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6B- _____ Reading: Biography Booklist

Directions: Use the following booklist for our biography unit. The list is categorized by topic. I encourage you to select books from different topics. See the Biography Booklist Directions handout for further information on this assignment. (Total: 206 titles)

Do-gooders: Titles: 31

Jane Addams : champion of democracy    [ Book ] B ADDAMS   Fradin, Judith Bloom.        Published 2006

Peace and bread : the story of Jane Addams    [ Book ] B ADDAMS   McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino.        Published 1993

Waging peace : the story of Jane Addams    [ Book ] B ADDAMS   Caravantes, Peggy, 1935-        Published 2004

The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights    [ Book ] B AND  Freedman, Russell.        Published 2004

Susan B. Anthony    [ Book ] B ANT  Weisberg, Barbara.        Published 1988

Failure is impossible : the story of Susan B. Anthony    [ Book ] B ANTHONY  Bohannon, Lisa Frederiksen.        Published 2002

Rachel Carson : a twentieth-century life    [ Book ] B CARSON   Levine, Ellen.        Published 2007

Votes for women! : the story of Carrie Chapman Catt    [ Book ] B CATT Somervill, Barbara A.        Published 2003

Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice    [ Book ] B COLVIN   Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-        Published 2009

A stranger in my own house : the story of W.E.B. Du Bois    [ Book ] B DU BOIS  Hinman, Bonnie.        Published 2005

W.E.B. Du Bois : a twentieth-century life    [ Book ] B DUBOIS   Bolden, Tonya.        Published 2008

Marian Wright Edelman : the making of a crusader    [ Book ] B EDELMAN  Siegel, Beatrice.        Published 1995

Mahatma Gandhi    [ Book ] B GAN  Adams, Simon.        Published 2003

Gandhi, great soul    [ Book ] B GANDHI   Severance, John B.        Published 1997

Jane Goodall : legendary primatologist    [ Book ] B Goo  Haugen, Brenda.        Published 2006

Jane Goodall : a twentieth-century life    [ Book ] B GOODALL  Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta.        Published 2008

Temple Grandin : how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world    [ Book ] B GRANDIN  Montgomery, Sy.        Published 2012

Helen Keller : rebellious spirit    [ Book ] B KELLER   Lawlor, Laurie.        Published 2001

The world at her fingertips : the story of Helen Keller    [ Book ] B KELLER   Dash, Joan.        Published 2001

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Martin Luther King, Jr.    [ Book ] B KIN  Ganeri, Anita, 1961-        Published 2003

Martin Luther King, Jr. : civil rights leader    [ Book ] B KIN  Jakoubek, Robert E.        Published 2005

Martin Luther King, Jr.    [ Book ] B KING Wukovits, John F., 1944-        Published 1999

First Girl Scout : the life of Juliette Gordon Low    [ Book ] B LOW  Wadsworth, Ginger.        Published 2012

Malcolm X : by any means necessary : a biography    [ Book ] B MALCOLM X    Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-        Published 1993

Malcolm X for beginners    [ Book ] B MALCOLM X    Doctor, Bernard.        Published 1992

Mandela    [ Book ] B MANDELA  Hain, Peter        Published 2010

Nelson Mandela : hero for democracy    [ Book ] B MANDELA  Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951-        Published 1994

Margaret Mead    [ Book ] B MEA  Ziesk, Edra.        Published 1990

Sojourner Truth : abolitionist and women's rights activist    [ Book ] B TRUTH    Bernard, Catherine.        Published 2001

Sojourner Truth : ain't I a woman?    [ Book ] B TRUTH    McKissack, Pat, 1944-        Published 1992

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Harriet Tubman    [ Book ] B TUBMAN   Bentley, Judith.        Published 1990

Fashion and Entertainment: Titles: 26

Elizabeth Arden : beauty empire builder    [ Book ] B ARDEN    Shuker, Nancy.        Published 2001

Mikhail Baryshnikov : dance genius    [ Book ] B BAR  Glassman, Bruce.        Published 2001

