ELEMENTARY
♦ Roger Williams by Helen Stone Peterson
Garrard Colony Leaders Series
♦ $ Roger Williams: Defender of Freedom by Cecile Edwards
A Piper Book
♦ America's Paul Revere by Esther Forbes
♦ $ Benjamin Franklin, Man of Ideas by Charles P. Graves
A Discovery Book
♦ Benjamin Franklin, Printer and Patriot by Ruth Weir
$ Meet Thomas Jefferson by Marvin Barrett
A Landmark Book. When Thomas Jefferson was young, Virginia was still a colony of England. Jefferson thought that many English laws and taxes were unfair, so he studied hard to become a lawyer and help make better laws. Soon he and others came to believe that the colonies should become a new country, and Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence. As the third president of the United States, he focused on exploring the country and making it grow. His fairness and love of learning made him one of the most beloved presidents of all time.
♦ $ The Story of Benjamin Franklin, Amazing American by Margaret Davidson
♦ $ The Story of Thomas Jefferson by Earl Schenck Miers
A Signature Biography
♦ Thomas Jefferson, Author of Independence by Anne Colver/Polly Anne Graff
A Discovery Biography
♦ $ Thomas Jefferson, Champion of the People by Clara Ingram Judson
♦ $ The Story of John Paul Jones by Iris Vinton
A Signature Biography
♦ $ The Story of Lafayette by Hazel Wilson
A Signature Biography
♦ $ The Story of Mad Anthony Wayne by Hazel Wilson
A Signature Biography
♥ The True Story of Lafayette by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
My favorite book about Lafayette. You'll never forget him...or his equally heroic wife.
♦ Francis Marion, Swamp Fox Simple illustrated version
♦ I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight: Story of John Paul Jones by Elaine Alphin (2004)
♦ James Madison: Statesman and President by Regina Kelly
Piper Book
♦ $ The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz
'Madison used his quiet eloquence, intelligence and passion for unified colonies to help shape the Constitution, steer America through the turmoil of two wars, and ensure that our government and nation remained intact."
$ Andrew Jackson by George E. Stanley
Childhood of Famous Americans Series
♦ $ Cherokee Chief: The Life of John Ross by Electa Clark
♦ Chief Seattle, Great Statesman by Elizabeth Rider Montgomery
Garrard American Indian Series
♥ Four American Indians, for young Americans by Edson Whitney (1904)
King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola
♦ Osceola, Simonole War Chief by Wyatt Blassingame
Garrard American Indian Series
♦ Picture Story of Red Cloud by Shannon Garst
♦ Pontiac, Mighty Ottawa Chief by Virginia Voight
Garrard American Indian Series
♦ Red Cloud, Sioux War Chief by Virginia Voight
Garrard American Indian Series
♦ $ Sitting Bull by Augusta Stevenson
Childhood of Famous Americans Series
♦ Sitting Bull, Great Sioux Chief by LaVere Anderson
Garrard American Indian Series
♦ Tecumseh, Shawnee Warrior-Statesman by James McCague
Garrard American Indian Series
♦ $ The Story of Geronimo by Jim Kjelgaard
A Signature Biography
♦ Wildcat the Seminole by Electa Clark
♦ Henry Clay, Leader in Congress by Helen Stone Peterson
A Discovery Biography
♦ $ Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz
Conservationist, hunter, family man, and politician, Teddy Roosevelt commanded the respect and admiration of many who marveled at his energy, drive and achievements.
$ Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom by Chris Van Wyk
Abridged for children from Mandela's autobiography.
$ Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley
Forty years before the boy was born, a horde of bloodthirsty barbarians thundered out of the west and conquered his native land. They had succeeded because his people, ever at war with one another, had not fought together to defend their cities. In time the boy was destined to become the very leader that was needed, a man with the courage and vision to unite his people and face the most fearsome and brilliant warrior of the age.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
♦ $ William Bradford: Rock of Plymouth by Kieran Doherty
A biography of one of the founders of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts and a history of the Pilgrims' difficult times during their early years in the New World
♦ I Will Be Heard: The Life of William Lloyd Garrison by Doris Faber
The story of a tireless abolitionist.
