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Who Is Michelle Obama?
Born into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she married another promising young …
Who Is Jane Goodall?
A life in the wild Jane Goodall, born in London, England, always loved animals and wanted to study them in their natural habitats. So at age twenty-six, off she went to Africa …
Who Was Mark Twain?
A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike …
Who Was Elvis Presley?
Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for another addition to the Who Was...? series The King could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during …
Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?
Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he …
Who Was Thomas Jefferson?
Did you know that John Adams had to coax Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence? It's true. The shy Virginia statesman refused at first, but then went on to …
Who Was Betsy Ross?
Born the eighth of seventeen children in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross lived in a time when the American colonies were yearning for independence from British rule. Ross worked as a …
Who Was Harry Houdini?
Enhanced with illustrations, this biography offers middle readers a look at the life-and-times of this celebrated magician, escape artist, pilot, and movie star. Simultaneous.
Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age--literally (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation …