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Egypt/Greece/Rome // Early History/England/France/Spain/Russia // Explorers/Adventurers // Pilgrims/Early
America // American Revolution // American Indian // Wilderness/Westward
Expansion // War of 1812 // Pre-Civil
War/Civil War/Slavery // World War I //
World War II // Biographies
of Men // Biographies of Women // Others
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Egypt/Greece/Rome:
DK Discoveries: Tutankhamun - The Life and Death of
a Pharaoh by David Murdoch ... $3.00 (1998, 48 pages. Ex-library,
overall good. "Relates the story of the discovery of Tutankhamun's
tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon and what it revealed about the
funeral rites of the pharaoh.")
Tutankhamun by Robert Green ... $1.50 (1996,
64 pages. A First Book. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.
"Tells the story of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter
and Lord Carnarvon and the supposed curse connected with it, as well as
information on the life and dynasty of the pharaoh.")
Julius Caesar by Robert Green ... $2.00 (1996,
63 pages. Ex-library, overall good. A First Book. A biography of the Roman
general and statesman whose brilliant military leadership helped make Rome
the center of a vast empire.")
Rulers and Their Times: Lorenzo de' Medici and Renaissance
Italy by Miriam Greenblatt ... $3.00 (2003, 80 pages. Ex-library,
overall good. "Provides and overview of the lives of Lorenzo de' Medici
and his subjects in Renaissance italy and includes excerpts from poems,
laws, and other writings of the time.")
Plutarch's Lives - Shortened and Simplified
by Grace Voris Curl ... $4.00 (1937, 376 pages. Ex-library, some wear -
still a good reading copy. "Collection of twenty-nine lives
from Plutarch"s original 50, which include those that are most familiar
in history, that furnished plots for many of Shakespeare"s historical
plays, and those which are biographically most interesting." Theseus,
Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Pericles, Alcibiades, Agesilaus,
Timoleon, Demosthenes, Phocion, Alexander the Great, Pyrrhus, Romulus, Numa
Pompilius, Coriolanus, Camillus, Fabius, Marcellus, Cato the Censor, The
Gracchi, Caius Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, Cato the Younger, Cicero,
Brutus, Antony.)
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Early History/England/France/Spain/Russia:
Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado by
Marc Aronson ... $5.00 (2000, 222 pages. Ex-library, very good. "Recounts
the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his
name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World.")
The True Story of Napoleon, Emperor of France
by Anthony Corley ... $2.00 (1964, 143 pages. Ex-library, cover has wear
to include heavy tape on spine and corners, pages are overall good. "This
is the exciting story of his rise and fall, his battles and adventures.")
Rulers in Petticoats by Mildred Boyd ... $2.00
(1966, Criterion Books, 224 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.
Hatshepsut, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Theodora, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Margaret,
Isabella, Catherine de Medici, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I and II, Mary Stuart,
Christina, Maria Theresa, Catherine the Great, Victoria, Tzu Hsi, The Netherlands
Queen.)
A Book of Famous Queens by Lydia Farmer ...
$2.00 (1964, new revised edition, 246 pages. Ex-library, dustajcket, water
mark at the top of the pages but overall good. Nefertiti, Cleopatra, Zenobia,
Isabella of Spain, de' Medici, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Maria Theresa,
Victoria, Tzu Hsi, Juliana, and more.)
Kings and Queens: Catherine the Great by Miriam
Kochan ... $2.00 (1976, 96 pages. Wayland Publishers.)
Rulers and Their Times: Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and
the French Revolution by Nancy Plain ... $2.00 (2002, 88 pages.
Ex-library, light wear, overall good.)
Joan of Arc retold by Catherine Storr ... $1.00
(1985, 32 pages. Picture book format; Raintree Stories. Ex-library, some
wear - still a good reading copy. "A biography of the peasant girl
who led a French army to victory against the English and was later accused
of witchcraft and burned at the stake.")
Joseph Stalin by Janet Caulkins ... $2.00 (1990,
160 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "...
focusing on his formative years in Soviet Georgia, his rise to the top of
the Communist party, and his leadership during World War II.")
A Book of Heroes - Great Europeans Who Live in the Hearts
of Their People by Dorothy Heiderstadt ... $3.00 (1954, 192 pages.
Ex-library, very hard wear to cover, pages are overall good. Pericles, Saint
Patrick, Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, Leif Ericson, The Cid Campeador,
Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Elizabeth, Roert Bruce, William Tell, Joan
of Arc, Ferdinand Magellan, William the Silent, Christian IV, Gustavus Adolphus,
Peter the Great, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Father Damien, Fridtjof Nansen.)
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Explorers/Adventurers:
Columbus by Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
.. $3.00 (1955. Ex-library, rebound, some wear to include some tears at
the bottom of some pages - still a good reading copy.) -- 2 copies
I, Columbus - My Journal 1492-3 edited by Peter
and Connie Roop ... $2.00 (1990, 57 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall
good. Signed by Peter Roop. "Follows the voyages of discovery made
by Christopher Columbus through excerpts from the journals he kept of his
travels.")
Columbus and the World Around Him by Milton
Meltzer ... $3.00 (1990, 192 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good.
"Describes the voyages of Columbus, the terrible impact of the Spaniards
on the Indians, and the ultimate cultural influence of the Native Americans
on their white conquerors.")
Christopher Columbus - How He Did It by Charlotte
and David Yue ... $3.00 (1992, 136 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall
good. "Detailed description of Columbus's voyage to the New World in
1492.")
Christopher Columbus, Discoverer by Alberta
Powell Graham ... $1.50 (1950, 128 pages. Ex-library, hard wear to cover,
pages are overall good.)
The Quest of Columbus edited by Robert Meredith
and E. Brooks Smith ... $2.00 (1966, 125 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
some wear - still a good reading copy. "An exact account of the discovery
of America, being the history written by Ferdinand Columbus.")
Watts Library: Juan Ponce de Leon by Gail Sakurai
... $2.00 (2001, 64 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "Ponce
de Leon discovered Florida, the Tortugas islands, and the Yucatan peninsula
of Mexico.")
Watts Library: Sieur de la Salle by Don Nardo
... $2.00 (2001, 63 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. " ...
the first European to travel down the length of the Mississippi River in
1682. ... A few years later, La Salle set out on another expedition to reach
the mouth of the Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico to establish a new colony.
Although his efforts failed, La Salle's expeditions paved the way for France
to create the colonly of Louisiana.")
