Ocean State Libraries

Historical American biographies

Series

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[1997]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the Civil War nurse who cared for wounded soldiers and earned the title, "Angel of the Battlefield."

2) Lady Diana Spencer: Princess of Wales

Author

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds

Pub. Date

[1998]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description

A biography of the Princess of Wales, beginning with her birth and including her death in 1997.

3) Dark dreams: the story of Stephen King

Author

Series

World writers

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds Pub

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

4) Queen Victoria and the British Empire

Author

Series

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds Pub

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

5) Theodore Roosevelt takes charge

Author

Publisher

A. Whitman

Pub. Date

1992.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

Description

Describes the life of the twenty-sixth president of the United States, from his sickly youth through his varied career as rancher, author, and politician.

6) Bram Stoker, author of Dracula

Author

Series

World writers

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description

A biography of the theatrical manager and prolific author who, among other achievements, completed the novel "Dracula" in 1897.

7) More perfect union: the story of Alexander Hamilton

Author

Series

Notable Americans

Language

English

Description

A biography of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, discussing his accomplishments as well as the controversy and scandal that marked his career.

8) Catherine the Great and the Enlightenment in Russia

Author

Series

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds Pub

Pub. Date

[2005]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

9) William Tecumseh Sherman: defender and destroyer

Author

Series

Notable Americans

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds, Inc

Pub. Date

[1996]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

10) Rebels and revolutionaries: voices of American labor

Author

Series

American workers

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds Pub

Pub. Date

[2007]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 6

Language

English

11) Andrew Jackson: frontier president

Author

Series

Notable Americans

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds

Pub. Date

[2001]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

A biography of the seventh president from his childhood in South Carolina, through his military career in the War of 1812, to his death.

12) Queen Isabella and the unification of Spain

Author

Series

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds Pub

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

13) Catherine de' Medici and the Protestant Reformation

Author

Series

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds Pub

Pub. Date

[2005]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

14) The shot heard round the world: the battles of Lexington and Concord

Author

Series

First battles

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

15) Joseph Stalin: from peasant to premier

Author

Series

People in focus book

Publisher

Dillon Press

Pub. Date

[1992]

Language

English

Description

Examines the life and times of Joseph Stalin, the dictatorial leader of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1953.

16) Supreme Court justices: Thurgood Marshall

Author

Series

Supreme Court justices

Publisher

M. Reynolds Pub

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

"Chronicles the life of Thurgood Marshall, an attorney who argued the case for Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, the landmark civil rights case, and who went on to become the first African American justice of the Supreme Court." --

17) Victory in destruction: the story of William Tecumseh Sherman

Author