biography

Examines the life and times of the frontiersman whose many careers included Pony Express rider, Indian fighter, scout, and star of his own Wild West Show.

Presents a collection of biographical profiles of twenty-five notable men and women of the 1920s, including Louis Armstrong, Al Capone, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Mead, Dorothy Parker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and more.

Profiles the first black Washington, D.C. Board of Education member, who helped to found the NAACP and organized pickets and boycotts that led to the 1953 Supreme Court decision to integrate D.C. area restaurants.

Describes the achievements of fourteen extraordinary women who lived in colonial America.

Rosa Park's life story reveals the deliberate choices she made that earned her the title "Mother to a Movement.".

A biography of the brilliant southern general who gained the nickname Stonewall by his stand at Bull Run during the Civil War.

Recounts the story of Hannah Goslar, a close friend of Anne Frank and one of the last to see her alive.

Discusses the life of Jesse James, including his childhood, the James-Younger gang, the many robberies he committed, his murder, and his legacy in American history.

Tells the true story of Ida Lewis, explaining how she learned to tend a lighthouse from her father, discussing her responsibilities as the lighthouse keeper, and describing her heroic rescues.

Shares the life story of Margaret "Molly" Brown, a wealthy woman who worked to help her frightened fellow passengers on the night the "Titanic" sank in 1912.