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  • Will Clark: Boy in Buckskins

    Katharine E. Wilkie, Harry Lees

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1953)
    This is the life of Will Clark - published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company.

  • Christopher Reeve: Young Actor

    Kathleen Kudlinski, Meryl Henderson

    Paperback (Aladdin, June 5, 2007)
    Celebrated in his later years as a gifted actor and brave humanitarian, an illustrated biography explores the inspirations and life-changing moments in Christopher Reeve's childhood years that helped form him into the man, actor, and person he came to be. Original.
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  • Alvin C. York Young Marksman

    E. H. Weddle, Nathan Goldstein

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill Co, June 15, 1967)
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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)
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  • 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.

  • Thomas Edison to the Rescue!

    Howard Goldsmith, Anna DiVito

    Library Binding (Aladdin Library, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Young Thomas Edison saves a child from being hit by a train and, as his reward, asks for training as a telegraph operator because that will help him prepare to become an inventor. Reader's Guide available. Simultaneous.
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  • 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.