Category: Biography

A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit. He found adventure prospecting for silver in Nevada, navigating steamboats down the Mississippi, and making people laugh around the world. But Twain also had a serious streak and decried racism and injustice. His fascinating life is captured candidly in this enjoyable biography.
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Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross

By: AUGUSTA STEVENSON, FRANK GIACOIA

Price: $6.99

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: September 1982

Seller ID:: 142041

ISBN: 0020418205

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Who Were the Brothers Grimm? (Who Was...?)

By: Avery Reed

Price: $5.99

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: August 2015

Seller ID:: 155323

ISBN: 0448483149

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever

By: Bill O'Reilly, Dwight Jon Zimmerman

Price: $19.99

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR): August 2012

Seller ID:: 100108

ISBN: 0805096752

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

"Lincoln's Last Days" is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic nights in American history--of how one gunshot changed the country forever. Adapted from Bill O'Reilly's bestselling historical thriller, "Killing Lincoln," this book will have young readers--and grown-ups too--hooked on history.In the spring of 1865, President Abraham Lincoln travels through Washington, D.C., after finally winning America's bloody Civil War. In the midst of celebrations, Lincoln is assassinated at Ford's Theatre by a famous actor named John Wilkes Booth. What follows is a thrilling chase, ending wit...
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Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever

By: Bill O'Reilly, Dwight Jon Zimmerman

Price: $19.99

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR): August 2012

Seller ID:: 158264

ISBN: 0805096752

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

In Search of the Little Prince

By: Bimba Landmann

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers: November 2014

Seller ID:: 155582

ISBN: 0802854354

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?

By: Bonnie Bader

Price: $5.99

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: October 2013

Seller ID:: 155320

ISBN: 0448464608

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young readers interested in the early history of modern technology
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Who Was Robert E. Lee?

By: Bonnie Bader

Price: $5.99

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: June 2014

Seller ID:: 155345

ISBN: 0448479095

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Robert E. Lee seemed destined for greatness. His father was a Revolutionary War hero and at West Point he graduated second in his class In 1861, when the Southern states seceded from the Union, Lee was offered the opportunity to command the Union forces. However, even though he was against the war, his loyalty to his home state of Virginia wouldn't let him fight for the North. Despite the South's ultimate defeat, General Robert E. Lee remains one of the United States' true military heroes.
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Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?

By: Bonnie Bader

Price: $5.99

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: October 2013

Seller ID:: 169142

ISBN: 0448464608

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Who Was Robert E. Lee?

By: Bonnie Bader

Price: $5.99

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: June 2014

Seller ID:: 169170

ISBN: 0448479095

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

I am Sacagawea (Ordinary People Change the World)

By: Brad Meltzer

Price: $14.99

Publisher: Dial Books: June 2017

Seller ID:: 141890

ISBN: 0525428534

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

William Bradford, Pilgrim Boy

By: Bradford Smith

Price: $11.95

Publisher: Beautiful Feet Books: December 2002

Seller ID:: 168907

ISBN: 189310334X

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Wild West

By: Candace Fleming

Price: $19.99

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press: June 2016

Seller ID:: 128752

ISBN: 1596437634

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein's Creator

By: Catherine Reef

Price: $18.99

Publisher: Clarion Books: September 2018

Seller ID:: 159209

ISBN: 1328740056

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

By: Catherine Thimmesh

Price: $17.99

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers: October 2018

Seller ID:: 159246

ISBN: 1328772535

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Who Was William Shakespeare? (Who Was...?)

By: CELESTE MANNIS

Price: $5.99

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: December 2006

Seller ID:: 174401

ISBN: 0448439042

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world's most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in London, where his work eventually thrived and made him a famous and wealthy man. With black-and-white illustrations that include a diagram of the famous Globe theater, Celeste Davidson Mannis puts together the pieces of Shakespeare's life and work for young readers.
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The Wright Brothers: They Gave Us Wings (Sowers World Heroes Series)

By: Charles Ludwig

Price: $9.99

Publisher: Mott Media (MI): December 1985

Seller ID:: 124810

ISBN: 0880621419

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

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Category: Biography