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Presents a biography of the archbishop who rose from parish priest to the highest rank in the Anglican church of South Africa and earned international recognition, including the Nobel Peace Prize, for his involvement in the anti-apartheid movement.

82) Emily Dickinson

Author

Thayer, Bonita E

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

1989.

Language

English

Description

Alvin Josephy's biography series of American Indians

Examines the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century Massachusetts poet whose posthumously published poetry brought her the public attention she had carefully avoided during her lifetime.

83) George C. Marshall: soldier-statesman of the American century

Author

Stoler, Mark A

Series

Twayne's twentieth-century American biography volume no. 10

Publisher

Twayne Publishers

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

84) Geronimo and the struggle for Apache freedom

Author

Shorto, Russell

Series

Publisher

Silver Burdett

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

"Alvin Josephy's biography series of American Indians." Recounts the life story of the Apache chief who led one of the last great Indian uprisings.

85) Jackie Robinson: he was the first

Author

Adler, David A

Series

First biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

[1989]

Lexile measure

820L

Language

English

Description

Alvin Josephy's biography series of American Indians

"A first biography." Traces the life of the talented and determined athlete who broke the color barrier in major league baseball in 1947 by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers.

86) King Philip and the war with the colonists

Author

Cwiklik, Robert

Series

Publisher

Silver Burdett

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

"Alvin Josephy's biography series of American Indians." Tells of the Wampanoag Indian leader.

87) Ludwig van Beethoven: musical pioneer

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1989]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

A brief biography of a musical pioneer.

88) Martin Luther King, Jr: a man who changed things

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1989]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Book - Regular Print, Child - Picture Book, Child - Read-Along

A simple biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

89) A picture book of George Washington

Author

Adler, David A

Series

Picture book biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

[1989]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

AD 750L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Alvin Josephy's biography series of American Indians

A brief account of the life of the "Father of Our Country."

90) Ready, aim, fire!: the real adventures of Annie Oakley

Author

Levine, Ellen

Series

Scholastic biography

Publisher

Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

1989.

Language

English

91) Sequoyah and the Cherokee alphabet

Author

Cwiklik, Robert

Series

Publisher

Silver Burdett Press

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

Famous lives
Dell yearling biography

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a method for his people to write and read their own language.

92) The story of Sacajawea, guide to Lewis and Clark

Author

Rowland, Della

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

93) Tecumseh and the dream of an American Indian nation

Author

Shorto, Russell

Series

Alvin Josephy's biography series of American Indians

Publisher

Silver Burdett

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

"Alvin Josephy's biography series of American Indians." Tells of the Shawnee Indian Chief.

94) Black Elk: a man with a vision

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

A simple account of the life of Black Elk, the visionary and Oglala medicine man who had a vision of universal peace and felt that he saw his people's dream die at Wounded Knee.

95) Daniel Boone: man of the forests

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

People of distinction biographies

A biography of explorer and pioneer Daniel Boone.

96) Diego Rivera: Mexican muralist

Author

Hargrove, Jim

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

Examines the life and work of the Mexican artist who decided that his great purpose in life was to bring art to the masses through the medium of murals.

97) Elizabeth the First: Queen of England

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Language

English

Description

Describes in simple terms the life of Queen Elizabeth I of England.

98) Harriet Tubman

Author

Bentley, Judith

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

1990.

Language

English

Description

Details Harriet Tubman's life, experiences, and efforts to aid slaves in escaping to the North, as well as her assistance to the Union cause during the Civil War.

99) Harry S. Truman: a life

Author

Ferrell, Robert H

Series

Missouri biography

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Few US presidents have captured the imagination of the American people as has Harry S. Truman. In this new biography, Robert H. Ferrell, widely regarded as an authority on the thirty-third president, challenges the popular characterization of Truman as a man who rarely sought the offices he received, revealing instead a man who—with modesty, commitment to service, and basic honesty—moved with method and system toward the presidency.

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100) Hitler and the Third Reich

Author

Bradley, Catherine

Series

World War II biographies

Publisher

Gloucester

Pub. Date

1990.

Language

English

Description