The great and only Barnum : the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum    [ Book ] B BARNUM   Fleming, Candace.        Published 2009

Prince of Humbug : a life of P.T. Barnum    [ Book ] B BARNUM   Andronik, Catherine M.        Published 1994

Mikhail Baryshnikov    [ Book ] B BARYSHNIKOV  Glassman, Bruce.        Published 1990

Coco Chanel    [ Book ] B CHANEL   Gaines, Ann.        Published 2004

Coco Chanel    [ Book ] B CHANEL   Abrams, Dennis, 1960-        Published 2011

Sir Charlie Chaplin : the funniest man in the world    [ Book ] B CHAPLIN  Fleischman, Sid, 1920-2010.        Published 2010

Jimmy Choo.    [ Book ] B CHOO Sapet, Kerrily.        Published 2010

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Agnes De Mille : dancing off the earth    [ Book ] B DE MILLE Gherman, Beverly.        Published 1990

The story of Walt Disney, maker of magical worlds    [ Book ] B DISNEY   Selden, Bernice.        Published 1989

Walt Disney : a biography    [ Book ] B DISNEY   Krasniewicz, Louise, 1952-        Published 2010

Walt Disney : creator of Mickey Mouse    [ Book ] B DISNEY   Cole, Michael D.        Published 1996

Isadora Duncan    [ Book ] B DUNCAN   Kozodoy, Ruth.        Published 1988

Michael J. Fox    [ Book ] B FOX  Kozar, Richard.        Published 2000

Martha Graham    [ Book ] B GRAHAM   Pratt, Paula Bryant, 1959-        Published 1995

Martha Graham, a dancer's life    [ Book ] B GRAHAM   Freedman, Russell.        Published 1998

Escape! : the story of the great Houdini    [ Book ] B HOUDINI  Fleischman, Sid, 1920-        Published 2006

Spellbinder : the life of Harry Houdini    [ Book ] B HOUDINI  Lalicki, Tom.        Published 2000

Calvin Klein    [ Book ] B KLEIN    Cody, Matthew W., 1974-        Published 2011

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Stella McCartney    [ Book ] B MCCARTNEY    Aldridge, Rebecca.        Published 2011

Isaac Mizrahi    [ Book ] B MIZRAHI  Mills, Cliff, 1947-        Published 2011

Annie Oakley    [ Book ] B Oak  Wills, Chuck.        Published 2007

Tom Thumb : the remarkable true story of a man in miniature    [ Book ] B THUMB    Sullivan, George.        Published 2011

Vera Wang    [ Book ] B WAN  Todd, Anne M.        Published 2007

Oprah Winfrey : a twentieth-century life    [ Book ] B WINFREY  Cooper, Ilene.        Published 2007

Musicians and Writers Titles: 24

Louisa May Alcott    [ Book ] B Alc  Ruth, Amy.        Published 1998

Say it with music : the story of Irving Berlin    [ Book ] B BERLIN   Furstinger, Nancy.        Published 2003

Ray Bradbury : master of science fiction and fantasy    [ Book ] B BRA  Mass, Wendy, 1967-        Published 2004

Gwendolyn Brooks : poet from Chicago    [ Book ] B BROOKS   Rhynes, Martha E., 1929-        Published 2003

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Johnny Cash : a twentieth-century life    [ Book ] B CASH Neimark, Anne E.        Published 2008

Ray Charles : voice of soul    [ Book ] B CHARLES  Ritz, David.        Published 1994

The trouble begins at 8 : a life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West    [ Book ] B CLEMENS  Fleischman, Sid, 1920-2010.        Published 2008

E.E. Cummings    [ Book ] B CUMMINGS Reef, Catherine.        Published 2006

Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London.    [ Book ] B DICKENS  Warren, Andrea.        Published 2011

Emily Dickinson : a biography    [ Book ] B DICKINSO N   Meltzer, Milton, 1915-        Published 2006

Emily Dickinson    [ Book ] B DICKINSON    Olsen, Victoria.        Published 1990

