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Abraham Lincoln by Call Number: E457 .B15 2000ISBN: 0155056999Publication Date: 1999-08-23The third volume in the CREATORS OF THE AMERICAN MIND series, this text offers an approach to Lincoln and his place in American history that is as accurate as it is novel.
Andrew Jackson by Call Number: E382 .B83 2006ISBN: 1400030722Publication Date: 2006-10-10National Bestseller In this, the first major single-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in decades, H.W. Brands reshapes our understanding of this fascinating man, and of the Age of Democracy that he ushered in. On a majestic, sweeping scale Brands re-creates Jackson's rise from his hardscrabble roots to his days as frontier lawyer, then on to his heroic victory in the Battle of New Orleans, and finally to the White House.
His Excellency by Call Number: E312 .E245 2005ISBN: 1400040310Publication Date: 2004-10-26Drawing from the newly catalogued Washington papers at the University of Virginia, the author paints a full portrait of Washington's life and career in the context of eighteenth-century America, richly detailing his private life and illustrating the ways in which it influenced his public persona.
John Adams by Call Number: E322 .F47 2010ISBN: 9780195398663Publication Date: 2010-02-09In John Adams: A Life, Ferling offers a compelling portrait of one of the giants of the Revolutionary era. Drawing on extensive research, Ferling depicts a reluctant revolutionary, a leader who was deeply troubled by the warfare that he helped to make, and a fiercely independent statesman.
The Last Founding Father by Call Number: E372 .U54 2010ISBN: 9780306819186Publication Date: 2010-09-28In this compelling biography, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals the epic story of James Monroe (1758-1831)-the last of America's Founding Fathers-who transformed a small, fragile nation beset by enemies into a powerful empire stretching "from sea to shining sea."
Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics by Call Number: E387 .S64 2002ISBN: 0742522431Publication Date: 2002-07-16Chronicles the life of Martin Van Buren, focusing on his role in the development and transformation of American politics in the early part of the nineteenth century.
Mr. Adams's Last Crusade by Call Number: E377 .W47 2008ISBN: 9780786720125Publication Date: 2008-01-29In this engaging biography, historian Joseph Wheelan describes Adams's battles against the House Gag Rule that banished abolition petitions; the removal of Eastern Indian tribes; and the annexation of slave-holding Texas, while recounting his efforts to establish the Smithsonian Institution.
Polk by Call Number: E417 .B67 2008ISBN: 9781400065608Publication Date: 2008-04-08In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment.
Thomas Jefferson by Call Number: E332 .B47 2003ISBN: 0195169115Publication Date: 2003-09-04In Thomas Jefferson, Bernstein offers the definitive short biography of this revered American-the first concise life in six decades.
Ulysses S. Grant by Call Number: E672.S614 2000ISBN: 0395659949Publication Date: 2000-02-21Brooks Simpson brings Grant's story to life in an account that is readable, balanced, compelling, and definitive.
Biographies
Important historical figures who weren't presidents.
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2. Choose subject in the drop down menu under the search bar
3. Enter person's last name, first name. Example: Lincoln, Abraham.
Abigail Adams by Call Number: E322.1.A38 A35 1980bISBN: 0673393186Publication Date: 1980-01-01Drawing on nearly two thousand surviving letters, Ackers portrays Adams as a shrewd political observer, a powerful and influential First Lady, and an early advocate of education for women.
Alexander Hamilton by Call Number: E302.6.H2 C48 2004ISBN: 1594200092Publication Date: 2004-04-26The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton! In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America.
American Jezebel by Call Number: F67 .H92 L37 2004ISBN: 0060562331Publication Date: 2004-03-02In a time when women could not vote, hold public office, or teach outside the home, the charismatic Hutchinson wielded remarkable political power. Her unconventional ideas attracted a following of prominent citizens eager for social reform. Charged with heresy and sedition, she defended herself brilliantly, but the court, faced with a perceived threat to public order, banished her for behaving in a manner "not comely for [her] sex." The seeds of the American struggle for women's and human rights can be found in her courageous story
Benjamin Franklin by Call Number: E302.6.F8 I83 2004ISBN: 074325807XPublication Date: 2004-06-01Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.
