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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