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Who Was Who:
5000 BC – 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to be
by Irwin Leslie Gordon
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Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
by Edward Eggleston
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2nd to 4th grade reading level
Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln
by James Baldwin
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4th to 5th grade reading level
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
by John H. Haaren and Addison B. Poland
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Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe,
by Sherwin Cody
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American Men of Action,
by Burton E. Stevenson
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Famous Americans of Recent Times,
by James Parton
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The Red Book of Heroes
by Leonora Blanche Lang
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Religious Figures
John Wesley
by Bonamy Dobrée
Remnant Prophesy
Life of Luther
by Julius Koestlin
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Life of Bunyan [Works of the English Puritan divines]
by James Hamilton
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The Life of John Bunyan
by Edmund Venables
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A Life of St. John for the Young
by George Ludington Weed
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The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
by Georgiana Fullerton
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Americans
True Story of Christopher Columbus, Admiral; Told for youngest readers
by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
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The Life of Columbus; in his own words
by Edward Everett Hale
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Christopher Columbus
by Mildred Stapley Byne
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The Life of General Francis Marion
by M. L. Weems
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American Men of Action
by Burton E. Stevenson
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Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch
by Edward S. Ellis
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short and amusing story, suitable for 5th grade up
Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography
by William Roscoe Thayer
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Captain John Smith
by Charles Dudley Warner
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The True George Washington
by Paul Leicester Ford
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George Washington,
Volume I | Volume II
by Henry Cabot Lodge
Edison, His Life and Inventions
by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
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The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls
by Jacqueline M. Overton
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The Boys’ Life of Mark Twain
by Albert Bigelow Paine
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The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne
by Frank Preston Stearns
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An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)
by William Frederick Cody
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7th to 8th grade reading level
Last of the Great Scouts
the life story of Col. William F. Cody, “Buffalo Bill” as told by his sister
Wetmore, Helen Cody
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Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance
by Frances Cavanah
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The Boys’ Life of Abraham Lincoln
by Helen Nicolay
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Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories:
a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America’s greatest story teller
by Alexander McClure
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The Lincoln Story Book
by Henry Llewellyn Williams
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A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
[or the long version below]
Abraham Lincoln: a History —
Volume 1 | Volume 2
by John Hay & John G. Nicolay
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Lincoln’s Personal Life
by Nathaniel W. Stephenson
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Abraham Lincoln
by Lord Charnwood
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Complete Project Gutenberg Abraham Lincoln Writings
by Abraham Lincoln
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Life of Stephen A. Douglas
by William Gardner
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Life and Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon
by John Filson
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Life & Times of Col. Daniel Boone
by Cecil B. Harley
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for High School
David Crockett
by John Stevens Cabot Abbott
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
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8th to 9th grade reading level
The Colored Cadet at West Point
by Henry Ossian Flipper
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8th to 9th grade reading level
Up from Slavery: an autobiography
by Booker T. Washington
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6th to 7th grade reading level
The Life of Kit Carson
by Edward S. Ellis
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Christopher Carson
by John S. C. Abbott
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The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson,
the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself
by de Witt C. Peters
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A Life of General Robert E. Lee
by John Esten Cooke
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass
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John James Audubon
by John Burroughs
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The Life of Phineas T. Barnum
by Joel Benton
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Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography
by Theodore Roosevelt
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The Authoritative Life of General William Booth
by George Scott Railton
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Daniel Webster
by Henry Cabot Lodge
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From Boyhood to Manhood
Life of Benjamin Franklin
by William M. Thayer
The Princess Pocahontas
by Virginia Watson
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My Life and Work
by Henry Ford
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The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne
by Frank Preston Stearns
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Will Rogers, A Biography
by Donald Day
DjVu File from Internet Archive
John Jacob Astor
by Elbert Hubbard
Internet Archive Text File
Nelson Rockefeller
by Joe Alex Morris
Internet Archive DjVu File
Interview with Matthew Henderson
(explored the North Pole)
PDF document from MatthewHenderson.com
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
by Matthew A. Henson
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Biographies of Folks from Other Countries
The Story of H.M. Stanley
by Vautier Golding
Baldwin Texts
Mein Kampf
by Adolf Hitler
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Alexander the Great
by Jacob Abbott
Baldwin Text
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
by Charles Darwin
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The Boy Life of Napoleon
by Eugenie Foa
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King Alfred of England
by Jacob Abbott
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In the Days of Alfred the Great
In the Days of William the Conqueror
by Eva March Tappan
Baldwin Project
History of King Charles the Second of England
History of Romulus
DjVu file at Internet Archives
History of Julius Caesar
Also DjVu file at Internet Archive
Cleopatra
Also DjVu file at Internet Archive
by Jacob Abbott
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Life of Lafayette
by E. Cecil
Internet Archive DjVu file
Women
Women of Influence
US.Info.State.Gov
The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
by Olive Gilbert and Sojourner Truth
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Lives of Girls Who Became Famous
by Sarah Knowles Bolton
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6th to 7th grade reading level
Historic Girls
by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
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Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane
by Calamity Jane
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This is a short biography at about 7th to 8th grade reading level. It’s quite amusing.
The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
by Charles Duke Yonge
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Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
by Charles Edward Stowe and Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Susan B. Anthony
by Alma Lutz
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2)
by Ida Husted Harper
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Ann Jacobs
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The Use and Need of the Life of Carrie A. Nation
by Carrie Amelia Nation
Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood
by Grace Greenwood
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Queen Victoria, Story of Her Life & Rein
by Anonymous
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In The Days of Queen Elizabeth
In The Days of Queen Victoria
by Eva March Tappan
Baldwin Project
A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA)
by Lucy Larcom
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An Unwilling Maid
Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American
Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott
by Jeanie Gould Lincoln
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Great Women
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07
by Lord John
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Volume 1 | Volume 2
by Mark Twain
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Jeanne D’Arc: her life and death
by Mrs. Oliphant
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Excellent Women
several short biographies by Various
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A Woman’s Life-Work — Labors and Experiences
by Laura S. Haviland
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