| Adams, Henry |
Henry Adams and the Making of America by Gary Wills |
2005 |
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| Antoinette, Marie |
Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser |
2001 |
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| Augustine of Hippo |
Augustine of Hippo: A Biography by Peter Brown |
1967 |
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| Bell, Alexander Graham |
Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Invention by Charlotte Gray |
2006 |
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| Boone, Daniel |
Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer by John Faragher |
1992 |
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| Brandeis, Louis |
Louis D. Brandeis: A Life by Melvin Urofsky |
2009 |
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| Brown, John |
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz |
2011 |
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| Carver, George Washington |
George Washington Carver: A Life by Christina Vella |
2015 |
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| Columbus, Christopher |
Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus by Samuel Eliot Morison |
1942 |
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| Columbus, Christopher |
The Last Voyage of Christopher Columbus by Martin Dugard |
2005 |
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| Cook, James |
Captain James Cook: A Biography by Richard Hough |
1994 |
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| Cortes, Hernan |
Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs by Buddy Levy |
2008 |
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| Crazy Horse |
The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History by Joseph M. Marshall III |
2004 |
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| Crazy Horse |
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life by Kingsley Bray |
2006 |
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| Crockett, David |
David Crockett: The Lion of the West by Michael Wallis |
2011 |
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| da Gama, Vasco |
The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama by Nigel Cliff |
2011 |
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| De Soto, Hernando |
Hernando de Soto: A Savage Question in the Americas by David Duncan |
1996 |
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| Douglass, Frederick |
Frederick Douglass by William McFeely |
1990 |
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| Drake, Francis |
Sir Francis Drake by John Sugden |
1991 |
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| Dumas, Alex |
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss |
2012 |
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| Earp, Wyatt |
Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend by Casey Tefertiller |
1997 |
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| Geronimo |
Geronimo by Robert Utley |
2012 |
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| Hopkins, Harry |
The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler by David Roll |
2013 |
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| House, Colonel |
Colonel House: A Biography of Woodrow Wilson’s Silent Partner by Charles Neu |
2014 |
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| Howe, Louis |
FDR’s Shadow: Louis Howe, The Force that Shaped Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt by Julie Fenster |
2009 |
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| James, Jesse |
Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West’s Greatest Escape by Mark Gardner |
2013 |
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| James, Jesse |
Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War by T. J. Stiles |
2002 |
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| Keller, Hellen |
Hellen Keller: A Life by Dorothy Hermann |
1998 |
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| Kidd, Captain |
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd by Richard Zacks |
2002 |
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| King Jr., Martin Luther |
Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Stephen Oates |
1994 |
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| Lewis, Meriwether |
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose |
1996 |
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| Lindbergh, Charles |
Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg |
1998 |
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| Luther, Martin |
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland Bainton |
1950 |
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| Magellan, Ferdinand |
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen |
2003 |
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| Malcolm X |
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable |
2011 |
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| Marshall, Thurgood |
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary by Juan Williams |
1998 |
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| Nash, John |
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar |
1998 |
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| Nicolay, John |
Lincoln’s Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln’s Image by Joshua Zeitz |
2013 |
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| Nobel, Alfred |
Alfred Nobel: A Biography by Kenne Fant |
1993 |
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| Perkins, Frances |
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins by Kirstin Downey |
2009 |
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| Raleigh, Sir Walter |
Sir Walter Raleigh: The Controversial Hero of the Elizabethan Age by Raleigh Trevelyan |
2004 |
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| Roosevelt, Alice |
Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker by Stacy Cordery |
2007 |
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| Warren, Earl |
Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren by Ed Cray |
1997 |
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| Washington, Booker T |
Up From History: The Life of Booker T. Washington by Robert Norrell |
2009 |
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| Webster, Noah |
The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster’s Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture by Joshua Kendall |
2011 |
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| Wright, Frank Lloyd |
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography by Meryle Seacrest |
1992 |
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