juvenile literature

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Florence Nightingale

God's servant at the battlefield
1985
A biography of the well-to-do woman who defied social convention in order to establish nursing as a respectable career for women and bring about reforms in hospital conditions and nursing care.

Christopher Columbus, discoverer of America

1976
A biography of Christopher Columbus told in the first person and emphasizing his desire from childhood to carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ to new places.

Christopher Columbus

his world, his faith, his adventures
1991
A biography of Christopher Columbus, supplemented with historical and cultural information about the Renaissance world and the New World he explored.

Billy Sunday, home run to heaven

1985
A biography of a professional baseball player who dedicated his life to spreading the gospel and became one of the most influential religious figures of the early twentieth century.

Abraham Lincoln

lawyer, leader, legend

Abigail Adams, first lady of faith and courage

1976
Abigail Adams relates the story of her life from childhood to the end of her husband's term as second President of the United States.

Martin Luther King, Jr. :People who have helped the World

America's great nonviolent leader in the struggle for human rights
1988
Recounts the life of Nobel Prize-winning civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Marie Curie :People who have helped the world

the Polish scientist who discovered radium and its life-saving properties
1988
A biography of the chemist whose work with radium laid the foundation for much of today's scientific knowledge.

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