Biography: Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous

SUBJECT: biographyCONTENTS. PAGEGeorge PeabodyMerchant1Bayard TaylorTraveller13Captain James B. EadsCivil Engineer26James WattInventor33Sir Josiah MasonManufacturer46Bernard PalissyPotter54Bertel ThorwaldsenSculptor65Wolfgang MozartComposer72Samuel JohnsonAuthor83Oliver GoldsmithPoet and Writer 90Michael FaradayScientist96Sir Henry BessemerMaker of Steel112Sir Titus SaltPhilanthropist124Joseph Marie JacquardSilk Weaver130Horace GreeleyEditor138William Lloyd Garrison Reformer156Giuseppe GaribaldiPatriot172Jean Paul RichterNovelist187Leon GambettaStatesman204David G. FarragutSailor219Ezra CornellMechanic238Lieut.-General SheridanSoldier251Thomas ColePainter270Ole BullViolinist284MeissonierArtist303Geo. W. ChildsJournalist313Dwight L. MoodyEvangelist323Abraham Lincoln