Duke Ellington : a life of music    [ Book ] B ELLINGTON    Stwertka, Eve.        Published 1994

Ella Fitzgerald    [ Book ] B FITZGERA LD  Stone, Tanya Lee.        Published 2008

Deep woods : the story of Robert Frost    [ Book ] B FROST    Caravantes, Peggy, 1935-        Published 2006

I, too, sing America : the story of Langston Hughes    [ Book ] B HUGHES   Rhynes, Martha E., 1929-        Published 2002

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Harper Lee : a twentieth-century life    [ Book ] B LEE  Madden, Kerry.        Published 2009

John Lennon : the Beatles and beyond    [ Book ] B LENNON   Wright, David K.        Published 1996

Revolution : the story of John Lennon    [ Book ] B LENNON   Duggleby, John, 1952-        Published 2007

The man who created Narnia : the story of C.S. Lewis    [ Book ] B LEWIS    Coren, Michael.        Published 1996

Paul McCartney    [ Book ] B MCCARTNEY    Boyes, Kate.        Published 2004

Edgar Allan Poe : a biography    [ Book ] B POE  Meltzer, Milton, 1915-        Published 2003

Elvis Presley : "I want to entertain people"    [ Book ] B PRE  Micklos, John.        Published 2011

Elvis Presley : a twentieth-century life    [ Book ] B PRESLEY  Hampton, Wilborn.        Published 2008

J.K. Rowling    [ Book ] B Row  Sexton, Colleen A., 1967-        Published 2006

Politicians, Entrepreneurs and Historical Figures: Titles: 48

Madeleine Albright    [ Book ] B ALB  Hasday, Judy L., 1957-        Published 2001

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Madeleine Albright    [ Book ] B ALBRIGHT Acker, Kerry.        Published 2004

The notorious Benedict Arnold : a true story of adventure, heroism, & bravery    [ Book ] B ARNOLD   Sheinkin, Steve.        Published 2010

Nellie Bly    [ Book ] B BLY  Ehrlich, Elizabeth.        Published 1989

Margaret Bourke-White : a photographer's life    [ Book ] B Bou  Keller, Emily.        Published 1996

Margaret Bourke-White : racing with a dream    [ Book ] B Bou  Welch, Catherine A.        Published 1998

Andrew Carnegie : steel king and friend to libraries    [ Book ] B CARNEGIE Kent, Zachary.        Published 1999

The many lives of Andrew Carnegie    [ Book ] B CARNEGIE Meltzer, Milton, 1915-        Published 1997

Fidel Castro    [ Book ] B CAS  Platt, Richard.        Published 2003

Fidel Castro : leader of communist Cuba    [ Book ] B Cas  Rees, Fran.        Published 2006

Winston Churchill : British soldier, writer, statesman    [ Book ] B Chu  Haugen, Brenda.        Published 2006

Hillary Rodham Clinton    [ Book ] B CLINTON  Gullo, Jim, 1957-        Published 2004

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Hillary Rodham Clinton : first lady and senator    [ Book ] B CLINTON  Burgan, Michael.        Published 2008

Diana, Princess of Wales    [ Book ] B DIANA    Brennan, Kristine, 1969-        Published 1999

Unsolved : what really happened to Amelia Earhart?    [ Book ] B EAR  Micklos, John.        Published 2006

Amelia Earhart    [ Book ] B EARHART  Shore, Nancy.        Published 1987

Amelia Lost : The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart.    [ Book ] B EARHART  Fleming, Candace.        Published 2011

Indira Gandhi : political leader in India    [ Book ] B Gan  Somervill, Barbara A.        Published 2007

John Paul Getty : billionaire oilman    [ Book ] B GETTY    Glassman, Bruce.        Published 2001

Ruth Bader Ginsburg    [ Book ] B Gin  Bayer, Linda N.        Published 2000

William Randolph Hearst : modern media tycoon    [ Book ] B HEARST   Frazier, Nancy.        Published 2001

