Biography & Autobiography - Historical
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Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
$17.95 Add to cartA most appealing book . . . Its genuineness and its simplicity will build up a large audience of enthusiastic readers.—San Francisco Chronicle
Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family m
- Author: Moody, Ralph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: September 01, 1991
- ISBN10: 0803281781
- Language: English
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Four Perfect Pebbles: A True Story of the Holocaust
$9.99 Add to cartThe twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s acclaimed Holocaust memoir features new material by the author, a reading group guide, a map, and additional photographs. “The writing is
- Author: Perl, Lila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 0062489968
- Language: English
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Vip: Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizard
$7.99 Read moreGet ready to light up the world with Lewis Latimer in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans of the Who Was and Little Leaders series, the books in the VIP series tell the t
- Series: VIP
- Author: Patrick, Denise Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0062889664
- Language: English
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A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark
$8.99 Add to cartAn introduction to the lives of Lewis and Clark and to the exploratory expedition they led from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean in the early nineteenth century.
- Series: Picture Book Biography
- Author: Adler, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0823417956
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War
$5.95 Add to cartThomas B. Allen’s follow-up to the multi-award-winning George Washington, Spymaster is now available in paperback. This compelling biography tells the amazing tale of Harriet Tubman using details unco… [more below]
- Author: Allen, Thomas B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 23 2008
- ISBN10: 1426304013
- Language: English
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Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller
$9.99 Add to cartA heartwarming portrait of an unforgettable woman by the critically acclaimed author of Abe’s Honest Words and Martin’s Big Words.
This picture book biography is an excellent and accessible introduct- Series: Big Words #6
- Author: Rappaport, Doreen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 148474960X
- Language: English
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Three Summers: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of War
$10.99 Add to cartAn epic middle-grade memoir about sisterhood and coming-of-age in the three years leading up to the Bosnian Genocide.
Three Summers is the story of five young cousins who grow closer than sisters as- Author: Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1250864674
- Language: English
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Dear Benjamin Banneker
$9.99 Add to cartThroughout his life Banneker was troubled that all blacks were not free. And so, in 1791, he wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Banneker atta
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0152018921
- Language: English
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Aboard the Titanic (a True Book: The Titanic)
$7.99 Add to cartRediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built!
There were close to 2,200 people aboard the Titanic for its maiden voyage, including about 900 crew members. Among the ship’s fir
- Series: A True Book (Relaunch)
- Author: Son, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1338840517
- Language: English
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What’s True about the Red, White, and Blue?: Uniting the Colors for America’s 250th Birthday
$16.99 Add to cartWhat’s true about the red, white, and blue? Everyone knows that America’s colors are red, white, and blue but what do those colors mean? As America turns 250 years old, discover the men and women who
- Series: Revolutionary Readers for America’s 250th
- Author: Cook, Jane Hampton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: May 27 2024
- ISBN10: 9798988092681
- Language: English
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Who Was Lizzie Borden?
$6.99 Read moreHow did a young woman who was devoted to helping others become the prime suspect in her parents’ gruesome deaths? Learn everything we know about the mysterious case of Lizzie Borden in this compelling… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Belviso, Meg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217144082
- Language: English
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Jewish Changemakers: Stories of Courage, Creativity and Impact
$29.95 Add to cartYou may have heard of Anne Frank, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Marilyn Monroe, but what about Susan Faludi, Rochelle Shoretz or Do?a Gracia?
Whether you know their names or not, these women were changemake
- Author: Brygger, Karin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1459845390
- Language: English
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25 Kids Who Changed American History: Short, Inspiring Biographies with Illustrations and Discussion Guides for Young Readers
$14.99 Add to cartInspire today’s kids to be tomorrow’s heroes!
Discover 25 real-life kids who boldly shaped their lives-and American history!
25 Kids Who Changed American History introduces young readers to historic kid
- Author: Greenwood, N. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 10 2025
- ISBN10: 9798992841206
- Language: English
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Henry Flagler, Builder of Florida
$8.95 Add to cartAn exciting biography about the man who changed Florida’s east coast with his hotels and his Florida East Coast Railway.
Henry Morrison Flagler was already a millionaire when he first visited Florida i
- Series: Pineapple Press Biography
- Author: Sammons, Sandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 70
- Publish Date: May 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1561644676
- Language: English
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Those Rebels, John & Tom
$17.99 Add to cartA brilliant portrait of two American heroes from the award-winning creators of The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)!
“Adams and Jefferson help bring forth the Declaration of Independence an… [more below]
- Author: Kerley, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0545222680
- Language: English
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The Not So Quiet Life of Marcel Marceau
$19.99 Add to cartBefore he was the world’s most famous mime, Marcel Marceau used the power of silence and his artistic talent to resist tyranny and save hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis.
Marcel was born in 1- Author: Bailey, Jenn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1646146603
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman and the Freedom Train: Ready-To-Read Level 3
$5.99 Add to cartDiscover the inspiring true story of Harriet Tubman in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read storybook.
Harriet Tubman was born a slave. But she always knew that someday she would be free. After realizing her dr- Series: Ready-To-Read Stories of Famous Americans
- Author: Gayle, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0689854803
- Language: English
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A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin
$7.99 Add to cartWriter, printer, scientist, inventor, statesman, and youngest son in a family of seventeen children, Benjamin Franklin is considered one of our greatest Americans.
Supported by colorful illustrations,- Series: Picture Book Biography
- Author: Adler, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 0823440575
- Language: English
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I Am the River: Sarah E. Ray and the Bob-Lo Boat
$19.99 Add to cartI am the river. Blue and green, fast and flowing,
The Detroit River has long had a story to tell. It has seen a time before
sweeping river grasses aside . . .
moving between Lake Erie and Detroit.- Author: Gauch, Patricia Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1646145801
- Language: English
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Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
$28.99 Add to cartThis biography of England’s heroic abolitionist commemorates the 200th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the United Kingdom
William Wilberforce (1759-1833) has been hailed as a one of society’s g
- Author: Metaxas, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0061253006
- Language: English
