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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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	Alice Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker by Stacey A. Cordery from Viking Press for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
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	Illustrious Americans - Volume 2 by Edward Everett Hale from Mantle Ministries Biography for 8th-10th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
	It Can't Be Done, Nellie Bly! by Nancy Butcher 1^st edition from Peachtree Publishers, Ltd. for 4th-6th grade in Clearance: Biographies (Location: ZCLE-BIO)
	Jane Addams Pioneer of Hull House A Discovery Book by Helen Stone Peterson from Garrard Publishing Company for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
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	Story of Eleanor Roosevelt Grosset & Dunlap Signature #48 by Lorena A. Hickok, illustrated by William Barss from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Florence Nightingale Grosset & Dunlap Signature #10 by Margaret Leighton, illustrated by Corinne B. Dillon from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Louisa May Alcott Grosset & Dunlap Signature #35 by Joan Howard, illustrated by Flora Smith from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 3rd-8th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Madame Curie Grosset & Dunlap Signature #46 by Alice Thorne, illustrated by Federico Castellon from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	They Led the Way by Johanna Johnston from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-6th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
	Who Was Helen Keller? Who Was?...Series by Gare Thompson from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Who Was? biographies (Location: BIO-WHO) $3.50 (1 in stock)
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