Watts Library: Henry Hudson by Andrew Santella
... $2.00 (2001, 64 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "Henry
Hudson searched for a northern passage to Asia in the early 1600s. On several
expeditions, he explored the waters of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans. Although
he failed to find this passage, he discovered the river and the bay that
now bear his name - the Hudson River and the Hudson Bay.") -- 2 copies
The Sea King, Sir Francis Drake and His Times
by Albert Marrin ... $5.00 (1995, 168 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall
good. "By the end of the 16th century, the domination of the New World
by Spain and Portugal was challenged by Sir Francis Drake, a superb navigator
and commander, who set forth to establish a foothold for Queen Elizabeth
in these new lands. Marrin smoothly navigates readers on a journey through
his many adventures in this dramatic biography.")
Where Roams the River? A Story of Father Marquette, S.J.
by Brother Bernard Donahoe, C.S.C. ... $2.00 (1966, 96 pages. Ex-library,
dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. "The story of Father
Marquette, the Jesuit missionary and explorer - for the young reader.")
Dimond of Alaska, Adventurer in the Far North
by Edward Herron ... $2.00 (1957, 190 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket
has wear, pages are overall good. "Tony Dimond's reputation for integrity,
generosity and kindness spread far and wide. During his forty years of public
service he became, in turn, Assistant District Attorney for the Floating
Court to the Aleutian Islands, Mayor of Valdez and Delegate to the Alaska
Territorial Senate. ... He was the first man to give repeated warnings of
Japan's intrusion into Alaskan waters, which finally led tothe installation
of airfields and naval bases by the United States. ... Tony Dimond saw Alaska
grow from a raw pioneer country into a thriving territory.")
Peary to the Pole by Walter Lord ... $1.50 (1963,
141 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. A Breakthrough
Book. "The discoery of the North Pole was a truly momentous event.
For centuries men had wondered about it. For decades they had tried to reach
it. For twenty-two years Robert E. Peary himself had been dazzled by the
idea.")
Matthew Henson, Polar Adventurer by Jean Kinney
Williams ... $1.50 (1994, 64 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.
The First Book Explorers Series - Frankklin Watts.)
Congo Explorer, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza by
Jeanne Carbonnier ... $2.00 (1962, 152 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some
wear but overall good. " .. an adventure story, especially timely now
as we need to understand the background of European colonialism in Africa.")
Twenty Explorers by Andrew Langley ... $1.50
(1990, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. Polo,
Battuta, Columbus, Magellan, Hudson, de Orellana, Bering, Cook, Humboldt,
Burke and Wills, du Chaillu, Kingsley, Shackleton, Hedin, and more.)
World Explorers: John Wesley Powell and the Great Surveys
of the American West by Ann Gaines ... $2.00 (1991, 136 pages.
Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "A biography of the geologist
who first explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.")
We the People: DeSoto, Explorer of the Southeast
by Dan Zadra ... $1.50 (1988, 31 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall
good. "A biography of the wealthy Spanish explorer who became the first
white man to cross the Mississippi.")
Wilderness Explorer, The Story of Samuel de Champlain
by Charles Morrow Wilson ... $2.00 (1963, 188 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket
has wear, book is overall good. Credo Books. Ages 10 to 14.)
Expedition: Magellan, A Voyage Around the World
by Fiona Macdonald ... $1.50 (1997, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear but
overall good. Colorful. "Discover why he is settring out on this risky
journey, and see how his ship is made ready for the long months at sea.
... Share the excitement as Magellan and his crew sight new lands, and pity
their plight as they face tropical storms and starvation - and sruvive by
eating mice. ... Follow Magellan's expedition stage by stage, and read about
his many true-life adventures.") -- 4 copies
Great Explorations: La Salle, Down the Mississippi
by Harold Faber ... $2.00 (2002, 80 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "The
Frenchman La Salle was one of the foremost explorers of North America during
the seventeenth century. ... He was successful in opening lands for trade
and settlement and skilled with the Indians. He built a sailing ship for
the Great Lakes and one of his men was the first European to gaze upon Niagara
Falls. However, controversy followed his endeavors.")
Great Explorers: Juan Ponce de Leon by Tamara
Green ... $2.00 (2002, 48 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "A biography
of the Spanish explorer who sought fruitlessly to discover a fountain of
youth in Florida and the Caribbean." World Almanac Library.)
Famous Explorers: Sir Walter Raleigh by Tanya
Larkin ... $1.50 (2001, 24 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "A biography
of the English explorer and courtier who received permsission from Queen
Elizabeth to start a colony in America north of the Spanish territories.")
Famous Explorers: Ferdinand Magellan by Claude
Hurwicz ... $1.50 (2001, 24 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Describes
the life and travels of the Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first
expedition that sailed around the world.")
Famous Explorers: John Cabot by Tanya Larkin
... $1.50 (2001, 24 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "Describes
the life and voyages of the Italian-born explorer who claimed land in the
New World for England in 1497.")
Famous Explorers: La Salle by Jeff Donaldson-Forbes
... $1.50 (2002, 24 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "This
biography of Rene-Robert Cavelier, who became known as La Salle, traces
his explorations of North America and his search for the mouth of the Mississippi
River.")
Exploring the World: Ponce de Leon by Ann Heinrichs
... $2.00 (2002, 48 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "A biography
of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus, went
on to become governor of Puerto Rico, and later came to Florida looking
for the Fountain of Youth.") -- 2 copies
Exploring the World: Vasco da Gama by Robin
S. Doak ... $2.00 (2002, 48 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "Vasco
da Gama sails around the cape of Good Hope.") -- 2 copies
Exploring the World: Coronado by Robin S. Doak
... $1.50 (2002, 48 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good but there is
a rumple at the bottom of the pages. "Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
explores the Southwest.")
Exploring the World: De Soto by Ann Heinrichs
... $2.00 (2002, 48 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "A biography
of the sixteenth-century Spaniard who explored Florida and other southern
states, and becamethe first white man to cross the Mississippi River.")
-- 2 copies
Exploring the World: Magellan by Michael Burgan
... $2.00 (2002, 48 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "Ferdinand
Magellan and the first trip around the world.") -- 3 copies
Explorers of New Worlds: Sir Walter Raleigh and the Search
for El Dorado by Hal Marcovitz ... $2.00 (2002, 64 pages. Ex-library,
overall good. "Sir Walter Raleigh returned to the New World. He was
in search of the legendary city of gold - El Dorado. That quest would bring
an inglorious end to the celebrated explorer's life.")
