Books in Primary Sources of Famous People in American History series

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the industrial revolution in the United States, as society changed from reliance on agriculture and trade to modern manufacture.

A biography of the Sioux chief who worked to maintain the rights of Native American people and who led the defeat of General Custer at the Little Big Horn in 1876.

Profiles the life and exploits of William Hickok, the legendary Western sharpshooter known as Wild Bill.

Profiles John Paul Jones, who served during the Revolutionary War and is credited with founding the United States Navy.

A biography of the African slave who was taken in and educated by a Boston couple and became well-known because of the poetry she wrote.

A biography of the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and first president of the United States, George Washington.

Introduces the life of Betsy Ross, an American patriot during the Revolutionary War who enjoyed telling her family about how she sewed the first American flag.

Surveys the life of the American frontiersman who became a member of Congress and died trying to defend the Alamo.

Profiles Phoebe Ann Moses, the star sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show under the name Annie Oakley, who began shooting to help feed her family after her father's death.

Surveys the life of the American statesman, lawmaker, writer of the Federalist Papers, and first Secretary of the Treasury under George Washington.

2004, First Edition, Paperback, 32 pages

Chronicles women's struggle for suffrage in the United States, including the contributions of such prominent figures as Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott.