This is the biography of nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington. Up from Slavery is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written.

This is the biography of Mr Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson wished to be remembered for three achievements in his public life.

This True Story of Christopher Columbus is offered and inscribed to the boys and girls of America as the opening volume in a series especially designed for their reading, and to be called Children's Lives of Great Men. Columbus led the American advance; he discovered the New World.

This is the autobiography of the Louis XIV by Elizabeth-Charlotte.

This book describes the strong nature of Nelson's character and the atmosphere of his times. Son of a minister, and not of strong body, young Nelson ships off to sea at the ripe age of twelve years old. He becomes ultimately one of the great naval leaders and strategists of all time, and one of England's undisputed revered heroes.

Mrs. Gaskell's excellent Life of Charlotte Bronte roused a furor because of its candid statements about the Bronte family, particularly concerning the excesses of Branwell.

This is the autobiography of Mr Henry Adams (1838-1918), American writer and historian, son of Charles Francis Adams (1807-86).

This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, guided his country through the most devastating experience in its national history--the Civil War. He is considered by many historians to have been the greatest American president.