
- Language: English
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Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story
$12.95 Add to cartThe true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.
Growing up a slave in South Carolin
- Author: Halfmann, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1600609864
- Language: English
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Happy Odyssey
$24.95 Add to cartAdrian Carton de Wiart’s autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs.
He was intended for the law, but abandoned his studies at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1899 to serve as a troop… [more below]
- Author: Carton de Wiart, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1844155390
- Language: English
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A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park
$18.99 Read moreHow did Central Park become a vibrant gem in the heart of New York City? Follow the visionaries behind the plan as it springs to green life.
In 1858, New York City was growing so fast that new roads a- Author: Yazdani, Ashley Benham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0763696951
- Language: English
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Heroes of World War II: 25 True Stories of Unsung Heroes Who Fought for Freedom
$19.99 Add to cartThey’ve been called the Greatest Generation, and now their stories will live forever, passed on to the next generation through this new dynamic and engaging biography.
From soldiers to pilots, nurses t… [more below]
- Series: Heroes Remembered #1
- Author: Keene, Jarret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1638191719
- Language: English
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Who Was Johnny Appleseed?
$6.99 Add to cartThe perfect biography to “bite into” at the start of a new school year! Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple t… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Holub, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 08 2005
- ISBN10: 0448439689
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
$9.99 Read moreThis quintessential middle grade biography of Harriet Tubman now features a cover by NAACP Image Award winner and Caldecott Honor illustrator Kadir Nelson, a foreword by National Book Award finalist J
- Author: Petry, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0062668269
- Language: English
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Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs
$9.99 Read moreIn 1802, Jean-Francois Champollion was eleven years old. That year, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt’s ancient hieroglyphs. Champollion’s dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncove
- Series: Rise and Shine
- Author: Rumford, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 23 2003
- ISBN10: 0618333452
- Language: English
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Parks for the People: How Frederick Law Olmsted Designed America
$17.99 Read moreNational Book Award finalist Elizabeth Partridge reveals the life and work of Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park, the United States Capitol building’s landscape, and more.
Nobody coul- Author: Partridge, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1984835157
- Language: English
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Who Was Daniel Boone?
$6.99 Add to cartCalled the “Great Pathfinder”, Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky. A symbol of America’s pioneering spirit Boone was a skilled outdoorsman and an avid rea… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Kramer, S. A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0448439026
- Language: English
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Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
$8.99 Add to cartLearn about the early life of Abraham Lincoln in this picture book biography that Kirkus Reviews calls “a moving tribute to the power of books and words.”
In a tiny log cabin a boy listened with delig- Author: Winters, Kay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1416912681
- Language: English
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In the Mouth of the Wolf
$19.95 Add to cartRose Zar was 19 years old when the Nazis invaded her native Poland. Her father urged her to save herself by hiding “in the mouth of the wolf”–or within the enemy itself. She managed to obtain false p… [more below]
- Author: Zar, Rose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: March 15 1992
- ISBN10: 0827603827
- Language: English
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Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery
$13.99 Add to cartA 1994 Newbery Honor Book
The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active ro- Series: Clarion Nonfiction
- Author: Freedman, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: April 14 1997
- ISBN10: 0395845203
- Language: English
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Outrageous Women of Civil War Times
$14.95 Add to cartFascinating true stories of the most amazing women in American history
They were pioneers and trailblazers, spies and ex-slaves, reformers and first ladies. They became America’s first women nurses, … [more below]
- Series: Outrageous Women #7
- Author: Furbee, Mary Rodd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: April 30 2003
- ISBN10: 0471229261
- Language: English
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I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau
$18.95 Read moreI Begin with Spring weaves natural history around Thoreau’s life and times in a richly illustrated field notebook format that can be opened anywhere and invites browsing on every page. Beginning each
- Author: Dunlap, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0884489086
- Language: English
