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"Did they tell you stories about the saints of old,
stories about their faith?
Stories like that make a boy grow bold,
stories like that make a man walk straight..."
—Rich Mullins, Boy Like Me, Man Like You

Stories about people have a way of affecting us in ways other stories can't. The Bible is primarily stories about people, and it is through these multiple biographies that we understand human nature, the history of redemption, and even to a great extent God Himself. The purpose behind any other biography is largely the same—to help us understand what it means to be human from the examples (sometimes even the bad examples) of those who have preceded us.

The biographies we have chosen for this section represent those of great leaders in history, social and military heroes, and Christian saints past and present who struggled to conform their lives to Christ's perfect example. We have avoided for the most part biographies of history's villains and chronic immoralists, not because they aren't interesting but because they don't represent lives worthy of imitation. We've also decided not to focus on athletes, actors, and celebrities, unless they've made important contributions outside their fields. That's not to say everyone found here was above reproach or even a Christian, but they all demonstrated real human virtues for which they are remembered.

Biographies are also useful for better understanding of a given historical period. While history books can provide good overviews of a period or events, the intimate detail of a good biography can better illustrate a time period and what it was like to be alive then. This also serves to demonstrate the universality of human nature, that people will behave basically the same during any given period and in any given place. Sometimes we get the impression that people of the past, especially people like missionaries and ministers, were somehow more pious than we are—the personal view offered by a good biography dispels this myth and offers encouragement that not even the best men and women are any closer to perfection than we are.

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	And Long Remember Some Great Americans Who Have Helped Me by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats from E.M. Hale and Company for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz & Margot Tomes from PaperStar Books Biography for 2nd-4th grade in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV) $7.99 $4.50 (2 in stock)
	And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz & Margot Tomes from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 2nd-4th grade in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Ben Franklin See and Read: Beginning to Read Biography by Estelle Friedman, illustrated by James Caraway from G.P. Putnam's Sons for 1st-3rd grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Benjamin Franklin Inventor, Statesman, and Patriot by R. Conrad Stein from Rand McNally Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (2 in stock)
	Benjamin Franklin Printer and Patriot Makers of America by Ruth Cromer Weir, illustrated by Rus Anderson from Abingdon Press for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer by Augusta Stevenson from Aladdin Paperbacks Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA) $7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Builders of Our Country Book II by Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth from Yesterday's Classics for 3rd-6th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Courage to Run A Story Based on the Life of Harriet Tubman Daughters of the Faith by Wendy G. Lawton from Moody Press for 3rd-6th grade in Daughters of the Faith (Location: SER-DAU) $8.99 $5.00 (3 in stock)
	Daniel Boone by Carol Greene from Children's Press for Preschool-3rd Grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman Childhood of Famous Americans by Aileen Wells Parks from Aladdin Paperbacks Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA) $7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Four Great Americans by James Baldwin from Yesterday's Classics for 3rd-5th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	George Washington A Picture Book Biography by James Giblin & Michael Dooling from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 2nd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.50 (2 in stock)
	George Washington by James Cross Giblin from Scholastic Inc. for 2nd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz from PaperStar Books Biography for 1st-4th grade in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV) $6.99 $4.50 (2 in stock)
	Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 2nd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer from HarperCollins for 2nd-4th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. from Scholastic Inc. for Preschool-3rd Grade in Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) (Location: HISA-20CIV) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King by Ellen Levine Updated from Scholastic Inc. Historical Non-Fiction for 2nd-5th grade in Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) (Location: HISA-20CIV) $4.50 (2 in stock)
	In Their Own Words: Abraham Lincoln In Their Own Words by George Sullivan from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 3rd-4th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (2 in stock)
	John Hancock by Candice Ransom from Barnes & Noble for 2nd-4th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith 1^st edition from Hyperion/Madison Press for Preschool-3rd grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Liberty Letters: The Story of Pocahontas, 1613 The Personal Correspondence of Elizabeth Walton & Abigail Matthews Liberty Letters by Nancy LeSourd 1^st edition from Zondervan Historical Fiction for 3rd-6th grade in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Life of Washington In Words of One Syllable by Josephine Pollard from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for 3rd-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $10.95 $7.50 (2 in stock)
	Meet George Washington Second Series Landmark / Step Up reprints by Joan Heilbroner from Random House Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.99 $3.00 (3 in stock)
	Meet George Washington by Joan Heilbroner First Scholastic Printing 2001 from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Meet Thomas Jefferson by Marvin Barrett from Random House for Preschool-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $1.50 (3 in stock)
	Molly Pitcher: Young Patriot Childhood of Famous Americans by Augusta Stevenson from Aladdin Paperbacks Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA) $8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Patrick Henry The Founding Fathers by Stuart A. Kallen from ABDO Publishing Co. for 2nd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Paul Revere First Biographies by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson, Illustrated by Francis Balistreri from Steck-Vaughn Company for 1st-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Pocahontas by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Beautiful Feet Books Picture Book Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.95 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla from Scholastic Inc. Biographies for 3rd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla from Avyx, Inc. Biographies for 3rd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Poor Richard in France by F. N. Monjo, illustrated by Brinton Turkle from Henry Holt and Company for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Samuel Adams: Father of the Revolution Spirit of America: Our People by Ann Heinrichs from Child's World for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 3rd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston from Yesterday's Classics Narrative History for 1st-4th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $11.95 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston from Lost Classics Book Co. Narrative History for 1st-4th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Daniel Boone, Wilderness Explorer A Dell Yearling Biography by Walter Retan from Yearling for 2nd-4th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Story of Harriet Tubman Conductor of the Underground Railroad Dell Yearling Biography by Kate McMullan from Yearling Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Thomas Jefferson A Picture Book Biography by James Cross Giblin from Scholastic Inc. for Preschool-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	We'll Race You, Henry A Story about Herny Ford by Barbara Mitchell from Carolrhoda Books, Inc. for 3rd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	We'll Race You, Henry A Story about Herny Ford by Barbara Mitchell from Carolrhoda Books, Inc. for 3rd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	What's So Great About Francis Scott Key by Marylou Morano Kjelle from Mitchell Lane Publishers for 2nd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? by Jean Fritz & Margot Tomes from Coward McCann Biography for 2nd-4th grade in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Wilderness Trail The Story of Daniel Boone Our Changing World by Allen Chaffee, illustrated by Earl B. Winslow from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 3rd-5th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $30.00 (1 in stock)
	Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? by Jean Fritz from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 2nd-4th grade in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	William Bradford, Pilgrim Boy by Bradford Smith from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for 3rd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $10.95 $6.00 (1 in stock)

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