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Garrard Discovery Biography Series

By Heather Idoni

Updated Saturday, March 28, 2009

  • Abigail Adams, Dear Partner by Helen Stone Peterson
  • Abraham Lincoln, For the People by Anne Colver/Polly Anne Graff
  • Alexander Graham Bell, Man of Sound by Elizabeth Rider Montgomery
  • Amelia Earhart, Pioneer in the Sky by John Parlin
  • Andrew Jackson, Pioneer and President by John Parlin
  • Annie Oakley, the Shooting Star by Charles P. Graves
  • Benjamin Franklin, Man of Ideas by Charles P. Graves
  • Booker T. Washington, Leader of His People by Lillie Patterson
  • Buffalo Bill, Wild West Showman by Mary Richmond Davidson
  • Charles Lindbergh, Hero Pilot by David R. Collins
  • Clara Barton, Soldier of Mercy by Mary Catherine Rose
  • Daniel Boone, Taming the Wilds by Katherine E. Wilkie
  • David Glasgow Farragut, Our First Admiral by Jean Lee Latham
  • Davy Crockett, Hero of the Wild Frontier by Elizabeth Robards Mosely
  • Dolly Madison, Famous First Lady by Mary Richmond Davidson
  • Dorothea L. Dix, Hospital Founder by Mary Malone
  • Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady Of The World by Charles P. Graves
  • Eli Whitney, Great Inventor by Jean Lee Latham
  • Elizabeth Blackwell, Pioneer Woman Doctor by Jean Lee Latham
  • Ernest Thompson Seton, Scout and Naturalist by Wyatt Blassingame
  • Florence Nightingale, War Nurse by Anne Colver/Polly Anne Graff
  • Francis Marion, Swamp Fox of the Carolinas by Elizabeth and Carl Carmer
  • Francis Scott Key, Poet and Patriot by Lillie Patterson
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, Four Times President by Wyatt Blassingame
  • Frederick Douglass, Freedom Fighter by Lillie Patterson
  • George Rogers Clark, Frontier Fighter by Adele deLeeuw
  • George W. Goethals, Panama Canal Engineer by Jean Lee Latham
  • George Washington, Father of Freedom by Stewart Graff
  • George Washington Carver, Negro Scientist by Samuel and Beryl Epstein
  • Harry S. Truman, People's President by David Collins
  • Helen Keller, Toward the Light by Stewart and Polly Anne Graff
  • Henry Clay, Leader in Congress by Helen Stone Peterson
  • Henry Hudson, Captain of the Ice Bound Seas by Carl Carmer
  • Jane Addams, Pioneer of Hull House by Helen Peterson
  • Jed Smith, Trailblazer and Trapper by Frank Brown Latham
  • Jim Beckwourth, Black Trapper and Indian Chief by Wyatt Blassingame
  • Jim Bridger, Man of the Mountains by Willard and Celia Luce
  • John F. Kennedy, New Frontiersman by Charles P. Graves
  • John James Audubon, Bird Artist by James Sterling Ayars
  • John Paul Jones, Sailor Hero by Stewart Graff
  • John Muir, Friend of Nature by Margaret Goff Clark
  • Juliette Low, Girl Scout Founder by Ruby L. Radford
  • Kit Carson, Pathfinder to the West by Nardi Reeder Campion
  • Lafayette, French-American Hero by Claire Huchet Bishop
  • Leif the Lucky, Discoverer of America by Erick Berry
  • Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii by Mary Malone
  • Linda Richards, First American Trained Nurse by David R. Collins
  • Lucretia Mott, Foe of Slavery by Doris Faber
  • Luther Burbank, Partner of Nature by Doris Faber
  • Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, Oregon Pioneers by Marian T. Place
  • Maria Mitchell, Stargazer by Katharine E. Wilkie
  • Martha Washington, First Lady of the Land by LaVere Anderson
  • Mary McLeod Bethune, Teacher with a Dream by LaVere Anderson
  • Mary Todd Lincoln, President's Wife by Lavere Anderson
  • P. T. Barnum, King of the Circus by Lynn Groh
  • Paul Revere, Rider for Liberty by Charles P. Graves
  • Rachel Carson, Who Loved the Sea by Jean Lee Latham
  • Richard E. Byrd, Adventurer to the Poles by Adele deLeeuw
  • Ringling Brothers, The, Circus Family by Richard and Sally Glendinning
  • Robert E. Lee, Hero of the South by Charles P. Graves
  • Robert E. Peary, North Pole Conqueror by Erick Berry
  • Robert Fulton, Steamboat Builder by Joanne Landers Henry
  • Robert H. Goddard, Space Pioneer by Milton Lomask
  • Sacagawea, Indian Guide by Wyatt Blassingame
  • Sam Houston, Hero of Texas by Jean Lee Latham
  • Samuel F. B. Morse, Artist-Inventor by Jean Lee Latham
  • Stephen Decatur, Fighting Sailor by Wyatt Blassingame
  • Tad Lincoln, Abe's Son by Anderson Lavere
  • Theodore Roosevelt, Man of Action by James C. Beach
  • Thomas Alva Edison, Miracle Maker by Mervyn D. Kaufman
  • Thomas Jefferson, Author of Independence by Polly Anne Graff (Anne Colver)
  • Ulysses S. Grant, Horseman and Fighter by Colonel Red Reeder
  • William Penn, Friend to All by Katherine E. Wilkie
  • Wright Brothers, The, Kings of the Air by Mervyn D. Kaufman

 




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