Biography (A & E)

Author

Streissguth, Thomas Cunningham, Chet Benson, Michael DuTemple, Lesley A Markel, Rita J Roberts, Jeremy Sharp, Anne Wallace Havelin, Kate Woolf, Alex Anderson, Dale Headlam, George Butts, Ellen R Collins, Thomas M Hamilton, Janice Goldstein, Margaret J Krohn, Katherine E

1) John Glenn

Author

Streissguth, Thomas

Series

Biography (A & E)

Publisher

Bridgestone Books

Pub. Date

c2003

Language

English

Description

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Presents a brief biography of the first American astronaut to orbit Earth.

2) Legends of Dracula

Author

Streissguth, Thomas

Series

Biography (A & E)

Publisher

Lerner

Pub. Date

c1999

Language

English

Description

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Discusses Vlad the Impaler, the historical person behind Count Dracula, describes how Bram Stoker came to write his famous novel about him, and examines how the character has been portrayed on stage and screen.

3) Chief Crazy Horse

Author

Cunningham, Chet

Series

Biography (A & E)

Publisher

Lerner Publications Co

Pub. Date

c2000

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the Oglala leader who spent his life fighting to keep the white man from taking over Indian lands.

4) Gloria Estefan

Author

Benson, Michael

5) Jacques Cousteau

Author

DuTemple, Lesley A

Series

Biography (A & E)

Publisher

Lerner Publications

Pub. Date

c2000

Language

English

Description

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Examines the life and accomplishments of the oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, describing his work studying and filming the undersea world.

6) Queen Cleopatra

Author

Streissguth, Thomas

7) Jimi Hendrix

Author

Markel, Rita J

Series

Biography (A & E)

Publisher

Lerner Publications

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the childhood, young adulthood, musical career, and death of Jimi Hendrix, considered by many to be the world's greatest rock-and-roll guitarist.

8) Jimi Hendrix

Author

Markel, Rita J

Series

Biography (A & E)

Publisher

Lerner Publications

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the childhood, young adulthood, musical career, and death of Jimi Hendrix, considered by many to be the world's greatest rock-and-roll guitarist.

9) The Beatles

Author

Roberts, Jeremy

Series

Biography (A & E)
Lifeline biographies

Publisher

Lerner Publications

Pub. Date

c2002

Language

English

10) Daring pirate women

Author

Sharp, Anne Wallace

Series

Biography (A & E)

Publisher

Lerner Publications Company

Pub. Date

c2002

Language

English

Description

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Profiles pirates throughout history, especially women pirates of Europe, America, and Asia, such as Princess Alvilda, Ingean Ruadh, Grany Imallye, Elizabeth Killigrew, Anne Bonny, and Lai Cho San.