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  • Walter Reed,: Boy who wanted to know

    Helen Boyd Higgins

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1961)
    Bobbs- Merrill Company,1961. Childhood of Famous American series. Hard Cover.

  • Patrick Henry, boy spokesman

    Thomas Frank Barton

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1960)
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  • Francis Scott Key, Maryland boy

    Augusta Stevenson

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1960)
    None

  • Henry Clay,: Young Kentucky orator

    Helen Albee Monsell, Gray Morrow

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1963)
    Bobbs- Merrill Company,1963. Childhood of Famous American series. Hard Cover.

  • Louis Armstrong: Young Music Maker

    Dharathula H. Millender, Al Fiorentino

    Paperback (Aladdin, Jan. 1, 1997)
    A biography of a trumpeter of humble origin who received international acclaim as a jazz entertainer
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  • Richard Byrd,: Boy of the South Pole

    Guernsey Van Riper

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1962)
    Bobbs- Merrill Company,1962. Childhood of Famous American series. Hard Cover.

  • Teddy Kennedy: Lion of the Senate

    George E. Stanley, Patrick Faricy

    Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 17, 2010)
    This informative and engaging addition to the Childhood of Famous Americans series provides a fascinating look at the boyhood and background of Teddy Kennedy, who, in addition to being the youngest brother of former President John F. Kennedy and the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, grew up to be a revered and beloved senior Democratic senator from Massachusetts.
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  • George M. Cohan;: Boy theater genius

    Gertrude Hecker Winders

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill Co, March 15, 1968)
    Childhood of Famous Americans biography for children focusing on George M. Cohan.

  • Allan Pinkerton, Young Detective

    Kathryn Kilby Borland, Helen Ross Speicher, Nathan Goldstein

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, Jan. 1, 1962)
    Harper & Bros.,1950. First Edition. Hard Cover.

  • Betsy Ross and the Silver Thimble, Level 2

    Stephanie Greene, Diana Magnuson

    Library Binding (Aladdin Library, June 1, 2002)
    When she fails to build a table just like her brother, little Betsy Ross turns to her mother for reassurance and learns that she must always be true to herself in order to find happiness. Simultaneous.
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  • Myles Standish, adventurous boy

    Augusta Stevenson

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1962)
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  • James Monroe, good neighbor boy

    Mabel Cleland Widdemer

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, Feb. 6, 1959)
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