Explorers of New Worlds: Hernando de Soto by
Jim Gallagher ... $2.00 (2000, 64 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "A
biography of the wealthy Spaniard who came to the New World to seek glory
and who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1541.")
Matthew Henson, Black Explorer by Edward F.
Dolan, Jr. ... $2.00 (1979, 193 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition.
"From his earliest years, Matt Henson seemed destined for a life of
adventure. Born soon after the Civil War ended, he went to sea in his teens,
sailing to ports in distant China, Japan, the Philippines, Africa, France,
and Russia. Then, in 1887, when he was twenty-one, he met Peary and became
his personal servant on a surveying trip to the swamps and jungles of Nicaragua.
... Peary was so impressed with Matt that he asked the former seaman to
accompany him on explorations to the far north.")
Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs, A Photobiography of Explorer
Roy Chapman Andrews by Ann Bausum ... $2.00
(2000, 64 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, very good. National Geographic
Society. "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.")
Stanley, Invincible Explorer by Laura Benet
... $3.00 (1955, 298 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. High
school and up. " ... presents the high spots in the exciting life of
Henry Morton Stanley, the African explorer whose amazing exploits fascinated
the author from the moment she began to hear and read about him. Sixty years
ago few hardy souls risked their lives in the malarial jungles of Africa,
then called the Dark Continent. Now it is one of the most talked-about spots
on the globe.")
Explorers of the Ancient World by Anthony Brierley
... $3.00 (1995, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "Describes
some fo the voyages of exploration made by ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians,
and Greeks as long as four thousand years ago." Colorful and informative.)
Samuel de Champlain, Explorer of the Great Lakes Region
and Founder of Quebec by Josepha Sherman ... $3.00 (2003, 112
pages. Ex-library, very good. Library of Explorers and Exploration. Text
is a bit on the large side, nicely illustrated.)
Francisco Pizarro, Conqueror of the Incas by
Barbara A. Somervill ... $3.00 (2005, 112 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
very good. Signature Lives/Renaissance Era. "Francisco Pizarro was
born into poverty in the 1400s but dreamed of great wealth. In search of
gold and conquest, Pizarro and his soldiers marched into the heart of the
Inca Empire and snuffed otu a people that had thrived for hundreds of years.
Pizarro filled his pockets with Inca gold and became governor of present-day
Peru.")
Francisco Coronado by Malcolm C. Jensen ...
$2.00 (1974, 58 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good.
"A biography of the Spanish explorer who in two years traveled over
four thousand miles through the Southwest and Great Plains yet failed to
find what he was searching for.")
The Travels of Marco Polo by Alex Bandon ...
$1.50 (Explorers & Exploration. 2000, 48 pages. Ex-library, overall
good. 2000, 48 pages. "A biographer of the Italian traveler who became
the first European to cross Asia completely and document his experiences.")
Amerigo Vespucci by Dennis Brinell Fradin ..
$1.50 (1991, 64 pages. A First Book. Ex-library, some wear - still a good
reading copy. "Traces the life of the famed Florentine explorer who
discovered Brazil, Venezuela, and the Amazon River, and had two continents
named for him.")
The Explorers, Adventures in Courage by Edward
F. Dolan, Jr. ... $3.00 (1970, 170 pages. Not ex-library, some wear but
overall good. Columbus, Lewis and Clark, Cook, Livingstone, Peary, Amundsen
and Scott. Before the story of each person is a story about the land(s)
in which they explored.)
A World Explorer: Sir Francis Drake by John
Foster ... $2.00 (1967, 95 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but
overall good.)
History Makers Bios: Lewis and Clark by Candice
Ransom ... $2.00 (2003, 48 pages. Ex-library, very good. Color illustrations.)
Explorers Who Got Lost by Diane Sansevere-Dreher
... $2.00 (Softcover, 1992, 135 pages. Some wear but overall
good. "Examines the adventures of such early explorers of America as
Columbus, Dias, and Cabot. Includes information on the events, society,
and superstitions of the times.")
Ferdinand Magellan by Ronald Welch ... $2.00
(1956, 178 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading
copy.) -- 2 copies
Ferdinand Magellan, Opening the Door to World Exploration
by Isaac Asimov ... $1.50 (1991, 48 pages. Ex-library, light wear, overall
good. "Presents the story of the Portuguese explorer who became the
first European to cross the Pacific Ocean and whose expedition completed
its voyage around the world after his death en route.")
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Pilgrims/Early America:
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American Revolution:
Who Were the Founding Fathers? Two Hundred Years of
Reinventing American History by Steven H. Jaffe ... $3.00 (1996,
227 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "The
history of our revolution will be one continued lye from one end to the
other. The essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklin's electrical rod,
smote the Earth and out sprung General Washington. --John Adams to Benjamin
Rush, April 4, 1790. ... From the beginning of the American Revolution to
the very latest talk show and court case, Americans have argued over the
Founding Fathers. Not only have we questioned the motives, meaning, and
purpose of their actions, we have fought over who they actually were: only
signers of the Declaration? soldiers on the front? women in the homes? slaves
in the fields?... Who were the Founding Fathers? America was founded relatively
recently, and by people whose lives we can trace. Deciding what we think
of the Founders also means determining what we stand for as a country. As
labor unions and company lawyers, Confederates and Abolitionists, American
Nazis and American Communists, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X have
sought to speak for America, they too have defined and redefined the Founders.
... In this lively, photo-filled look at the one question that has always
been at the center of American life, author Steven Jaffe shows that the
debate over the Founders is not so much about their time as it is the neverending
search for the soul of our nation.")
Revolutionary War Leaders: Alexander Hamilton, First U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury by Veda Boyd Jones ... $1.50 (2000,
80 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Describes the career of Alexander
Hamilton, who rose from humble beginnings to become a delegate to the Constitutional
Convention and the first Secretary of the Treasury.")
Benedict Arnold: Hero and Taitor by Cateau DeLeeuw
... $2.00 (Spies of the World. 1970, 127 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some
wear - still a good reading copy. "Here is the tragic story of the
man who rose above an impoverished youth to glory, then fell attempting
one of the shabbiest misdeeds in American history.")
Revolutionary War Leaders: Benedict Arnold, Traitor to
the Cause by Norma Jean Lutz ... $2.00 (2000, 80 pages. Ex-library,
overall good. "A biography of the infamous traitor who sold secret
military information to the British army during the American Revolution.")
Benedict Arnold by Mary Dodson Wade ... $2.00
(1994, 64 pages. Ex-library, very good. A First Book.)