Adolf Hitler    [ Book ] B HIT  Gogerly, Liz.        Published 2003

Adolf Hitler : dictator of Nazi Germany    [ Book ] B Hit  Haugen, Brenda.        Published 2006

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Jesse James : "I will never surrender"    [ Book ] B JAM  Burlingame, Jeff.        Published 2010

Steve Jobs    [ Book ] B Job  Corrigan, Jim.        Published 2009

John F. Kennedy    [ Book ] B Ken  Anderson, Catherine Corley.        Published 2004

John F. Kennedy, Jr.    [ Book ] B KEN  Landau, Elaine.        Published 2000

John F. Kennedy : president of the New Frontier    [ Book ] B KEN  Cole, Michael D.        Published 1996

Jack : the early years of John F. Kennedy    [ Book ] B KENNEDY  Cooper, Ilene.        Published 2003

Robert F. Kennedy : a twentieth-century life    [ Book ] B KENNEDY  Aronson, Marc.        Published 2007

Barack Obama    [ Book ] B OBA  Wagner, Heather Lehr.        Published 2008

Barack Obama : "we are one people"    [ Book ] B OBAMA    Schuman, Michael.        Published 2009

Michelle Obama : First Lady    [ Book ] B OBAMA    McCaffrey, Paul, 1977-        Published 2011

Sandra Day O'Connor    [ Book ] B OCONNOR  Huber, Peter W. (Peter William), 1952-        Published 1990

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Rosa Parks : civil rights leader    [ Book ] B PAR  Hull, Mary.        Published 2005

Colin Powell : a man of quality    [ Book ] B POWELL   Hughes, Libby.        Published 1996

Colin Powell : "Have a vision. Be demanding"    [ Book ] B POWELL   Shichtman, Sandra H.        Published 2005

Condoleezza Rice : America's leading stateswoman    [ Book ] B RIC  Ditchfield, Christin.        Published 2007

John D. Rockefeller : oil baron and philanthropist    [ Book ] B ROCKEFELLER  Laughlin, Rosemary.        Published 2004

Franklin D. Roosevelt    [ Book ] B ROO  Gilbert, Adrian.        Published 2003

Theodore Roosevelt    [ Book ] B Roo  McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino.        Published 2005

Eleanor Roosevelt : a courageous spirit    [ Book ] B ROOSEVEL T   Jones, Victoria Garrett.        Published 2007

Franklin Delano Roosevelt : a national hero    [ Book ] B ROOSEVEL T   Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta.        Published 2007

Our Eleanor : a scrapbook look at Eleanor Roosevelt's remarkable life    [ Book ] B ROOSEVEL T   Fleming, Candace.        Published 2005

Eleanor Roosevelt    [ Book ] B ROOSEVELT    McAuley, Karen.        Published 1987

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Theodore Roosevelt takes charge    [ Book ] B ROOSEVELT    Whitelaw, Nancy.        Published 1992

Betsy Ross : a flag for a new nation    [ Book ] B ROS  Cox, Vicki.        Published 2006

Mr. Sam : how Sam Walton built Wal-Mart and became America's richest man    [ Book ] B WALTON   Blumenthal, Karen.        Published 2011

Scientists and Inventors: Titles: 40

Ibn al-Haytham : first scientist    [ Book ] B ALHAZEN  Steffens, Bradley, 1955-        Published 2007

Neil Armstrong    [ Book ] B ARMSTRONG    Kling, Andrew A., 1961-        Published 2004

Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone : the invention that changed communication    [ Book ] B BEL  Crompton, Samuel Willard.        Published 2009

Alexander Graham Bell : making connections    [ Book ] B BELL Pasachoff, Naomi E.        Published 1998

Louis Braille : inventor    [ Book ] B BRA  Bryant, Jennifer.        Published 1994

Louis Braille a touch of genius    [ Book ] B BRAILLE  Mellor, C. Michael.        Published 2006

Nicholas Copernicus and the founding of modern astronomy    [ Book ] B COPERNICUS   Goble, Todd, 1962-        Published 2004

