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1) Susan B. Anthony

Author

Cooper, Ilene

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

1984.

Physical Desc

117 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A biography of one of the first leaders of the campaign for women's rights who helped organize the women's suffrage movement.

2) Harriet Tubman

Author

Bentley, Judith

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

1990.

Physical Desc

144 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Details Harriet Tubman's life, experiences, and efforts to aid slaves in escaping to the North, as well as her assistance to the Union cause during the Civil War.

3) Edgar Allan Poe: a mystery

Author

Anderson, Madelyn Klein

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1993]

Physical Desc

158 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Chronicles the troubled life of the nineteenth-century author, focusing on the haunting nature of his work.

4) Harriet Beecher Stowe

Author

Coil, Suzanne M

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1993]

Physical Desc

173 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the nineteenth-century author whose anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" helped intensify the disagreement between North and South.

5) Louis Armstrong

Author

Brown, Sandford

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1993]

Physical Desc

124 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Examines the personal life and musical career of the famous jazz trumpeter and singer known as Satchmo.

6) Everyday I sing the blues: the story of B.B. King

Author

Shirley, David

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

1995.

Physical Desc

127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

7) Alan Turing: the architect of the computer age

Author

Gottfried, Ted

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

1996.

Physical Desc

128 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

8) Albert Einstein

Author

Goldberg, Jake

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[1996]

Physical Desc

128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Describes the life and work of the scientist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

9) The Beatles: the music was never the same

Author

Martin, Marvin

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[1996]

Physical Desc

207 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the the four boys from Liverpool who, after achieving phenomenal success as the Beatles, were pressured by international fame, and broke up in 1970.

10) Elvis Presley: the king of rock 'n' roll

Author

Daily, Robert

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1996]

Physical Desc

144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Examines the rock star's childhood, family life, musical career, films, and legacy.

11) The hunt and the feast: a life of Ernest Hemingway

Author

Tessitore, John

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[1996]

Physical Desc

224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the acclaimed American writer whose childhood and adult experiences became common themes in his stories and novels.

12) James Baldwin: voice from Harlem

Author

Gottfried, Ted

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1997]

Physical Desc

112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

13) The legend of Jesse Owens

Author

Nuwer, Hank

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1998]

Physical Desc

176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

14) Muhammed Ali: the world's champion

Author

Tessitore, John

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1998]

Physical Desc

143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

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1) Susan B. Anthony

2) Harriet Tubman

3) Edgar Allan Poe: a mystery

4) Harriet Beecher Stowe

5) Louis Armstrong

6) Everyday I sing the blues: the story of B.B. King

7) Alan Turing: the architect of the computer age

8) Albert Einstein

9) The Beatles: the music was never the same

10) Elvis Presley: the king of rock 'n' roll

11) The hunt and the feast: a life of Ernest Hemingway

12) James Baldwin: voice from Harlem

13) The legend of Jesse Owens

14) Muhammed Ali: the world's champion

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