♦ Spokesman for Freedom: The Life of Archibald Grimke by Janet Stevenson
♦ John Smith of Virginia by Ronald Syme
♦ $ America's Paul Revere by Esther Forbes
A vivid history of one of America's best-loved patriots.
♦ Benjamin Franklin, Inventor and Statesman by R. Conrad Stein
$ Poor Richard by James Daugherty (1941)
Well illustrated life of Benjamin Franklin who learned much about human nature through the adventures and experiences of his youth.
$ The Signers by Dennis Fradin
The 56 stories behind the Declaration of Independence.
♦ $ The Story of Benjamin Franklin by Enid Meadowcroft
Signature Biography
♦ Thomas Paine by Robin McKown
♦ Tom Paine: Freedom's Apostle by Leo Gurko
It was September 1776; and by the flickering light of an army campfire, a man sat on a hogshead writing. His name was Tom Paine. This dramatic biography is his story. In 1774, totally unknown to the world, he arrived in America from England with only the clothes on his back, his one tangible asset a letter of introduction from Benjamin Franklin. Then he published his pamphlet, Common Sense; and the name, Tom Paine, became not only a household word from Massachusetts to the Carolinas, but a name that aroused violent feeling three thousand miles away in England.
♦ Captain John Paul Jones by Ronald Syme
♦ Retreat to Victory: Life of Nathaneal Greene by Clifford Alderman
"Nathanael Greene was a man of principle and honesty who loved God and his country and was willing to sacrifice his family and his life for the cause of Liberty. He was General Washington's most trusted officer and a very close friend(Washington called him 'Brother Nat')"
♦ Mr. Justice Holmes by Clara Ingram Judson
♥ Book of Indian Braves by Kate Sweetser (1919)
Stories of Powhatan, Osceola, Sequoyah, King Philip, Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull and Pontiac.
♦ Geronimo by Ronald Syme
$ Landmark Winston Churchill by Quentin Reynolds
♦ Omar Nelson Bradley, the Soldier's General by Colonel Red Reeder
Garrard
A biography of one of the founders of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts and a history of the Pilgrims' difficult times during their early years in the New World
♦ I Will Be Heard: The Life of William Lloyd Garrison by Doris Faber
The story of a tireless abolitionist.
♦ Spokesman for Freedom: The Life of Archibald Grimke by Janet Stevenson
♦ John Smith of Virginia by Ronald Syme
♦ $ America's Paul Revere by Esther Forbes
A vivid history of one of America's best-loved patriots.
♦ Benjamin Franklin, Inventor and Statesman by R. Conrad Stein
$ Poor Richard by James Daugherty (1941)
Well illustrated life of Benjamin Franklin who learned much about human nature through the adventures and experiences of his youth.
$ The Signers by Dennis Fradin
The 56 stories behind the Declaration of Independence.
♦ $ The Story of Benjamin Franklin by Enid Meadowcroft
Signature Biography
♦ Thomas Paine by Robin McKown
♦ Tom Paine: Freedom's Apostle by Leo Gurko
It was September 1776; and by the flickering light of an army campfire, a man sat on a hogshead writing. His name was Tom Paine. This dramatic biography is his story. In 1774, totally unknown to the world, he arrived in America from England with only the clothes on his back, his one tangible asset a letter of introduction from Benjamin Franklin. Then he published his pamphlet, Common Sense; and the name, Tom Paine, became not only a household word from Massachusetts to the Carolinas, but a name that aroused violent feeling three thousand miles away in England.
♦ Captain John Paul Jones by Ronald Syme
♦ Retreat to Victory: Life of Nathaneal Greene by Clifford Alderman
"Nathanael Greene was a man of principle and honesty who loved God and his country and was willing to sacrifice his family and his life for the cause of Liberty. He was General Washington's most trusted officer and a very close friend(Washington called him 'Brother Nat')"
♦ Mr. Justice Holmes by Clara Ingram Judson
♥ Book of Indian Braves by Kate Sweetser (1919)
Stories of Powhatan, Osceola, Sequoyah, King Philip, Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull and Pontiac.