Benedict Arnold, Traitor of the Revolution by
Ronald Syme ... $3.00 (1970, 192 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but
overall good. Pages are lightly browned.)
Young Nathan by Marion Marsh Brown ... $2.00
(1973, 191 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading
copy. "In this unforgettable, fictionalized biography of Nathan Hale,
the young man who was to become one of his country's leading patriots lives
again against the colorful and exciting backdrop of Revolutionary days.")
Geoge Mason, Reluctant Statesman by Robert A.
Rutland ... $2.00 (1961, 123 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear to
include a tape repair to the Foreword page; otherwise, overall good. "For
advice and approval, Colonel George Mason was the man relied upon by George
Washington, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson. George Mason was a scholarly
craftsman in the art of government, a tenacious champion in the art of government.")
Betsy Ross, Patriot of Philadelphia by Judith
St. George ... $2.00 (1997, 118 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good.
"The personal struggles of the women generally credited with having
created the first American flag are set against the backdrop of the colonists'
fight for independence.") -- 2 copies
John Hancock and His Times by Mabel Farnum ...
$1.50 (1964, 123 pages. Ex-library, very hard wear to cover, pages have
some wear - still a good reading copy. A Ginn Social Science Enrichment
Book.)
World Leaders Past & Present: Thomas Paine
by John Vail ... $2.00 (1990, 112 pages. Ex-library, some wear to corners,
pages are overall good. "Examines the life of the influential political
writer whose pamphlet 'Common Sense' became one of the basic tracts of the
American Revolution.")
"I Have Just Begun to Fight!" The Story of John
Paul Jones by Captain Edward Ellsberg ... $2.00 (1963, 269 pages.
Ex-library, fairly hard wear to cover, pages are overall good.)
Ben and Me by Robert Lawson ... $2.00 (Ex-library,
rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Ben and Me by Robert Lawson ... $3.00 (Not ex-library,
dustjacket has some wear, book and pages are in good condition.)
The Picture Story and Biography of Tom Paine by Grace Neff Brett ... $2.00 (1965, 142 pages.
Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. Ages 10 and up. The first
section of the book is in picture book format for younger children. The
remainder of the book is a biography.)
Patrick Henry, Firebrand of the Revolution by
Nardi Reeder Campion ... $2.00 (1961, 261 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some
wear - still a good reading copy.)
Patrick Henry - "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
by Dennis Brindell Fradin ... $1.50 (1990, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear
- still a good reading copy. Colonial Profiles Series. Enslow Publishers.
"Follows the life of the Virginia lawmaker and politician, known for
his stirring speeches and eloquent writing.")
Son of Thunder - Patrick Henry by Julia M. H.
Carson .. $2.00 (1963, 244 pages. Ex-library, some typical wear - still
a good reading copy.)
Nathan Hale, Patriot Spy by Shannon Zemlicka
... $1.50 (Softcover. Easy Reader. On My Own Biography. Overall good.)
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American Indian:
Sequoya by Catherine Cate Coblentz ... $2.00
(Title page and front endpages have been removed. Ex-library, dustjacket,
some wear but overall good. Ages 12 to 16.)
Hiawatha, Messenger of Peace by Dennis Brindell
Fradin ... $2.00 (1992, 40 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good.
Ages 7 to 11. "Recounts the life of the fifteenth-century Iroquois
Indian who brought five tribes together to form the long-lasting Iroquois
Federation.")
Sacajawea by Harold P. Howard ... $2.00 (1971,
218 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. "This book retraces
Sacajawea's path across the Northwest, from the Mandan Indian villages in
present-day South Dakota to the Pacific Ocean and back. On the journey Sacajawea
was accompanied by her ne'er-do-well French-Canadian husband, Toussaint
Charbonneau, and her infant son, Baptiste, who became a favorite of members
of the expedition, especially Captain William Clark.")
Osceola, Memories of a Sharecroppers Daughter
collected and edited by Alan Govenar ... $2.00 (2000, 63 pages. Ex-library,
dustjacket, overall good. "A sharecropper's daughter describes her
childhood in Texas in the early years of the twentieth century.")
Great Tales from Long Ago: Pocahontas by Jan
Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson ... $1.50 (1985, 32 pages. Ex-library, some
wear but overall good. "A biography of the Powhatan Indian woman who
befriended the English settlers at Jamestown, Virginia, and helped maintain
peace between her tribe and the colonists.")
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Wilderness/Westward Expansion:
Davy Crockett by Anne Ford ... $1.50 (1961,
45 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. A See and Read
Book.)
Pioneers in Petticoats by David K. Boynick ... $1.50 (1959, 245 pages. Ex-library,
rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. Mary Lyon, Susan B. Anthony,
Belva Ann Lockwood, Antoinette Brown, Alice Hamilton, Lillian M. Gilbreth,
Amelia Earhart, Dorothy Shaver.)
The Sun, the Rain, and the Apple Seed, A Novel of Johnny
Appleseed's Life by Lynda Durrant ... $2.00 (2003, 200 pages.
Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "In the 1790's, an eccentric young
man nicknamed Johnny Appleseed feels called by God to travel through the
American West planting apple seeds that will feed the hungry and produce
more seeds for planting and trading.")
Better Known as Johnny Appleseed by Mabel Leigh
Hunt ... $1.50 (1950, 212 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall typical library
wear - still just fine for a reading copy.)
Photo Odyssey - Solomon Carvalho's Remarkable Western Adventure
1853-54 by Arlene B. Hirschfelder ... $3.00 (2000, 118 pages.
Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "In 1853 explorer Colonel John
Charles Frémont invited photographer and fine artist Solomon Nunes
Carvalho to accompany his fifth, and final, western expedition. As the official
photographer, Carvalho documented the trip from the Mississippi River to
Utah with daguerreotypes - a unique and often unwieldy form of photography
that produces images on large silver plates. Carvalho was a skilled photographer,
but he was a novice on the trail and he battled with the hardships of the
journey. He not only was challenged by the physical strain but, as an observant
Jew, struggled to maintain his commitment to Judaism, even when observing
strict dietary laws meant that he did not eat. Carvalho's own words, from
the journal he kept and from letters he wrote home to his wife, provide
a vivid firsthand view of his remarkable adventure.")
We the People: Jim Bridger, The Mountain Man
by Dan Zadra ... $1.50 (1988, 31 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall
good. "A brief biography of the nineteenth-century trapper, scout,
and explorer who helped open the West to settlers.")