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Jacques Cousteau    [ Book ] B COUSTEAU DuTemple, Lesley A.        Published 2000

Marie Curie : discoverer of radium    [ Book ] B CUR  Poynter, Margaret.        Published 2008

Something out of nothing : Marie Curie and radium    [ Book ] B CURIE    McClafferty, Carla Killough, 1958-        Published 2006

Charles and Emma : the Darwins' leap of faith    [ Book ] B DARWIN   Heiligman, Deborah.        Published 2009

Charles Darwin and the evolution revolution    [ Book ] B DARWIN   Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951-        Published 1996

Charles Darwin and the mystery of mysteries    [ Book ] B DARWIN   Eldredge, Niles.        Published 2010

Charles Darwin : revolutionary biologist    [ Book ] B DARWIN   Evans, J. Edward.        Published 1993

George Eastman    [ Book ] B EASTMAN  Holmes, Burnham, 1942-        Published 1992

Thomas Edison : wizard of light and sound    [ Book ] B EDISON   Graham, Amy.        Published 2008

Albert Einstein    [ Book ] B EIN  Oxlade, Chris.        Published 2003

Albert Einstein    [ Book ] B EINSTEIN Krull, Kathleen.        Published 2009

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Henry Ford    [ Book ] B FOR  Tilton, Rafael.        Published 2003

Sigmund Freud    [ Book ] B FREUD    Krull, Kathleen.        Published 2006

Sigmund Freud : explorer of the unconscious    [ Book ] B FREUD    Muckenhoupt, Margaret.        Published 1997

Bill Gates    [ Book ] B Gat  Lesinski, Jeanne M.        Published 2006

Bill Gates : computer mogul and philanthropist    [ Book ] B GAT  Schuman, Michael.        Published 2008

Bill Gates : billionaire computer genius    [ Book ] B GATES    Dickinson, Joan D.        Published 1997

Frank Gehry    [ Book ] B Geh  Lazo, Caroline Evensen.        Published 2006

Matt Groening : from spitballs to Springfield    [ Book ] B GROENING Lenburg, Jeff.        Published 2011

William Hanna & Joseph Barbera : the sultans of Saturday morning    [ Book ] B HANNA    Lenburg, Jeff.        Published 2011

The longitude prize    [ Book ] B HARRISON Dash, Joan.        Published 2000

The Wright sister : Katharine Wright and her famous brothers    [ Book ] B HASKELL  Maurer, Richard, 1950-        Published 2003

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Stephen Hawking : physicist and educator    [ Book ] B HAWKING  Ryan, Bernard, 1923-        Published 2005

Edwin Hubble : discoverer of galaxies    [ Book ] B HUB  Datnow, Claire L.        Published 1997

Edwin Hubble : discoverer of galaxies    [ Book ] B HUB  Datnow, Claire L.        Published 2008

Leonardo da Vinci    [ Book ] B LEONARDO Krull, Kathleen.        Published 2005

Letters from Mir : an astronaut's letters to his son    [ Book ] B LINENGER Linenger, Jerry M.        Published 2003

Isaac Newton    [ Book ] B NEWTON   Krull, Kathleen.        Published 2006

J. Robert Oppenheimer : the brain behind the bomb    [ Book ] B OPP  Scherer, Glenn.        Published 2008

Louis Pasteur and the founding of microbiology    [ Book ] B PASTEUR  Ackerman, Jane, 1948-        Published 2004

Steve Wozniak : inventor of the Apple computer    [ Book ] B WOZNIAK  Kendall, Martha E., 1947-        Published 1994

Frank Lloyd Wright : a twentieth-century life    [ Book ] B WRIGHT   Adkins, Jan.        Published 2007

The Wright brothers    [ Book ] B WRIGHT   Martin, Michael J.        Published 2003

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Sports Personalities: Titles: 37

The greatest : Muhammad Ali    [ Book ] B Ali  Myers, Walter Dean.        Published 2001

