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