American Legends: Davy Crockett by Marianne
Johnston ... $1.50 (2001, 24 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "
... describes the life and legend of Davy Crockett, a backwoodsman who became
a frontier hero.")
American Legends: Daniel Boone by Marianne Johnston
... $1.50 (2001, 24 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. " ...
describes the life and legend of Daniel Boone, who explored the American
frontier of the 1700s.")
Calamity Jane, Her Life and Her Legend by Doris
Faber ... $1.50 (1992, 62 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear to include
a bit of looseness at the spine - still a good reading copy. "Examines
the life of the Wild West heroine who was transformed into a legendary figure
in the public mind.")
Young Buffalo Bill by George Gowd ... $2.00
(1956, 201 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but ovearll good. Pages
are browning. "Girls as well as boys will find this story of young
Will Cody (later known as Buffalo Bill) a thrilling and exciting one - for
his was the adventurous life, filled with brave deeds, that they themselves
long to lead.")
Daniel Boone by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson
... $2.00 (1985, 32 pages. Ex-library, wear to corners, pages are overall
good. Raintree Stories. Includes cassette tape. Tape is in good condition
and plays just fine.)
Buffalo Bill by Nancy Robison ... $1.50 (1991,
64 pages. Ex-library, some wear to cover/corners, pages are overall good.
A First Book. "Examines the life and times of the frontiersman whose
many careers included Pony Express rider, Indian fighter, scout, and star
of his own Wild West Show.")
No Other White Men (Lewis and Clark) by Julia
Davis ... $3.00 (1966, 242 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall
good. "This is the story of two friends who had one ambition, and of
a great man who planned for twenty years before he could make it come true.")
Prairie Visions: The Life and Times of Solomon Butcher
by Pam Conrad ... $2.00 (1991, 85 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall
good. "A collection of photos and stories about photographer Solomon
Butcher and turn-of-the-century Nebraska. An anecdotal history of life on
the American prairie in the late 1800s, as depicted in the work of travelling
photographer Solomon Butcher. Black-and-white photographs accompany the
text.")
Little Brother of the Wilderness, The Story of Johnny Appleseed
by Meridel LeSueur ... $1.50 (1973, 68 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still
a good reading copy.)
Kit Carson by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson
... $1.00 (Raintree Stories. 1987, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall
good.)
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War of 1812:
-none at this time-
Spies and Traitors - Tales of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars
by Joseph and Edith Raskin ... $2.00 (1976, 144 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
some wear but overall good. "Describes the exploits of ten men and
women spies of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.")
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Pre-Civil War/Civil War/Slavery:
Frank Thompson, Her Civil War Story by Bryna
Stevens ... $1.50 (1992, 144 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but
overall good. "A biography of the woman who, disguised as a man, moved
behind Confederate lines to spy for the Union during the Civil War.")
Stars on My Shoulders - A Story of General Philip Sheridan
by Brother Bernard Donahoe, C.S.C. ... $2.00 (1960, 96 pages. Ex-library,
dustjacket, some wear to include three pages that have a taped tear - still
a good reading copy. "General Philip Sheridan was one of the great
Catholic officers in the war. ... ... follow the young lad from Ohio as
he makes his way along the road to fame, and from him learn many a lesson
that will be of great importance." Catholic Heritage Series.)
The Civil War: James Longstreet by Melanie Le
Tourneau ... $2.00 (2002, 104 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Discusses
the life and career of James Longstreet, Confederate general and trusted
adviser to Robert E. Lee.")
A Civil War Drummer Boy - The Diary of William Bircher,
1861-1865 edited by Shelley Swanson Sateren ... $1.50 (2000,
32 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Excerpts from the diary of William
Bircher, a fifteen-year-old Minnesotan who was a drummer during the Civil
War. Supplemented by sidebars, activities, and a timeline of the era.")
I Was Born a Slave, The Story of Harriet Jacobs by
Jennifer Fleischner ... $2.00 (1997, 93 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, light
wear, overall good. "Traces the life of a slave who suffered mistreatment
from her master, spent years as a fugitive from slavery in North Carolina,
and was eventually released to freedom with her children.")
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World War I:
The True Story of Lawrence of Arabia by John Thomas ... $3.00
(1964, 141 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "Again and
again, a lone, elusive fabulous Englishman, with a handful of Arabs, struck
against the Turks who held the Arab lands during World War I.")
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World War II:
William E. Halsey, Five Star Admiral by
Wyatt Blassingame ... $2.00 (1970, 112 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some
wear but overall good. Garrard Publishing.)
Marine at War by Russell Davis ... $1.00 (Title
page has been removed from this book. Ex-library, rebound, cover has wear,
some typical wear - still a good reading copy. "Russell Davis served
in the Second Battalion of the First Marine Regiment from April of 1944
until February of 1946 as a combat intelligence scout, rifleman, plans and
operations sergeant, and rifle squad leader. He served through two major
campaigns, Peleliu and Okinawa, and was under fire in a few other patrol
actions. Wounded twice , cited for bravery once, he says that two times
he was too frightened to do his assigned job. Here is the gripping, personal
account of a Marine in combat during World War II.")
Winston Churchill by Rupert Matthews ... $1.50
(Great Lives. 1991, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)
-- 2 copies
Memories of Anne Frank - Reflections of a Childhood Friend
by Alison Leslie Gold ... $2.00 (1997, 135 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
overall good.)
Dwight David Eisenhower by Alfred Steinberg
... $1.50 (1967, 223 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)
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Biographies of Men (no specific order):
Ralph Bunche 1904 - 1971 -- Journey to Freedom
by Joseph D. McNair ... $1.50 (2002, 40 pages. Ex-library, overall good.
" ... the African-American who won the Nobel peace prize in 1950. Text
and photographs depict the tireless fighter for peace and human dignity
who rose from modest circumstances to become the foremost mediator and peacekeeper
of his time.")
Dag Hammarskjold, Soldier of Peace by Burnet
Hershey ... $1.00 (1961, 191 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)
Lives to Remember: John Muir, Prophet Among the Glaciers
by Rboert Silverberg ... $2.00 (1972, 256 pages. Ages 12 and
up. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.)
Eye on the Wild - A Story about Ansel Adams by
julie Dunlap ... $2.00 (1995, 64 pages. A Carolrhoda Creative Minds Book.
Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "This lively biography
tells the story of how Ansel Adams became one of the greatest photographers
of all time.")
Wings Over Alaska, The Story of Carl Ben Eielson
by Edward A. Herron ... $2.00 (1960, 192 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
some typical wear, still a good reading copy. "Carl Ben Eielson's life
combined thrilling adventure with extraordinary achievement. He received
the Congressonal Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Harmon
Trophy.")
