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  • Benjamin Banneker

    Catherine A. Welch

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Dec. 15, 2007)
    Describes Benajmin Banneker's life, ranging form his early years working on the family farm and self-educating himself to his later accomplishments as a surveyor and astronomer.
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  • Nat Love

    Deborah Underwood

    Library Binding (Lerner Publishing Group, March 1, 2008)
    True or False: After Nat Love became a cowboy, he never gave up riding the trails. False! After many years as a cowboy, Nat saw that railroads were connecting towns across the country. He wanted to keep up with the times. In 1889, Nat quit the cowboy life. He began working on trains instead.
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  • Marian Anderson

    Jane Sutcliffe

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Dec. 15, 2007)
    Describes the life of Marian Anderson, including numerous advances and setbacks as a singer and her historic concerts at the Lincoln Memorial and with the New York Metropolitan Opera.
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  • Paul Revere

    Jane Sutcliffe

    Paperback (Lerner Pub Group, March 15, 2002)
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Laura Hamilton Waxman, Tim Parlin

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Sept. 1, 2004)
    Traces the life of the thirty-second president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose years in office led the country through the Depression and the Second World War.
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  • John F. Kennedy

    Jane Sutcliffe

    Library Binding (21st Century, Oct. 1, 2004)
    Traces the life and accomplishments of John F. Kennedy, discussing the establishment of the Peace Corps and his assassination during his first term as president.
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh

    Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

    Paperback (Lernerclassroom, Jan. 1, 2006)
    Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.
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  • Susan B. Anthony

    Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Oct. 15, 2006)
    Presents the life of the woman known for her struggles for women's rights.
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  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, Tad Butler

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Oct. 1, 2007)
    Presents the life, career, and accomplishments of the man invented the telephone.
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  • Sequoyah

    Laura Hamilton Waxman

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, March 1, 2004)
    A biography of Sequoyah, a member of the Cherokee tribe who was responsible for creating a syllabary that put the Cherokee language in writing.
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  • Clara Barton

    Candice F. Ransom

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Dec. 1, 2002)
    Clara Barton spent her whole life helping people. During the Civil War, she risked her own safety to bring food and medical help to soldiers. Later she started the American Red Cross. A group that gives aid to victims of disasters and wars. Many people have called Clara Barton a hero. Clara believed her job was to be brave for others. This is her story.
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  • Quanah Parker

    Shannon Zemlicka, Shannon Knudsen, Tim Parlin

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Jan. 1, 2004)
    A biography of Quanah Parker, a spiritual and political leader of the Comanche people in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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