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A biography of the famous frontiersman and Congressman, focusing on his childhood.

"... Read all about how the man we know as the famous young chocolatier finally struck it rich--in money, love, and chocolate!"--Cover back.

A biography focusing on the youth of the nurse who organized theAmerican Red Cross in Washington, D.C., in 1881.

Recreates the childhood of the woman traditionally remembered as the maker of the first American flag, which was secretly presented to General George Washington in Philadelphia in 1776.

A biography of the civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American Negroes win many battles for equal rights.

Introduces the life of renowned children's author and illustrator Ted Geisel, popularly known as Dr. Seuss, focusing on his childhood and youth in Springfield, Massachusetts. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904, Theodor Seuss Geisel (better known under his pseudonym "Dr. Seuss") was probably the best-loved and best-selling children's book writer of all time. Returning from Europe by boat in 1936, Seuss amused himself by writing a...

A biography of the young Philadelphia printer who grew up to become a world-renowned author, diplomat, scientist, and inventor, and one of the founding fathers of the United States.