That Remarkable Man - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
by Edith Patterson Meyer ... $2.00 (1967, 189 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
good condition. "The son of a noted poet, young Wendell Holmes determined
to be independent of his father's reputation. On his graduation from Harvard,
he joined the Union Army in the Civil War. Three times Holmes sustained
near-fatal wounds; three times he returned to his regiment. ... At the war's
end, he began his studies in law; his brilliant career culminated in his
becoming a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.")
Giants of Justice - Great American Jews of This Century
and Their Contributions to Social Justice by Albert Vorspan ...
$2.00 (1961, 260 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. High school
and up. "Fourteen dynamic Jewish figures. ... Americans of all faiths
and races, indeed all lovers of freedom, owe a debt to the giants who stride
across these pages." ... Simon Wolf, Louis Brandeis, Louis Marshall,
Lillian Wald, Albert Einstein, Stephen Wise, Henry Monsky, Henry Cohen,
Henrietta Szold, Edward Israel, David Dubinsky, Samuel Mayerberg, Abraham
Cronbach, and Herbert Lehman.)
Fighters for Freedom: Jefferson and Bolivar
by Hendrik Willem van Loon ... $1.50 (1962, 243 pages. Ex-library, cover
has wear, pages are overall good. Basically, two books in one - 101 page
biography of Jefferson, 141 page biography of Bolivar.)
Heroes - Great Men through the Ages by Rebecca
Hazell ... $3.00 (1996, 80 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good.
"Profiles admirable men from around the world and throughout history,
including Socrates, Prince Taishi Shotoku, Leonardof da Vinci, William Shakespeare,
Jorge Luis Borges, and Martin Luther King." Colorful and interesting.)
Sun Yat-Sen, Founder of the Chinese Republic
by Cornelia Spencer ... $2.00 (1967, 191 pages. Ages 12 to 16. Ex-library,
dustjacket, good condition. "As a boy and a young man, Sun's ambition
was to awaken his country, free her from Manchu or foreign rulers, modernize
her, and give her a place among the world's leading nations. He traveled
widely appealing to Chinese students around the world. They flocked to him,
and he became the voice of stirring China.")
Kublai Khan: Lord of Xanadu by Walker Chapman
... $2.00 (1966, 214 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good
reading copy.)
The Great Houdini by Beryl Williams and Samuel
Epstein ... $1.00 (Julian Messner. Ex-library, dustjacket, stains to the
first several pages; text is not obscured, a few pencil marks - still a
good reading copy.)
Walt Disney, A Biography by Barbara Ford ...
$1.50 (1989, 160 pages. Walker and Company. "Follows the life and career
of the man who fulfilled his creative dreams by founding a motion picture
empire.")
Thaddeus Stevens and the Fight for Negro Rights by
Milton Meltzer ... $2.00 (1967, 231 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, taped
hinges inside both covers, good condition. "Few men in our history
have been more hated than Thaddeus Stevens. Who was this man whose enemies
called him "the most malevolent character who has ever risen to high
power?" A man who made his way from an impoverished Vermont farm to
success in law and business and government, a man who never let that success
divert him from the principles he held dearest.")
The Thundering Voice of John L. Lewis by David
F. Selvin ... $2.00 (1969, 224 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition.
"The career of John L. Lewis and the history of the United Mine Workers
- indeed of the entire labor movement - are inseparably related. This engrossing
book describes his rise from coal miner to one of the most powerful labor
leaders our nation has ever known.")
Albert Schweitzer: Genius in the Jungle by Joseph
Gollomb ... $2.00 (1965, 149 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but
overall good. "Landing in primitive Africa in 1913, Dr. Schweitzer
and his wife literally with their bare hands helped to build a jungle hospital
at Lambarene.")
View from the Air - Charles Lindbergh's Earth and Sky
by Reeve Lindburgh ... $1.50 (1992, picture book. Color photographs throughout.
Ex-library, dustjacket, rebound, some wear but overall good. "The pilot's
perspective provides an enlightening view of man's impact on the earth.")
The Flight of the Lone Eagle, Charles Lindbergh Flies Nonstop
from New York to Paris by John T. Foster ... $2.00 (A Focus Book.
Ex-library, some wear, still a good reading copy. "An account of the
first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, made by Charles Lindbergh in 1927
in The Spirit of St. Louis, an event which marked the beginning of
the Air Age.")
John H. Glenn, Astronaut by Lt. Col. Philip
N. Pierce, USMC and Karl Schuon ... $1.00 (1962, 208 pages. Ex-library,
rebound, overall typical library wear to include some pencil marks, cuts
in the side of many pages (text can still be easily read). Still just fine
for a reading copy.)
The Story of Young Edwin Booth by Alma Power-Waters
... $2.00 (1955, 192 pages. Ex-library, cloth cover has wear, pages are
overall good. "Edwin Thomas Booth was a famous 19th-century American
actor. Some theater historians call him the greatest American actor and
Hamlet of the 19th century. ... Edwin's younger brother, John Wilkes Booth,
also an actor, assassinated Abraham Lincoln.")
The Edge of April, A Biography of John Burroughs
by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, illustrated by Lynd Ward ... $3.00 (1958, 316
pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. "American naturalist
and essayist important in the evolution of the U.S. conservation movement.")
Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Biography for Young Children
by Carol Hilgartner Schlank and Barbara Metzger ... $1.50 (1990, picture
book. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.)
The State Makers by Bill and Sue Severn ...
$2.00 (1963, 256 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good.
"Here are the stories of fifty men who had a leading part in America's
greatest adventure, the building of the nation, block by block, into these
United States. ... They are the state makers, some of them little known
outside the states they helped to make. ... Some were bold fighters, others
calm planners, many were men of strong personal ambition, and some were
selfless in devotion to a cause. But, whatever else, all were adventurers.")
The Andrew Carnegie Story by Charlie May Simon
... $2.00 (1966, 224 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a
good reading copy. Ages 12 and up.)
Our Blood and Tears, Black Freedom Fighters
by Ruth Wilson ... $2.00 (1972, 192 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall
good. Ages 12 and up. Benjamin Banneker and the Age of Reason; Nat Turner
and the Age of Violence; Frederick Douglass and the Crisis.)
Stan Musial - "The Man's" own Story
as Told to Bob Broeg ... $2.00 (1964, 328 pages. Young adult biography.)
