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  • Voice of Freedom: A Story About Frederick Douglass

    Maryann N. Weidt, Jeni Reeves

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, March 1, 2001)
    Traces the life and accomplishments of the famous abolitionist.
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  • Civil Rights Pioneer: A Story About Mary Church Terrell

    Gwenyth Swain, Ellen Beier

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Aug. 1, 1999)
    A biography of a determined woman, who was born in Tennessee, educated in Ohio, and lived in Washington, D.C., where she worked to gain equal rights for herself and other African Americans.
    R

  • President of the Underground Railroad: A Story About Levi Coffin

    Gwenyth Swain, Ralph L. Ramstad

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Feb. 1, 2001)
    A biography of a Quaker man from North Carolina whose fearless work on the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio helped thousands of men and women escape the cruelty of slavery.
    R

  • Maker of Machines: A Story about Eli Whitney

    Barbara Mitchell, Jan Naimo Jones

    Paperback (21st Century, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Eli Whitney’s love of inventing and pondering new ideas made him one of America’s greatest inventors. Best known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the most important American inventions of the century, he changed cotton production forever. A few years later, Whitney invented machines to make muskets that were identical. The first mass-manufacturing business in the country, his musket factory revolutionized the way Americans made things.
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  • Voice of the Paiutes

    Jodie A. Shull, Keith Birdsong

    Paperback (Lerner Classroom, Jan. 1, 2007)
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  • Sisters Against Slavery: A Story About Sarah and Angelina Grimke

    Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, Karen Ritz

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Oct. 1, 1999)
    A biography of two sisters from a wealthy southern family who devoted their lives to the causes of abolition and women's rights.
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  • Flying Against the Wind: A Story About Beryl Markham

    Andy Russell Bowen, Shelly O. Haas

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Feb. 1, 1998)
    A biography of the first person, man or woman, to fly alone across the Atlantic nonstop from England to North America, from her childhood in Africa to her record-setting flight
    R

  • Liberty or Death: A Story About Patrick Henry

    Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, Nicolas Debon

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Dec. 1, 2002)
    A biography of the Virginia lawyer, politician, and patriot whose great powers of speech helped inspire colonists to support the cause of American liberty at the start of the Revolutionary War.
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  • The Road to Seneca Falls: A Story About Elizabeth Cady Stanton

    Gwenyth Swain, Mary O'Keefe Young

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Nov. 1, 1996)
    A biography of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    R

  • Fighting for Equal Rights: A Story About Susan B. Anthony

    Maryann N. Weidt, Amanda Sartor

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Sept. 1, 2003)
    A biography of one of the foremost women in the battle for equal rights and the vote for women, Susan B. Anthony.
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  • Mark T-W-A-I-N!: A Story About Samuel Clemens

    David R. Collins, Vicky Carey

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Nov. 1, 1993)
    Profiles the eventful life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who used his colorful experiences as a riverboat captain, adventurer in the Wild West, and journalist to create unforgettable books--including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer --under the penname of Mark Twain.
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  • The Play's the Thing: A Story About William Shakespeare

    Ruth Turk, Lisa Harvey

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, April 1, 1998)
    Traces the life of the famous English writer, from his childhood and schooling in Stratford-on-Avon, through his successful career as actor and playwright in London, to his death in 1616
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