Books in Historical American Biographies series

Examines the life and career of the Union Civil War General, most remembered for his march through Atlanta that helped the North achieve victory.

Traces the life of the German immigrant whos artistic talent helped him become a popular and influential political cartoonist.

Recounts the life of the markswoman and performer who achieved fame with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show.

Traces the lives, careers, and achievements of the two men who explored the American Northwest and the lands of the Louisiana Purchase

A biography of the American inventor and industrialist who is best known for making the automobile practical, through both his revolutionary assembly lines and his desire to make a car every working man could afford.

Examines the life and career of Harry Houdini, whose dramatic style, skill at staying in the news, and determination to continually invent new escapes made him one of the most famous magicians of all time.

Traces the life of the famous circus owner who worked to make his attractions the best in the world.

Offers the story of the American hero who lost his life at the Alamo in his final valiant fight in the war for Texas independence.

A biography traces the life of the American statesman best remembered for his initiation and support of political compromise to keep the Union together during the first half of the nineteenth century.

Documents the exciting life of Samuel Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, who based his stories on his own childhood experiences growing up near the Mississippi River, in a biography of one of America's greatest writers that includes fact boxes, maps, a chronology, chapter notes, and more.

Describes the life of the naturalist who became a founder of the Sierra Club and a proponent of the establishment of national parks in America.

Follows the life of one of America's first black poets from her sale as a child slave on the Boston auction block to her death as an impoverished freedwoman in 1784.