Winston Churchill - Soldier, Statesman, Artist
by John B. Severance ... $3.00 (1996, 144 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
some wear but overall good. "A vivid portrait of a unique leader who
both experienced and influenced the great social and political changes of
the first half of the twentieth century.")
The Walls of Windy Troy, A Biography of Heinrich Schliemann
by Marjorie Braymer ... $1.50 (1962, 176 pages. Ex-library, wear to cloth
cover, pages are overall good.)
Profiles: Philanthropists and Their Legends by
Carol G. Traub ... $2.00 (1997, 160 pages. Ex-library, very good. Covers
Nobel, Cecil John Rhodes, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Julius Rosenwald, George
Eastman, Kellogg, and the MacArthurs.)
John H. Glenn, Astronaut by Lt. Col. Philip
N. Pierce, USMC and Karl Schuon ... -0- (It's free. Just ask for it when
you order other books. 1962, 208 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall typical
library wear; however, the major flaw is that someone took scissors or a
box cutter and sliced down through at least half the pages - on the right
edge, in the middle of the page. The slice goes into the text, but text
can still be read. These pages could be taped but it would take some time
to get it all done. The slice is about 1 1/2" long. There is also a
stain to the upper-right corner of the book. It is readable just as it is,
but would be better if the repairs were made.)
All Men Are Brothers, A Portrait of Albert Schweitzer by
Charlie May Simon ... $1.50 (1967, 192 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still
a good reading copy. "Albert Schweitzer - humanitarian, philosopher,
theologian, author, lecturer, organist, and skillful doctor.")
Sister Shako and Kolo the Goat, Memories of My Childhood
in Turkey by Vedat Dalokay ... $1.50 (1994, 96 pages. Ex-library,
dustjacket, overall good. "Dalokay, an architect and ex-mayor of Ankara,
fondly recalls his boyhood in eastern Turkey. Focusing on his relationship
with Sister Shako, a poor, elderly widow, he paints a picture of daily life
for Muslim herders in the late 1930s. Although Sister Shako has lost her
husband, sons, home, and possessions, she asks for nothing except the use
of a small hut, so that she and her six goats can live in harmony with nature.
She shares her food, indomitable spirit, and trials and small triumphs with
10-year-old Dalokay. The ending, in which the youth's village is submerged
under a lake when a dam is built for a hydroelectric plant, is particularly
poignant.")
John Marshall, A Biography of the Chief Justice
by Caroline Tucker ... $1.50 (1962, 207 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some
wear - still a good reading copy.)
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Biographies of Women (no specific order):
Love & Rivalry - Three Exceptional Pairs of Sisters
by Doris Faber ... $2.00 (1983, 200 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some
wear but overall good. The Stowe sisters, The Cushman sisters, and the Dickinson
sisters.)
The Little Princesses by Marion Crawford ...
$1.50 (1950, 314 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some typical wear - still a
good reading copy. "The biography of Princess Elizabeth and Princess
Margaret by their governess, Marion Crawford.")
In Calico and Crinoline - True Stories of American Women
1608-1865 by Eleanor Sickels ... $3.00 (1955, 274 pages. Ex-library,
hard wear to cover, pages are overall good. "What were they like, these
earlier American women, under Colonial cap or Quaker bonnet, inside calico
pioneer dress or stiff fashionable crinoline? Learning to know this one
and that among them is like stepping back into history. Each of their stories
is like a scene in the great drama of our country.")
In My Own Words: The Letters of Elinore Pruitt Stewart,
Woman Homesteader edited by Ruth Ashby ... $2.00 (2004, 80 pages.
Ex-library, overall good. "Presents the diary of a woman who made a
life for herself and her daughter by homesteading in Wyoming in the early
years of the twentieth century.")
Jane Addams by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson
... $1.00 (1988, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. Raintree
Children's Books.)
Heroines, Great Women through the Ages by Rebecca
Hazell ... $3.00 (1996, 79 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good.
"The lives and contributions of twelve women from many cultures and
throughout history are portrayed in this inspiring book. Women who changed
the world are depicted in the facinating historical period in which each
one lived." ... Agnodice - Ancient Greece; Lady Murasaki Shikibu -
Japan; Eleanor of Aquitaine - France; Joan of Arc -France; Queen Elizabeth
I - England; Sacagawea - United States; Harriet Tubman - United States;
Marie Curie - Poland/France; Anna Akhmatova - Russia; Madame Sun Yat-Sen
- China; Amelia Earhart - United States; Frida Kahlo - Mexico.")
Heroine of the Titanic - Molly Brown by Joan
W. Blos ...$2.00 (1991. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good
reading copy. Picture book. "An anecdotal account of some of the adventurous
activities of Molly Brown, with an emphasis on her survival of the sinking
of the Titanic.")
Women Warriors - Myths and Legends of Heroic Women
by Marianna Mayer ... $3.00 (1999, 80 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, very
good. "From days of old, they have intrigued people all over the world:
brave, defiant warrior women who stir imaginations, rouse passions, and
often inspire thousands of followers. These fierce and fearless spirits
are goddesses, queens, and peasants; they are children, young women, and
adults in the winter of their years. From the story of Britain's proud queen
Boadicea to that of the Sioux warrior Winyan Ohitika, Marianna Mayer re-creates
twelve thrilling tales of war and bravery, bitterness and triumph. Twenty-four
full-color illustrations and a map, bibliography, and annotated index are
included in this striking anthology for all ages.")
Valiant Companions - Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy
by Helen E. Waite ... $2.00 (1959, 222 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good
condition. Ages 12 to 16.)
Lives of Extraordinary Women - Rulers, Rebels (and What
the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull ... $3.00 (2000, 95
pages. Ex-library, good condition. "Not all governments have been run
by men. Lives of Extraordinary Women turns the spotlight on women
who have wielded power, revealing their feats - and flaws - for all the
world to see. Here you'll find twenty of the most influential women in history:
queens, warriors, prime ministers, first ladies, revolutionary leaders.
Some are revered. Others are notorious. What were they really like? ...
In this grand addition to their highly praised series, Kathleen Krull and
Kathryn Hewitt celebrate some of the world's most noteworthy women, ranging
from the famous to those whose stories have rarely been told. Features twenty
extraordinary women, including: Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Harriet
Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Eva Perón.")
Women Who Led the Way, Eight Pioneers for Equal Rights
by David K. Boynick ... $2.00 (1959, 245 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
good condition. "Mary Lyon, Susan B. Anthony, Belva Ann Lockwood, Antoinette
Brown, Alice Hamilton, Lillian M. Gilbreth, Amelia Earhart, Dorothy Shaver.)