♦ Geronimo by Ronald Syme
$ Landmark Winston Churchill by Quentin Reynolds
♦ Omar Nelson Bradley, the Soldier's General by Colonel Red Reeder
Garrard
HIGH SCHOOL
♦ Angry Abolitionist: William Lloyd Garrison by Jules Archer
Messner Biography
♥ Miles Standish by John Abbott
"...was the Captain of the Pilgrims. He conducts us on the Mayflower, across the Atlantic, lands us at Plymouth, and tells the never to be forgotten story of the heroism of our fathers in laying the foundation of this great republic."
♥ Peter Stuyvesant by John C Abbott (1873)
"...takes us by the hand, and introduces us to the Dutch settlement at the mouth of the Hudson, conveys us, in his schooner, up the solitary river, along whose forest-covered banks Indian villages were scattered; and reveals to us all the struggles, by which the Dutch New Amsterdam was converted into the English New York."
♥ William Penn by Rupert Holland
A very readable and personal look at the life of Penn.
♦ Jefferson by Saul Padover
$ John Adams and the American Revolution by Catherine Drinker Bowen (1950)
This is a highly praised biography written by one of the most respected historians of her day. A fascinating look at one of America's most important founders.
♦ Sons of Liberty by Felix Sutton
Messner Biography
♥ The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Is there anything he couldn't do??
$ The Real Benjamin Franklin by Andrew Allison
A very engaging read and a load of quotes in the back end of the book.
$ The Real Thomas Jefferson by Andrew Allison
A must read of the life of Jefferson. Many quotes organized by topic in the back end of the book.
♥ Benjamin Franklin by John Abbott
"There is probably not, in the compass of all literature, a biography more full of entertainment and valuable thought, than a truthful sketch of the career of Benjamin Franklin. He leads us to Philadelphia and makes us perfectly familiar with life there and then. He conducts us across the Atlantic to the Court of St. James, and the Court of Versailles. There is no writer, French or English, who has given such vivid sketches of the scenes which were witnessed there, as came from the pen of Benjamin Franklin. For half a century Franklin moved amid the most stupendous events, a graphic history of which his pen has recorded."
♥ Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by Benson Lossing (1859)
These are the men who staked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor for our freedom.
♥ John Paul Jones by John Abbott
"...was one of the purest patriots, and perhaps the most heroic naval hero, to whom any country has given birth. He has been so traduced by the tory press of Great Britain, that even the Americans have not yet done him full justice. This narrative of his astonishing achievements will, it is hoped, give him rank, in the opinion of every reader, with Washington, Franklin, Jefferson and Lafayette."
♦ $ Father of the Constitution: James Madison by Elizabeth Robards Moseley, Katharine Wilkie
Messner Biography
♥ Fighters and Martyrs for the Freedom of Faith by Luke Walmsley
♦ Heroes of Annapolis by Alden R. Hatch
Messner Biography; Various US Naval Military Men
♦ John Jay by Doris Faber
♦ Sylvanus Thayer of West Point by George Fielding Eliot
Messner Biography
♦ The Amazing Alexander Hamilton by Arthur Orrmont
Messner Biography
♦ The Presidents in American History by Charles A. Beard
Messner Biogrophy
♦ $ Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson by Albert Marrin
♦ Black Hawk by Arthur J. Beckhard
Messner Biography
♦ Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces by Shannon Garst
Messner Biography
♦ Crazy Horse by Shannon Garst
Messner Biography
♥ Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles Eastman (1918)
Interesting accounts of great chiefs written by a Sioux Indian 'in the light of the native character and ideals'. Includes Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph.
♦ $ Ishi: In Two Worlds by Theodoras Kroeber
The life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe.
♦ Jim Beckwourth, Crow Chief by Olive Burt
Messner Biography
♦ Ouray the Arrow by Olive Burt
Messner Biography
$ Sitting Bull: Champion of His People by Shannon Garst
Messner Biography
♥ Life of Andrew Johnson by James Jones Sawyer (1901)
A very readable biography of the Reconstruction president.
