Non-Fiction
American Legends: The Life of Tecumseh
Tecumseh's reputation among Americans has been both the most unique and anomalous. As the leader of the Shawnee, Tecumseh was the most famous Native American of the early 19th century, and he attempted to peacefully establish a Native American nation...
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American Legends: The Life of Thomas Edison
Includes a list of Edison's patents. Includes pictures of Edison and important people in his life. Includes some of Edison's most inspiring quotes and explanations about his inventive techniques. Includes a Table of Contents. "He led no armies into battle,...
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American Legends: The Life of Thurgood Marshall
"A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not...
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American Legends: The Life of Ulysses S. Grant
*Includes 30 pictures of Grant and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes anecdotes about Grant's life, such as how Hiram Ulysses Grant came to be known as Ulysses S. Grant.*Includes a Table of Contents.A lot of ink has...
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American Legends: The Life of Walt Disney
*Includes pictures.*Includes Disney's quotes about his life and work.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."Over at our place, we're sure of just one thing: everybody in the world was once a child. So in planning a new...
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American Legends: The Life of Walter Cronkite
"And that's the way it is." - Walter Cronkite A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American...
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American Legends: The Life of Walter Matthau
*Includes pictures *Includes Matthau's own quotes about his life and career *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality...'The Odd...
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American Legends: The Life of Will Rogers
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." - Will Rogers A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for...
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American Legends: The Life of William Faulkner
*Includes pictures of important people and places.*Includes Faulkner's own quotes about his life and career, as well as his famous Nobel Prize acceptance speech.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.A lot of ink has been spilled covering...
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American Legends: The Life of Willie Nelson
*Includes pictures*Includes Nelson's quotes about his life and career*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Since I was a kid, music was what I wanted to do. I thought I could make it by my own...
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American Legends: The Life of Woodrow Wilson
*Includes Wilson's Fourteen Points, Inaugural Addresses, and his War Message to Congress for World War I.*Discusses controversies surrounding Wilson's life and presidency, including the rumors surrounding his wife's role in 1920 after his strokes in office.*Includes pictures of Wilson and...
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American Legends: The Marx Brothers
*Includes pictures.*Includes the brothers' funniest quotes.*Includes a bibliography for further reading."The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl." – Irving Berlin“I sent the club a wire stating, ‘PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I...
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American Legends: The Pilgrims and the Mayflower
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts from the journals of two of the Mayflower's passengers*Includes a Table of Contents.“By God's providence, upon the ninth of November following, by break of the day we espied land which was deemed to be Cape Cod, and...
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American Legends: The Salem Witch Trials
*Includes descriptions of the trials and executions of the accused.*Includes testimony from some of the cases and the petitions of some of the accused asking for clemency.*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading."More than...
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American Legends: The Three Stooges
*Includes pictures.*Includes the Stooges' quotes about their lives and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading."Oh, a wise guy, eh?" – Moe Howard"I'm a victim of soicumstance." – Curly Howard"I'm sorry, Moe, it was an accident!" – Larry Fine A lot...
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American Legends: The Wright Brothers
*Includes pictures of the Wright brothers, their planes, and important events. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. “For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has increased in severity and...
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American Outlaws: The Life and Legacy of Baby Face Nelson
America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean cut, an informal ode to the rugged individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the nation in previous centuries. The early 19th century saw the glorification of frontier folk heroes like Davy Crockett...
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American Outlaws: The Life and Legacy of John Dillinger
"I will be the meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here." (John Dillinger) America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean cut, an informal ode to the rugged individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the nation...
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American Outlaws: The Lives and Legacies of Bonnie & Clyde
"You've read the story of Jesse James Of how he lived and died If you're still in need of something to read Here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde." - Bonnie Parker, "The Trail's End" America has always preferred heroes...
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America's Greatest 19th Century Presidents: The Lives of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant
*Includes dozens of pictures of the presidents and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes a Table of ContentsThe 19th century was the pivotal era in American history, determining how a new nation would overcome its most divisive issues...
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