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Books in Childhood of Famous Americans series

  • Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots

    Dharathula H. Millender, Gray Morrow

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics of childhood have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. These lively, inspiring, believable biographies sweep today's young readers right into history.
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  • Daniel Boone: Young Hunter and Tracker

    Augusta Stevenson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    Recreates the early life of Daniel Boone, the frontier hero who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap and led the first white settlers into Kentucky. From astronauts to athletes, and poets to presidents, the books in this popular biography series incorporate intriguing childhood anecdotes, informative career facts, and lively illustrations as they tell the real-life stories of America's most amazing individuals. There are 54 different titles available. Ages 8-12.
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  • Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross

    Augusta Stevenson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies - easily read by children of eight and up - today's youngster is swept right into history.
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  • Thurgood Marshall

    Montrew Dunham

    Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 1, 1998)
    Whenever Thurgood Marshall got into trouble at school, the principal would make him sit in the basement and read the U.S. Constitution. By the time he was 12, he had most of it memorized and his interest in law had begun to take seed. In 1967 he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court--the first African American to serve in that position.
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  • Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days

    Jean Brown Wagoner

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1992)
    Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Abigail Adams. Illustrated throughout.
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  • Thomas Edison: Young Inventor

    Sue Guthridge

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of inventor Thomas Edison.
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  • Paul Revere: Boston Patriot

    Augusta Stevenson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    One of the most popular series ever published of young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies - easily read by children of eight and up - today's youngster is swept right into history.
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  • Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer

    Montrew Dunham, Meryl Henderson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 1, 1996)
    This series of biographies, longtime favorites of young readers, now add the first new titles in over 20 years. Rich or poor, great American men and women lived out childhoods as vastly different as the adults they became. Here young readers will learn about the early years of the first person to step foot on the moon, a historic feat he described as one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
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  • Buffalo Bill: Frontier Daredevil

    Augusta Stevenson

    Paperback (Aladdin, April 30, 1991)
    Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Wild West showman Buffalo Bill Cody.
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  • Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor

    Joanne Landers Henry

    Paperback (Aladdin, April 1, 1996)
    The life of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women.
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  • Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers

    Augusta Stevenson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    This lively, inspiring, and believable biography for younger readers looks at the childhood of the two men who pioneered modern aviation. Illustrations.
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  • Martha Washington: America's First Lady

    Jean Brown Wagoner

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics of childhood have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. These lively, inspiring, believable biographies sweep today's young readers right into history.
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