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Langston Hughes: The Voice of Harlem
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Langston Hughes, an African American writer known for his poetry and other writing describing the black experience in the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Martha Washington, the first women to hold the position of first lady of the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Connor McDavid: Hockey Superstar
Brenda Haugen
Paperback (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2018)Connor McDavid is no stranger to great hockey achievements. This focused center's time spent in junior leagues and later the Ontario Hockey League set him up for his big step to the NHL. Once he got there, Connor went on to become a leading season scorer and the youngest team captain in NHL history. Learn about Connor's path to stardom and the major highlights of his bright NHL career.
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Winston Churchill: British Soldier, Writer, Statesman
Brenda Haugen
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2006)A biography profiling the life of Winston Churchill, the heroic prime minister of Great Britain and Nobel Prize winner. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Abraham Lincoln: Great American President
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and who is remembered as the savior of the Union and the man who freed the slaves. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Adolf Hitler: Dictator of Nazi Germany
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2006)A biography profiling the life of Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Author and Advocate
Brenda Haugen
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the American author who, in writing Uncle Tom's cabin, revealed the cruelties of slavery and further split an already divided country. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Ulysses S. Grant: Union General and U.S. President
Brenda Haugen
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling and examining the life and times of the eighteenth president of the United States, Ulyses S. Grant, discussing his personal life as well as his military and political careers. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Abraham Lincoln: Great American President
Brenda Haugen
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and who is remembered as the savior of the Union and the man who freed the slaves. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Connor McDavid: Hockey Superstar
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2018)Connor McDavid is no stranger to great hockey achievements. This focused center's time spent in junior leagues and later the Ontario Hockey League set him up for his big step to the NHL. Once he got there, Connor went on to become a leading season scorer and the youngest team captain in NHL history. Learn about Connor's path to stardom and the major highlights of his bright NHL career.
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Cesar Chavez: Crusader for Social Change
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2007)Growing up in a family of migrant farm workers, Cesar Chavez saw the poor working conditions farm laborers faced firsthand. As an adult, Chavez worked to improve the lives of farm workers who often had limited resources and struggled to provide for their families. His life’s work as a civil rights leader helped countless laborers as he led them in peaceful work strikes and boycotts.
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Thurgood Marshall: Civil Rights Lawyer and Supreme Court Justice
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2007)From the late 19th century into the 21st century, technological and cultural advancements transformed the world into a new and modern place. These advancements changed the way people lived, worked, and thought about themselves and the world. The combination of all these changes continues to produce what we know as the modern world. Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American named to the Supreme Court. He opposed segregation and fought for racial equality in a world of prejudice. Marshall held firmly to his beliefs of an equal America and worked hard to bring freedom, justice, equality, and respect to all people, including blacks, women, the homeless, and the mentally ill.
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