Julian Messner Biography Series
By Heather Idoni
Updated Saturday, March 28, 2009
- Abe Lincoln's Other Mother, The Story of Sarah B. Lincoln by Bernadine Bailey (1941)
- Abraham Lincoln by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1953)
- Admiral Byrd of Antarctica by Michael Gladych (1960)
- African Firebrand, Kenyatta of Kenya by Jules Archer (1969)
- Albert Einstein by Elma Ehrlich Levinger (1967)
- Alice Fitzgerald, Nurse Around the World by Iris Noble (1964)
- Amelia Earhart , Heroine of the Skies by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1947)
- America's First Trained Nurse, Linda Richards by Rachel Baker (1959)
- America's First Woman Astronomer, Maria Mitchell by Rachel Baker and Joanna Baker Merlen (1960)
- America's First Woman Chemist, Ellen Richards by Esther M. Douty (1961)
- Andrew Jackson by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1949)
- Angel of Appalachia, Martha Berry by Elisabeth P. Myers (1968)
- Angel of Mercy, The Story of Dorothea Lynde Dix by Rachel Baker (1955)
- Angry Abolitionist, The Story of William Lloyd Garrison by Jules Archer (1969)
- Annie Oakley by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1958)
- Behind the Silken Curtain, The Story of Townsend Harris by I. E. Levine (1961)
- Belle Boyd, Secret Agent by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1967)
- Benedict Arnold, Traitor to His Country by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1956)
- Big Foot Wallace of the Texas Rangers by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1951)
- Black Patriot and Martyr, Toussaint of Haiti by Ann Griffiths (1970)
- Black Women of Valor by Olive W. Burt (1974)
- Blood and Guts, The True Story of General George S. Patton by John Devaney (1982)
- Booker T. Washington, Educator of Hand, Head, and Heart by Shirley Graham (du Bois) (1955)
- Brigham Young by Olive Burt (1956)
- Broken Hand Fitzpatrick, Greatest of Mountain Men by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1961)
- Brotherhood of Pirates by Judith Schoder (1979)
- Buffalo Bill by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1948)
- Cameras and Courage, Margaret Bourke-White by Iris Noble (1973)
- Chaim Weizmann, Builder of a Nation by Rachel Baker (1950)
- Champion of Liberty, Henry Knox by Justin F. Denzel (1969)
- Champion of World Peace, Dag Hammarskjold by I. E. Levine (1962)
- Charlemagne by Manuel Komroff (1964)
- Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1953)
- Civil War Nurse, Mary Ann Bickerdyke by Adele de Leeuw (1973)
- Clarence Darrow Defense Attorney by Iris Noble (1958)
- Cochise, Great Apache Chief by Enid Johnson (1953)
- Colossus of Europe, Metternich by Jules Archer (1970)
- Conquerer of Small Pox, Dr. Edward Jenner by I. E. Levine (1960)
- The Courage of Doctor Lister by Iris Noble (1960)
- Cowboy Artist, Charles M. Russell by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1960)
- Curtain Going Up, The Story of Katharine Cornell by Gladys Malvern (1943)
- Custer, Fighter of the Plains by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1944)
- Dancing Star, The Story of Anna Pavlova by Gladys Malvern (1942)
- Desert Fighter, Story of Yigael Yadin and the Dead Sea Scrolls by Shane Miller
- Dick Wootton, Trailblazer of Raton Pass by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1956)
- The Discoverer of Insulin, Dr. Frederick G. Banting by I. E. Levine (1959)
- The Discoverer of Oxygen, Joseph Priestly by William D. Crane (1962)
- The Discoverer of X-Ray, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen by Arnulf K. Esterer (1968)
- Disraeli by Manuel Komroff (1963)