Muhammad Ali    [ Book ] B Ali  Golus, Carrie, 1969-        Published 2006

Muhammad Ali    [ Book ] B ALI  Owens, Tom, 1960-        Published 2011

Muhammad Ali : heavyweight champion    [ Book ] B ALI  Rummel, Jack.        Published 2005

Muhammad Ali : "I am the greatest"    [ Book ] B ALI  Micklos, John.        Published 2011

Muhammed Ali : the world's champion    [ Book ] B ALI  Tessitore, John.        Published 1998

Arthur Ashe : of tennis & the human spirit    [ Book ] B ASH  Martin, Marvin.        Published 1999

Arthur Ashe : tennis great & civil rights leader    [ Book ] B ASHE McDougall, Chrös.        Published 2011

Roberto Clemente : baseball's humanitarian hero    [ Book ] B Cle  Márquez, Herón.        Published 2005

Pride of Puerto Rico : the life of Roberto Clemente    [ Book ] B CLEMENTE Walker, Paul Robert.        Published 1991

Roberto Clemente : baseball star and humanitarian    [ Book ] B CLEMENTE Freedman, Lew.        Published 2011

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Fire on ice : autobiography of a champion figure skater    [ Book ] B COHEN    Cohen, Sasha, 1984-        Published 2006

Brett Favre    [ Book ] B FAVRE    Koestler-Grack, Rachel A., 1973-        Published 2008

Lou Gehrig : Iron Horse of baseball    [ Book ] B GEHRIG   Buckley, James, 1963-        Published 2010

Hammerin' Hank Greenberg : baseball pioneer    [ Book ] B GREENBER G   Sommer, Shelley.        Published 2011

Derek Jeter : captain on and off the field    [ Book ] B JET  Robinson, Tom.        Published 2006

Magic Johnson : athlete    [ Book ] B JOHNSON  Aretha, David.        Published 2010

Magic Johnson : basketball star & entrepreneur    [ Book ] B JOHNSON  Roselius, J Chris.        Published 2011

Billie Jean King : tennis star and social activist    [ Book ] B KING Gitlin, Marty.        Published 2011

Michelle Kwan, heart of a champion : an autobiography    [ Book ] B KWAN Kwan, Michelle, 1980-        Published 1997

Mario Lemieux : ice hockey star    [ Book ] B LEMIEUX  Klein, Jeff Z.        Published 1995

I was a teenage professional wrestler    [ Book ] B LEWIN    Lewin, Ted.        Published 1993

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Triumph on ice : an autobiography    [ Book ] B LIPINSKI Lipinski, Tara, 1982-        Published 1997

Jesse Owens : trailblazing sprinter    [ Book ] B OWENS    McDougall, Chrös.        Published 2011

The legend of Jesse Owens    [ Book ] B OWENS    Nuwer, Hank.        Published 1998

Walter Payton    [ Book ] B PAYTON   Woog, Adam, 1953-        Published 2008

Pele    [ Book ] B Pel  Buckley, James.        Published 2007

Pele : soccer superstar    [ Book ] B PELE Hillstrom, Laurie Collier.        Published 2008

Michael Phelps    [ Book ] B Phe  Sapet, Kerrily, 1972-        Published 2009

Mariano Rivera    [ Book ] B RIVERA   Levin, Judith (Judith N.), 1956-        Published 2008

Jackie Robinson    [ Book ] B ROBINSON DeAngelis, Gina.        Published 2001

Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball.    [ Book ] B ROBINSON Simon, Scott.        Published 2007

John D. Rockefeller : richest man ever    [ Book ] B ROCKEFEL LER Coffey, Ellen Greenman.        Published 2001

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Babe Ruth : a twentieth-century life    [ Book ] B RUTH Hampton, Wilborn.        Published 2009

Jim Thorpe : 20th-century jock    [ Book ] B THORPE   Lipsyte, Robert.        Published 1993

Jim Thorpe : an athlete for the ages    [ Book ] B THORPE   Labrecque, Ellen.        Published 2010

Babe Didrikson Zaharias : the making of a champion    [ Book ] B ZAHARIAS Freedman, Russell.        Published 1999

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