The Fire of Freedom by Call Number: E540 .N3 C37 2012ISBN: 9781469621906Publication Date: 2015-02-01Abraham H. Galloway (1837-1870) was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist, and Union spy who rose out of bondage to become one of the most significant and stirring black leaders in the South during the Civil War. Throughout his brief, mercurial life, Galloway fought against slavery and injustice. He risked his life behind enemy lines, recruited black soldiers for the North, and fought racism in the Union army's ranks. He also stood at the forefront of an African American political movement that flourished in the Union-occupied parts of North Carolina, even leading a historic delegation of black southerners to the White House to meet with President Lincoln and to demand the full rights of citizenship. He later became one of the first black men elected to the North Carolina legislature. Long hidden from history, Galloway's story reveals a war unfamiliar to most of us.
Let Slavery Die by Call Number: E444 .S6584 2020ISBN: 9781948102360Publication Date: 2020-07-15Henry Highland Garnet, Presbyterian minister and a strong voice for the abolition of slavery, was the first African American to preach before the U. S. House of Representatives, on February 12, 1865, to celebrate Congress passage of the 13th Amendment. This book contains a narrative of his life up to that point, and the discourse he delivered. A Foreword by Dr. Sean Lucas introduces Garnet and his significance for our day.
Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Call Number: E185.97.T8 G55 1998ISBN: 0140436782Publication Date: 1998-11-01Truth's testimony to her 30 years of bondage in upstate New York and the revelations that turned her into an abolitionist.
A Perfect Union by Call Number: E342.1.M2 A45 2006ISBN: 9780805073270Publication Date: 2006-04-04Offers a portrait of the life of a remarkable American woman, profiling the seminal role played by Dolley Madison amid the turbulent and complex political, social, and cultural world of the early nineteenth century.
The Real Benjamin Franklin by Call Number: E302.6.F8 R28 1982ISBN: 9780880800013Publication Date: 1982-01-01Part I of this book details Franklin’s exciting biography, and Part II includes his most important and insightful writings. In both sections, Franklin s words are carefully documented from original sources.
Reminiscences of My Life in Camp by Call Number: E492.94 33rd T3 2013ISBN: 9781519061027Publication Date: 2016-11-24Suzie King Taylor made a remarkable journey from slavery to freedom through service with the first black Civil War regiment to fight for freedom in America's history.Written toward the end of her life, her memories are not those of a battle veteran, though she helped care for plenty of shattered bodies, heard the guns, and saw rebel soldiers at close range. At risk to her life and freedom, she served throughout the war as a teenaged nurse.Assigned as a laundress, she actually did very little laundering but instead played an important role in the care and spirits of black soldiers and their white commanders.Her depth of feeling about the past and her passionate hopes for the future bring her writing to life. Susie King Taylor (1848-1912) was an African American army nurse with the first black Union troops during the Civil War. She wrote the only memoir of an African-American woman who had experience with combat troops. She was also the first African American to teach in a school for former slaves in Georgia.
Strength and Honor by Call Number: E342.1.M18 C68 2005ISBN: 1929175094Publication Date: 2004-08-01Based on more than two thousand of Dolley Payne Todd Madison's letters and accompanied by period illustrations, offers a biography of the popular First Lady who was renowned as a hostess and heroine of the War of 1812.
Undaunted Courage by Call Number: F 592.7 .A49 1996ISBN: 0684811073Publication Date: 1996-02-15Though primarily a biography of Meriwether Lewis, this book also provides fascinating sketches of Thomas Jefferson, William Clark, Sacagawea, & other contemporaries.
William Penn by Call Number: F152.2 .G42 2000ISBN: 0582299004Publication Date: 2000-07-24"The life of Penn makes a fascinating point of entry to the history of early colonisation in America and to the English political upheavals of the late seventeenth century, including the Glorious Revolution. This book throws light on two very different worlds at a key moment of development."
These figures in American history have at least two biographies in the EGSC library. Remember, some books may be in electronic format.
Abigail Adams
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
Daniel Boone
John Brown
James Buchanan
Christopher Columbus
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
Benjamin Franklin
Ulysses Grant
Alexander Hamilton
Sam Houston
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Robert E. Lee
Meriwether Lewis
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison
John Marshall
Cotton Mather
James Monroe
James Oglethorpe
William Penn
Pocahontas
Paul Revere
Sacagawea
Sojourner Truth
John Tyler
Martin van Buren
George Washington
Daniel Webster
Phillis Wheatley
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