Central Kansas Library System

A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.

In the 1870's, surgery was a crude affair performed on the patient's kitchen table. In the frontier town of Rochester, Minnesota, Dr. W. W. Mayo brought his young sons, Will and Charlie, to assist him with operations. Fifty years later, Rochester became a medical mecca as the Mayo brothers were established as world-class surgeons. With a firm belief in sharing information and learning from others, the Mayo brothers proved the benefits of cooperation...

The brief account of the life of the "Father of Our Country. "

A biography of the famous sharpshooter who toured the country in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Follows the life of the popular author of essays, poems, and children's books.

Details Harriet Tubman's life, experiences, and efforts to aid slaves in escaping to the North, as well as her assistance to the Union cause during the Civil War.

A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who actually lived in the little houses about which she wrote.

In A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, all the pertinent facts of the life, times and importance of the sixteenth president of the United States are presented in a simple, straightforward text that accurately expresses Lincoln's life story, as well as the flavor of the 1800s.

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus.

A brief biography of the woman who overcame her handicaps of being both blind and deaf.