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American Biographies

Great American authors and historical figures featured on our pages have interesting stories of their own. We offer two sections below: Especially for Children and Biographies for All. These authors are featured in Children's Stories, Short Stories for Middle School, Short Stories for High School & 100 Great Short Stories

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Biographies Especially for Children

Abigail Adams and Her Times

Abigail Adams

Louisa May Alcott: A Child's Biography

Louisa May Alcott

Clara Barton: A Child's Biography

Clara Barton

Daniel Boone and the Founding of Kentucky

Daniel Boone

Cofachiqui: An Indian Princess of Historic Legend

Cofachiqui

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Child's Biography

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hawthorne's Story of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Ulysses S. Grant: A Child's Biography

Ulysses S. Grant

The Young Scout: Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Robert E. Lee: A Child's Biography

Robert E. Lee

Abraham Lincoln: A Child's Biography

Abraham Lincoln

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Child's Biography

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Molly Pitcher: The Brave Gunner of the Battle of Monmouth

Molly Pitcher

Pocahontas: The Indian Girl of the Virginia Forest

Pocahontas

The Midnight Ride: Paul Revere

Paul Revere

Henry David Thoreau: A Child's Biography

Henry David Thoreau

Mark Twain: A Child's Biography

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

George Washington: A Child's Biography

George Washington

George Washington's Boyhood Rules

Washington's Boyhood Rules

Daniel Webster: A Child's Biography

Daniel Webster

American Biographies for All Ages

Katharine Lee Bates Biography

Katharine Lee Bates

L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

Willa Cather

Willa Cather

Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin

George M. Cohan Biography

George M. Cohan

James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper

Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane

J. Hector St. John de Crevoecoeur

St. John de Crevoecoeur

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Woody Guthrie Biography

Woody Guthrie

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Bret Harte

Bret Harte

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe

William Dean Howells

William Dean Howells

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Frances Scott Key

Frances Scott Key

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Emma Lazarus

Emma Lazarus

Jack London

Jack London

James Madison

James Madison

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

Clara Dillingham Pierson

Clara Dillingham Pierson

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Laura E. Richards

Laura E. Richards

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

John Philip Sousa Biography

John Philip Sousa

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Frank Stockton

Frank Stockton

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Anne Hollingsworth Wharton

Anne Hollingsworth Wharton

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams