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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Abraham Lincoln.

A brief biography of John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed, who helped the development of the United States by planting thousands of apple trees throughout the midwest.

Presents the stories of twenty-two different women architects, engineers, and landscape designers, from the nineteenth century to the present.

Describes John Brown's life and controversial efforts to abolish slavery.

"Profiles 50 major artists alongside their representative works. The entries are presented in an eye-catching format that features .

This volume of biographies of explorers takes readers through the centuries and across the globe, profiling the men and women whose curiosity and courage have led them to discover our world.

"Profiles the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.

A biography of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who from a young age was determined to make difference in the world and eventually revolutionized global antipoverty efforts by developing the innovative economic concept of micro-lending.

Describes the lives, work, and friendship of former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and suffragist and social reformer Susan B.

Looks at the life and career of physicist Albert Einstein.

A biography of William J. Powell, an African American golfer, discussing his becoming a caddie and learning to play golf, the discrimination he faced trying to compete, and building his own golf course where anyone was welcome.

A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.

Aaron Rodgers went from a small college in California to being named most valuable player in the Super Bowl.

Looks at the life and career of Thomas Jefferson--patriot, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence.

Text and photographs look at the life and career of Revolutionary War hero and first United States president George Washington.