Clara Barton by Mildred Mastin Pace ... $2.00
(1941, 141 pages. Pages are lightly browning.)
The Forbidden Schoolhouse - The True and Dramatic Story
of Prudence Crandall and Her Studies by Suzanne Jurmain ... $3.00
(2005, 150 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, very good. "They threw rocks
and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall
groceries or let her students attend the town church. Mysteriously, her
schoolhouse was set on fire by whom and how remains a mystery. The town
authorities dragged her to jail and put her on trial for breaking the law.
Her crime? Trying to teach African American girls geography, history, reading,
philosophy, and chemistry. Trying to open and maintain one of the first
African American schools in America. ... Exciting and eye-opening, this
account of the heroine of Canterbury, Connecticut, and her elegant white
schoolhouse at the center of town will give readers a glimpse of what it
is like to try to change the world when few agree with you.")
Brave Bessie, Flying Free by Lillian M. Fisher
... $1.50 (1995, 87 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "Traces
the life of Bessie Coleman, the first black female pilot in America. ...
Growing up poor in rural Texas, Bessie longed to rise above the cotton fields
and to fly an airplane.")
Women Who Shaped History by Henrietta Buckmaster
... $1.50 (1966, 152 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good
reading copy. Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Dorothea Dix, Prudence Crandall, and Mary Baker Eddy.)
Annie Sullivan, A Portrait by Terry Dunnahoo
... $1.50 (1976, 155 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, very hard wear to cover,
pages have some wear but are overall good. Grades 4 to 6. "Few people
know the story behind 'the miracle worker.' Perhaps the greatest miracle
in Annie's life was her conquest over her own handicaps - a cruel and impoverished
childhood and partial blindness.")
Elizabeth Garrett, M.D. by Jo Manton ... $1.00
(1960, 159 pages. Ex-library, wear to cover, pages are overall good. "This
book is the story of her long struggle to get her name on the British Medical
Register, to build a private practice, to found a hospital staffed by women
for women, and to establish a medical school where other women could follow
in her footsteps.")
Jane Addams by Gail Faithfull Keller ... $1.50
(1971, 41 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some typical wear - still a good
reading copy. Thomas Y. Crowell Company.)
Sky Pioneer, A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart
by Corinne Szabo ... $1.50 (1997, 64 pages. National Geographic Society.
Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear to include a bit of a loose spine - could
use tape reinforcement between a few pages and at the back hinge.)
Love & Rivalry - Three Exceptional Pairs of Sisters
by Doris Faber ... $1.50 (1983, 200 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
some wear but overall good. "This fascinating and appealing account
explores the lives of three nineteenth-century women and their sisters:
Harriet Beecher Stowe, a novelist with a radical view of human equality;
Charlotte Cushman, an actress who played male roles; and Emily Dickinson,
the reclusive poet.")
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Others:
Famous Merchants by Sigmund A. Lavine ...
$3.00 (1965, 155 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good.
Famous Biographies for Young People. Tiffany, Macy, Wanamaker, Woolworth,
Brady, Hartford, Penney, Wood, Arden, Rudkin, Johnson, Ferkauf.)
What Are You Figuring Now? A Story about Benjamin Banneker
by Jeri Ferris ... $1.50 (1988, 64 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear
but overall good. "A biography of the Afro-American farmer and self-taught
mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the
United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notable
for its preciseness.")
Mapmakes of America, From the Age of Discovery to the Space
Era by S. Carl Hirsch ... $2.00 (1970, 176 pages. Ex-library,
some wear but overall good.)
Powerful Words - More than 200 Years of Extraordinary Writing
by African Americans by Wade Hudson ... $3.00 (2004, 178 pages. Ex-library,
overall good. "This is a moving collection of excerpted writings (letters,
speeches, poetry, novels, songs, and more) by famous African-Americans with
thoughtful commentary on the authors, as well as the impact the writings
have had on society.Benjamin Banneker. Dred Scott. Ida B. Wells Barnett.
Marcus Garvey. Langston Hughes. Rosa Parks. Malcolm X. Toni Morrison. Lauryn
Hill. These and many more are the people who have helped shape African-American
culture throughout history.")
Leaders of the People by Josephine Kamm ...
$2.00 (1959, 208 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good.
"Moses, Isaiah of Jerusalem, Judas Maccabeus, Hillel, Akiba, Moses
Maimonides, Isaac Abravanel, Joseph Nasi, Menasseh ben Israel, Moses Mendelssohn,
Moses Montefiore, Theodor Herzl, Leo Baeck, Chaim Weizmann.)
Revolutionaries: Agents of Change by James Haskins
... $1.50 (1971, 224 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a
good reading copy. Ages 12 and up. Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh, Karl Marx, Robespierre,
Kemal Ataturk, Mao Tse0-Tung, Patrick Henry, Fidel Castro, Ernesto "Che"
Guevara, Emiliano Zapata, George Washington.)
Days to Remember, An Almanac by William Lipkind
... $2.00 (1961. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. "In
this almanac, for each month of the year you will find the birthdays of
a few famous people, and something about them. ... Besides the birthdays
you will also find days that are important as holidays, how they came to
be celebrated and how they are now celebrated." Short cameos.)
The Italian-Americans by Luciano J. Iorizzo
and Salvatore Mondello ... $2.00 (1971, 273 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
good condition. The Immigrant Heritage of America. "The reader who
is looking for a Who's Who of Famous Italian-Americans or a definitive treatment
of Italian immigration need go no further." ... Italian Adventurers
and Pioneers; Prelude to the Mass Migration: The North Italians; The Great
Migration: The Coming of the South Italians; The Great Fear; Embattled Braccianti;
Uneasy Allies: Progressive Reformers and the Italians in Urban America;
New World Contadini; Ethnic Leaders: The Padroni in Upstate New York; Crime
and the Italian-Americans; The Religious Encounter; Italian-American Fascism.)
Champions of Peace, Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize
by Edith Patterson Meyer ... $1.50 (1959, 216 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket,
some wear - still a good reading copy. Ages 12 and up. "There are surprising
contrasts among the Nobel Peace Prize winners and the different ways in
which they worked for peace.")
Troll Associates Pop-Up: Martin Luther King, Jr. - An Adventure
in Courage ... $2.00 (1992. Not ex-library, good condition.)
Troll Associates Pop-Up: George Washington - An Adventure
in Courage ... $2.00 (1992. Not ex-library, good condition.)
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