♥ Hannibal by Jacob Abbott
Makers of History Series
♥ Jeanne d'Arc by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
Heroes of All Time
Messner Biography
♥ Miles Standish by John Abbott
"...was the Captain of the Pilgrims. He conducts us on the Mayflower, across the Atlantic, lands us at Plymouth, and tells the never to be forgotten story of the heroism of our fathers in laying the foundation of this great republic."
♥ Peter Stuyvesant by John C Abbott (1873)
"...takes us by the hand, and introduces us to the Dutch settlement at the mouth of the Hudson, conveys us, in his schooner, up the solitary river, along whose forest-covered banks Indian villages were scattered; and reveals to us all the struggles, by which the Dutch New Amsterdam was converted into the English New York."
♥ William Penn by Rupert Holland
A very readable and personal look at the life of Penn.
♦ Jefferson by Saul Padover
$ John Adams and the American Revolution by Catherine Drinker Bowen (1950)
This is a highly praised biography written by one of the most respected historians of her day. A fascinating look at one of America's most important founders.
♦ Sons of Liberty by Felix Sutton
Messner Biography
♥ The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Is there anything he couldn't do??
$ The Real Benjamin Franklin by Andrew Allison
A very engaging read and a load of quotes in the back end of the book.
$ The Real Thomas Jefferson by Andrew Allison
A must read of the life of Jefferson. Many quotes organized by topic in the back end of the book.
♥ Benjamin Franklin by John Abbott
"There is probably not, in the compass of all literature, a biography more full of entertainment and valuable thought, than a truthful sketch of the career of Benjamin Franklin. He leads us to Philadelphia and makes us perfectly familiar with life there and then. He conducts us across the Atlantic to the Court of St. James, and the Court of Versailles. There is no writer, French or English, who has given such vivid sketches of the scenes which were witnessed there, as came from the pen of Benjamin Franklin. For half a century Franklin moved amid the most stupendous events, a graphic history of which his pen has recorded."
♥ Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by Benson Lossing (1859)
These are the men who staked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor for our freedom.
♥ John Paul Jones by John Abbott
"...was one of the purest patriots, and perhaps the most heroic naval hero, to whom any country has given birth. He has been so traduced by the tory press of Great Britain, that even the Americans have not yet done him full justice. This narrative of his astonishing achievements will, it is hoped, give him rank, in the opinion of every reader, with Washington, Franklin, Jefferson and Lafayette."
♦ $ Father of the Constitution: James Madison by Elizabeth Robards Moseley, Katharine Wilkie
Messner Biography
♥ Fighters and Martyrs for the Freedom of Faith by Luke Walmsley
♦ Heroes of Annapolis by Alden R. Hatch
Messner Biography; Various US Naval Military Men
♦ John Jay by Doris Faber
♦ Sylvanus Thayer of West Point by George Fielding Eliot
Messner Biography
♦ The Amazing Alexander Hamilton by Arthur Orrmont
Messner Biography
♦ The Presidents in American History by Charles A. Beard
Messner Biogrophy
♦ $ Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson by Albert Marrin
♦ Black Hawk by Arthur J. Beckhard
Messner Biography
♦ Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces by Shannon Garst
Messner Biography
♦ Crazy Horse by Shannon Garst
Messner Biography
♥ Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles Eastman (1918)
Interesting accounts of great chiefs written by a Sioux Indian 'in the light of the native character and ideals'. Includes Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph.
♦ $ Ishi: In Two Worlds by Theodoras Kroeber
The life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe.
♦ Jim Beckwourth, Crow Chief by Olive Burt
Messner Biography
♦ Ouray the Arrow by Olive Burt
Messner Biography
$ Sitting Bull: Champion of His People by Shannon Garst
Messner Biography
♥ Life of Andrew Johnson by James Jones Sawyer (1901)
A very readable biography of the Reconstruction president.
♥ Hannibal by Jacob Abbott
Makers of History Series
♥ Jeanne d'Arc by E.M. Wilmot-Buxton
Heroes of All Time