- Dr. George Washington Carver, Scientist by Shirley Graham and George D. Lipscomb (1944)
- Dr. Morton, Pioneer in the Use of Ether by Rachel Baker (1946)
- The Doctor who Dared, Sir William Osler by Iris Noble (1959)
- Dolley Madison by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1967)
- Douglas MacArthur, Front-line General by Jules Archer
- Edith Cavell, Heroic Nurse by Juliette Elkon
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, America's Best Loved Poet by Toby Shafter
- Egypt's Queen Cleopatra by Iris Noble (1963)
- Electrical Genius, Nikola Tesla by Arthur J. Beckhard
- Electronics Pioneer, Lee DeForest by I. E. Levine (1964)
- Emmeline and Her Daughters: The Pankhurst Suffragettes by Iris Noble (1971)
- Empress of all Russia, Catherine the Great by Iris Noble (1966)
- Ernest Thompson Seton , Naturalist by (Doris) Shannon Garst with Warren Garst
- Explorer with a Dream, John Ledyard by S. G. Mantel (1969)
- Fearless Adventurer, Sir Richard Burton by Arthur Orrmont (1969)
- Fidel Castro of Cuba by Judith Bentley (1991)
- Fighter for Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru by Alfred Apsler
- Fighting Journalist: Horace Greeley by Jules Archer
- The First Woman Ambulance Surgeon, Emily Barringer by Iris Noble (1962)
- The First Woman Doctor, The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D. by Rachel Baker (1944)
- The First Woman Editor, Sarah J. Hale by Olive Burt (1960)
- (The Story of) Florence Nightingale by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1946)
- Francis Marion, Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Beryl Williams and Samuel Epstein (1967)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Man of Destiny by David E. Weingast
- Frederick Law Olmstead, Park Designer by Iris Noble (1974)
- Freedom Fighter, Casimir Pulaski by David J. Abodaher (1969)
- Frontier Hero: Simon Kenton by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1963)
- Frontier Nurse, Mary Breckenridge by Katharine E. Wilkie and Elizabeth R. Mosely (1969)
- Frontier Scientist, Clarence King by Bob and Jan Young (1968)
- The Gay Poet, the Story of Eugene Field by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1940)
- Gene Rhodes, Cowboy by B. F. Day
- Genius with a Scalpel, Harvey Cushing by Justin F. Denzel (1971)
- George Patton, General in Spurs by Alden Hatch
- George Rogers Clark, Soldier and Hero by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1954)
- Ghost Towns of the West by Olive W. Burt (1976)
- Glenn Curtiss, Pioneer of Naval Aviation by Alden Hatch
- Goethals and the Panama Canal by Howard Fast
- Great Houdini , Magician Extraordinary by Beryl Williams and Samuel Epstein (1950)
- Great Lady of the Theatre, Sarah Bernhardt by Iris Noble (1960)
- Harry S. Truman, the Man from Independence by Karin Clafford Farley
- Haym Salomon, Son of Liberty by Howard Fast
- He Freed the Minds of Men, Rene Descartes by Edwin P. Hoyt (1969)
- He Heard America Sing, The Story of Stephen Foster by Claire Lee Purdy
- Henry Ford by Cy Caldwell
- The Honor of Balboa by Iris Noble (1970)
- The Indestructible Commodore Matthew Perry by Arthur Orrmont
- Inventive Wizard, George Westinghouse by I. E. Levine (1962)
- Isaac Newton by Harry Sootin
- Israel's Golda Meir, Pioneer to Prime Minister by Iris Noble (1974)
- Ivan the Terrible by Alfred Apsler (1971)
- Jack London, Magnet for Adventure by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1944)
- James Bowie and His Famous Knife by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1955)
- James Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier Poet by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1941)
- The Jimmy Carter Story by Margaret Poynter (1978)
