Thurgood Marshall
A biography of the first African-American to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
920
year: 1991
copies: 14
call number/section: 920
lexile: 620
John Philip Sousa
A simple biography of the famous band leader and composer who was known as the March King.
920
year: 1992
copies: 3
call number/section: 920
lexile:
Abraham Lincoln
This book tells of the life of Abraham Lincoln, who became the sixteenth president of the United States and who led the nation through its darkest hour--the Civil War.
920
year: 2003
copies: 15
call number/section: 920
lexile:
Margarete Steiff
A biography of the German toy maker, stricken during childhood by polio, whose company became famous for its teddy bears.
920
year: 1993
copies: 5
call number/section: 920
lexile:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A biography of one of the first leaders in the women's rights movement, emphasizing her childhood.
920
year: 1991
copies: 37
call number/section: 920
lexile:
Molly Pitcher
A childhood biography of the Pennsylvania German woman who became a Revolutionary War heroine when she carried water to American soldiers and even fired a cannon herself during the Battle of Monmouth.
920
year: 1986
copies: 5
call number/section: 920
lexile: 420
subjects: pitcher, molly, monmouth, battle of, freehold, n.j., 1778, revolutionaries, women, united states, monmouth, battle of, 1778, revolutionists
The Grolier Library Of North American Biographies
A ten-volume set that presents short biographies of significant people in North American history.
920
year: 1994
copies: 91
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects:
The Roaring Twenties Biographies
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.
973.91
year: 2006
copies: 10
call number/section: 973.91
lexile:
Sojourner Truth
Presents a biography of Sojourner Truth, an African-American freed slave, preacher, abolitionist, and activist, and contains information on her life as slave in New York, her journey to freedom in 1827, and her efforts for civil rights through her death in 1883.
920
year: 1994
copies: 54
call number/section: 920
lexile: 960
Queen Eleanor, Independent Spirit Of The Medieval World
A biography of the twelfth-century queen, first of France, then of England, who was the very lively wife of Henry II and mother of several notable sons, including Richard the Lionhearted.
920
year: 1999
copies: 11
call number/section: 920
lexile:
Alexander Graham Bell
A biography of the inventor and teacher of the deaf, who experimented in many areas, including electricity, giant kites, and boats called hydrofoils, and became famous for creating the telephone.
920
year: 1999
copies: 27
call number/section: 920
lexile:
Amelia Earhart
A biography of the aviator and women's rights advocate who disappeared while trying to fly around the world.
920
year: 1999
copies: 14
call number/section: 920
lexile:
Christopher Paul Curtis
Presents a brief biography of children's writer Christopher Paul Curtis, who gave up his job at Fisher Auto Body Plant in Flint, Michigan and began the award-winning author of such books as "The Watsons Go To Birmingham" and "Bud, Not Buddy".
920
year: 2005
copies: 8
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: curtis, christopher paul, authors, american, african american authors, children's stories, african americans, scientist
Thomas Jefferson
A brief biography of Thomas Jefferson, in graphic novel format, that discusses his childhood, family, education, marriage, role in the American Revolution, and work as the president of the United States.
920
year: 2008
copies: 23
call number/section: 920
lexile: 1030
Seven Miles To Freedom
A biography of Robert Smalls who, during the Civil War, commandeered the Confederate ship Planter to carry his family and twelve other slaves to freedom, and went on to become a United States Congressman working toward African-American advancement.
920
year: 2008
copies: 11
call number/section: 920
lexile: 870
subjects: smalls, robert, african americans, ship captains, african american legislators, fugitive slaves, united states, beaufort (s.c.), planter (steamship), united states, legislators, confederate states of america