statesmen

Provides an overview of the lives of Lorenzo de Medici and his subjects in late fourteenth-century Florence, a Renaissance-era city-state, and includes excerpts from poems, laws, and sermons of the time.

A biography of the soldier and statesman who became the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Provides information about silversmith Paul Revere's life in colonial America, and discusses his role in the earliest battle of the Revolutionary War.

Explores the life and achievements of Colin Powell; discussing his childhood in New York; military training; Vietnam War experience; careers as national security advisor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of State; and retirement.

Presents a short biography of American patriot, Paul Revere and describes how the colonial silversmith helped to further the cause of independence.

Presents a biography of patriot John Hancock, discussing his father's death when he was a child, his life with his wealthy aunt and uncle, his education, and his role in the American Revolution.

Presents a short children's biography on the life of Alexander Hamilton and provides details on his childhood in the West Indies, involvement in the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and his position as the country's first Secretary of the Treasury.

Discusses the life and work of French soldier and political thinker, Marquis de Lafayette, and his role in the American Revolution.

Tells the inspiring story of Gandhi's life and outlines his major achievements.

A biography of the well known American statesman, inventor, printer, and author of "Poor Richard's Almanacks.".