- Joe Magarac and His U. S. A. Citizen Papers by Irwin Shapiro (1948)
- Joe Meek, Man of the West by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1954)
- Joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Remus), Plantation Story Teller by Alvin F. Harlow (1941)
- John Brown by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1950)
- John Baptiste Pointe de Sable, Founder of Chicago by Shirley Graham
- John Charles Fremont, Trail Marker of the Old West (1955)
- John Henry and the Double-Jointed Steam Drill by Irwin Shapiro (1948)
- John Muir, Father of Our National Parks by Charles Norman
- Joseph Brant, Chief of Six Nations by Clifford Lindsey Alderman (1958)
- Joseph Pulitzer, Front Page Pioneer by Iris Noble (1957)
- Julius Caesar by Manuel Komroff (1955)
- Julius K. Nyerere, Teacher of Africa by Shirley Graham (du Bois) (1975)
- Kit Carson, Trailblazer and Scout by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1942)
- Labor's Advocate, Eugene V. Debs by Iris Noble (1966)
- LaSalle and the Grand Enterprise by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1951)
- Lenin, The Man Who Made A Revolution by I. E. Levine (1969)
- Lillian Wald, Angel of Henry Street by Beryl Epstein (1948)
- The Little Giant, The Story of Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1943)
- Louis Braille, Windows for the Blind by J. Alvin Kugelmass
- Louis Pasteur by L. N. Wood
- Luther Burbank, Plant Magician by John Y. Beaty
- Madame Secretary, Frances Perkins by Elisabeth P. Meyers (1972)
- Mahatma Gandhi by Doris Faber (1986)
- Man of Steel, Joseph Stalin by Jules Archer
- Man with a Microscope, Elie Metchnikoff by Elaine Mardus
- Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doris Faber (1986)
- The Man Who Transformed the World, James Watt by William D. Crane (1963)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up, Henry Clay by Katharine E. Wilkie (1961)
- The Many Worlds of Herbert Hoover by James P. Terzian
- Marco Polo by Manuel Komroff (1952)
- Marie Antoinette by Manuel Komroff and Odette Komroff (1967)
- Master Detective, Allan Pinkerton by Arthur Orrmont
- Master Surgeon, John Hunter by Iris Noble (1971)
- Mendeleyev and his Periodic Table by Robin McKown
- Miracle Man of Printing, Ottmar Mergenthaler by I. E. Levine (1963)
- Napoleon by Manuel Komroff (1954)
- Nazi Hunter, Simon Wiesenthal (1979)
- Nellie Bly, First Woman Reporter by Iris Noble (1956)
- Noah Webster, Father of the Dictionary by Isabel Proudfit
- Nurse Around the World, Alice Fitzgerald by Iris Noble
- O. Henry, The Story of William Sydney Porter by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1943)
- Old Rough and Ready, Zachary Taylor by Bob and Jan Young (1970)
- Oliver Cromwell by I. E. Levine (1966)
- Osceola and the Seminole Wars by Clifford Lindsey Alderman (1973)
- Patriot Doctor, The Story of Benjamin Rush by Esther Douty.
- Patriotic Rebel, John C. Calhoun by William D. Crane (1971)
- Paul Robeson, Citizen of the World by Shirley Graham
- Peter the Great by Joan Joseph (1968)
- (The Story of) Phyllis Wheatley by Shirley Graham
- Physician to the Children, Dr. Bela Schick by Iris Noble (1963)
- Physician to the World, Esther Pohl Lovejoy by Olive W. Burt (1973)
- Pioneer Oceanographer, Alexander Agassiz by Beryl Williams and Samuel Epstein (1963)
- Pioneer Surgeon, Dr. Ephraim McDowell by Josephine Rich
- Plant Explorer, David Fairchild by Beryl Williams and Samuel Epstein (1963)
- The President from Missouri, Harry S. Truman by Ralph G. Martin (1973)
- Printer's Devil to Publisher, Adolph Ochs by Doris Faber
- Prophet of Revolution, Karl Marx by Alfred Apsler (1967)
