THE CHILDHOODS OF FAMOUS AMERICANS SERIES

One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively inspiring, fictionalized biographies – easily read by children of eight and up – today’s youngster is swept right into history.

ABIGAIL ADAMS

SUSAN B. ANTHONY

NEIL ARMSTRONG

CRISPUS ATTUCKS

CLARA BARTON

ELIZABETH BLACKWELL

DANIEL BOONE

BUFFALO BILL

WILL CLARK

ROBERTO CLEMENTE

DAVY CROCKETT

WALT DISNEY

THOMAS A. EDISON

ALBERT EINSTEIN

HENRY FORD

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

LOU GEHRIG

HARRY HOUDINI

LANGSTON HUGHES

TOM JEFFERSON

HELEN KELLER

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

ROBERT E.LEE

MERTWETHER LEWIS

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

MARY TODD LINCOLN

THURGOOD MARSHALL

JOHN MUIR

ANNIE OAKLEY

MOLLY PITCHER

POCAHONTAS

PAUL REVERE

KNUTE ROCKNE

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

TEDDY ROOSEVELT

BETSY ROSS

BABE RUTH

SACAGAWEA

SITTING BULL

JIM THORPE

MARK TWAIN

GEORGE WASHINGTON

MARTHA WASHINGTON

WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT

A biography emphasizing the childhood of the baseball legend who became the first African American to play Major League baseball.

Publish Date : 1999-03-01