Biographies and Memoirs
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Black Elk's Vision : A Lakota Story
A simple biography of Lakota-Oglala medicine man Black Elk, from his childhood vision which shaped his life through his battles with the whites and his travels with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
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Bylines : A Photobiography of Nellie Bly
The life story of this daring news reporter, globetrotter, and advocate for women's rights is presented chronologically from birth to death.
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Cheaper By The Dozen
A time-and-motion expert and his engineer wife use scientific principles to raise their twelve children.
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Claudette Colvin : Twice Toward Justice
Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history.
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Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs : A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews
A biography of the great explorer-adventurer, who discovered huge finds of dinosaur bones in Mongolia, pioneered modern paleontology field research, and became the director of the American Museum of Natural History.
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Driven : A Photobiography of Henry Ford
A biography of Henry Ford, the industrial visionary who changed the automobile from rich man's toy into affordable necessity.
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Escape! : The Story of the Great Houdini
A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in show business, the story of the famous magician, Harry Houdini, comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats, complete with index, photos, and author's notes.
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Justin Bieber Unleashed : Unauthorized
Surveys the life of the Canadian singer who got his start in a YouTube video, and provides quotations, quizzes, and other details.
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Knots in my Yo-yo String : The Autobiography of a Kid
This Italian-American Newbery Medalist presents a humorous account of his childhood and youth in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
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Knucklehead : Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka
How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner.
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The Trouble Begins at 8 : A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West
Here, in high style, is the story of a wisecracking adventurer who came of age in the untamed West. A rebel who surprised himself by becoming the most famous American of his time.
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The Voice that Challenged a Nation : Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
In the mid-1930s, Marian Anderson was a famed vocalist who had been applauded by European royalty and welcomed at the White House. But, because of her race, she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. This is the story of her resulting involvement in the civil rights movement of the time.