- Queen of Publisher's Row, Mrs. Frank Leslie by Madeleine B. Stern
- Radical of the Revolution, Samuel Adams by Margaret Green (1971)
- Ralph Bunche, Fighter for Peace by J. Kugelmass
- Rebel on Two Continents, Thomas Meagher by David J. Abodaher (1970)
- Red Rebel, Tito of Yugoslavia by Jules Archer
- Reluctant Warrior, Ulysses S. Grant by Bob and Jan Young (1971)
- Roald Amundsen, A Saga of the Polar Seas by J. Alvin Kugelmass
- Robert E. Lee by Guy Emery
- Ronald Reagan by George Sullivan (1985)
- Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys by Frank Rasky
- Rudyard Kipling, Son of Empire by Nella Braddy
- Sam Houston, Lone Star Leader by Curtis Bishop
- Scotty Allen, King of the Dog Team Drivers by (Doris) Shannon Garst
- Sigmund Freud by Rachel Baker (1952)
- Sitting Bull, Champion of His People by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1946)
- Sojourner Truth: Slave, Abolitionist, Fighter for Women's Rights by Aletha Jane Lindstrom (1980)
- Soldier of the Andes, Jose de San Martin by Paul Rink (1971)
- Soldier, Statesman and Defendant, Aaron Burr by Jeannette Covert Nolan
- Song of the North, The Story of Edvard Grieg by Claire Lee Purdy
- South America's Yankee Genius, Henry Meiggs by Elisabeth P. Myers (1969)
- Spain's Golden Queen Isabella by Iris Noble (1969)
- Spokesman for the Free World, Adlai E. Stevenson by I. E. Levine (1967)
- Spy for the Confederacy, Rose O'Neal Greenhow by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1960)
- Stormy Victory, The Story of Tchaikovsky by Claire Lee Purdy
- Susan B. Anthony by Iris Noble (1975)
- Talleyrand by Manuel Komroff (1965)
- (The Story of ) Clara Barton of the Red Cross by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1941)
- The Sun King, Louis XIV of France by Alfred Apsler
- Susan B. Anthony by Iris Noble (1975)
- Tecumseh, Destiny's Warrior by David C. Cooke
- Thaddeus Lowe, America's One-Man Air Corps by Mary Hoehling
- Thomas Jefferson by Manuel Komroff (1961)
- The Treasure Hunter, The Story of Robert Louis Stevenson by Isabel Proudfit
- To Ride the Wind, A Biography of Glenn L. Martin by Henry Still (1964)
- Trotsky, World Revolutionary by Jules Archer (1973)
- Tutankhamun and the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt by Ron Knapp (1979)
- Twentieth Century Caesar, Benito Mussolini by Jules Archer
- Valiant Minstrel, The Story of Sir Harry Lauder (1943)
- The Valiant Virginian, Stonewall Jackson by Felix Sutton
- Vive de Gaulle, The Story of Charles de Gaulle by Alfred Apsler (1973)
- Walt Whitman, Builder for America by Babette Deutsch
- Walter Reed, Doctor in Uniform by L. N. Wood
- Warrior on Two Continents, Thaddeus Kosciuszko by David J. Abodaher (1968)
- Wild Bill Hickok by (Doris) Shannon Garst with Warren Garst (1952)
- Will Rogers, Immortal Cowboy by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1950)
- William Bent and His Adobe Empire by (Doris) Shannon Garst (1957)
- William Crawford Gorgas, Tropic Fever Fighter by Beryl Williams and Samuel Epstein (1961)
- William Shakespeare by Iris Noble (1961)
- Winged Moccasins, The Story of Sacajawea by Frances Joyce Farnsworth (1954)
- Women Who Ruled, Cleopatra to Elizabeth II by Robert A. Liston (1978)
- World Citizen, Woodrow Wilson by Jules Archer (1967)
- Yankee Spy, Elizabeth Van Lew by Jeannette Covert Nolan (1970)
- Yankee Thunder, The Legendary Life of Davy Crockett by Irwin Shapiro (1944)
- Young Ike by Alden Hatch (1953)
- Young Man in the White House, John Fitzgerald Kennedy by I. E. Levine (1964)
- Your Most Humble Servant (the story of Benjamin Banneker) by Shirley Graham (1949)
- Zambia's President, Kenneth Kaunda by Florence T. Polatnick and Alberta L. Saletan (1972)