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  • The Story of Davy Crockett: Frontier Hero

    Walter Retan, Steven Petruccio

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Sept. 1, 1997)
    Describe the life of Davy Crockett, one of the Old West's outstanding hunters, frontiersmen, and legislators.
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  • Bob Geldof

    Charlotte Gray, D'Arcy Adrian-Vallance

    Paperback (Addison Wesley Longman ELT Division (a Pearson Education company), Feb. 5, 1990)
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  • Dalai Lama: The Peacemaker from Tibet

    Chris Gibb

    Library Binding (Raintree, Oct. 1, 2002)
    When Tenzin Gyatso was 4 years old, the religious leaders of Tibet declared him to be the 14th Dalai Lama-- the highest-ranking monk in Tibetan Buddhism. As leader of his country, he was respected and admired for his wisdom, his sense of justice, and his loyalty to his people. In 1950, the Chinese government invaded Tibet. The Dalai Lama was determined to find a peaceful way to Tibetan independence, but the Chinese were not prepared to compromise. In 1959, he was forced to flee to India, where he set up a community of Tibetan refugees that still flourishes today. This is the story of a man of courage and love, a leader who has become an international figure of peace, freedom, and hope.
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  • The Life of Susan B. Anthony

    Kathleen Connors

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Classroom, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Profiles the women's rights advocate, discussing her early life, work and achievements as an activist, and legacy.
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  • The Story of Malcolm X: Civil Rights Leader

    Megan Stine

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, July 1, 1995)
    A portrait of Malcolm X details the dramatic and successful struggle of an uneducated man to transform himself into an articulate African-American leader
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  • Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Hero

    Anna Claybourne

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Presents the life of Martin Luther King Jr., a preacher who spent his life pusuing his dream of equality and peace until his assassination in 1968.
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  • Christopher Columbus

    Minna Lacey, David Cuzik

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 30, 2005)
    Presents the background and achievements of the Italian seaman who discovered the New World.
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  • The Life of Abigail Adams

    Maria Nelson

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Leveled Readers, Jan. 1, 2012)
    Introduces the life of the wife of President John Adams, a woman noted for her opinions on the equality of men and women and the letters she wrote to her husband.
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  • The Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton: First Lady of the United States

    Joyce Milton

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, )
    None
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  • Simon Cowell: Global Music Mogul

    Debbie Foy

    Library Binding (Powerkids Pr, Jan. 15, 2011)
    Profiles music executive and "American idol" judge Simon Cowell.
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  • The Life of Clara Barton

    Kathleen Connors

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Classroom, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Explores the life of Clara Barton and her tireless work as a teacher, a nurse on the frontlines of the Civil War, and her creation of the American Red Cross.
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  • The Life of Rosa Parks

    Kathleen Connors

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Classroom, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Presents the life of the woman whose years of working for civil rights led her to refuse to give up her seat to a white person, setting off the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and who became known as "the mother of the civil rights movement."
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