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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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	Alexander Hamilton: Soldier and Statesman Spirit of America: Our People by Pam Rosenberg from Child's World for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
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	Betsy Ross A Flag for a New Nation Leaders of the American Revolution by Vicki Cox from Chelsea House Publishing for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Black Courage by A. E. Schraff from Macrae-Smith Company for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $10.00 (1 in stock)
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	Cry for Action 1866-1905 by Melissa Stone from Steck-Vaughn Company for 4th-6th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $6.00 (1 in stock)
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	First Families: The Jacksons by Cass R. Sandak from Crestwood House for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
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	Henry Hudson English Explorer of the Northwest Passage Library of Explorers and Exploration by Josepha Sherman from Rosen Central for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
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	Hunters Blaze the Trails by Edith S. McCall New 1980 Edition from Children's Press for 4th-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Isaac Newton and Gravity by Steve Parker from Chelsea House Publishing for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	James Longstreet Triangle Histories: The Civil War by Melanie LeTourneau from Blackbirch Press for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Jefferson Davis Triangle Histories: The Civil War by W. Scott Ingram from Blackbirch Press for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	John and Sebastian Cabot by Henry Ira Kurtz from Franklin Watts for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	John Charles Frémont by Charles W. Maynard 1^st edition from PowerKids Press for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	John Hancock: A Signature Life by Philip Koslow from Franklin Watts for 4th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Juan Ponce de Leon and the Search for the Fountain of Youth by Daniel E. Harmon from Chelsea House Publishing for 4th-6th grade in Age of Exploration (1450-1700) (Location: HISA-16EXP) $6.00 (2 in stock)
	Leif Eriksson by Cynthia Fitterer Klingel, Robert B. Noyed from Child's World for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Life and Times of Buddha by Mona Gedney from Mitchell Lane Publishers for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Life and Times of Confucius by Kathleen Tracy from Mitchell Lane Publishers for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Magellan by Michael Burgan from Compass Point Books for 5th-12th grade in Age of Exploration (1450-1700) (Location: HISA-16EXP) $6.50 (1 in stock)
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	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 Gauguin Artists Through the Ages by Alix Wood from Windmill Books for 2nd-5th grade in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
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	Pioneer Traders by Edith S. McCall from Children's Press for 4th-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Ponce de Leon Junior World Explorers by Wyatt Blassingame, illustrated by Russ Hoover from Chelsea House Publishing for 3rd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Profiles in Mathematics: Alan Turing by Jim Corrigan from Morgan Reynolds for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
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	South Town by Lorenz Graham from Follett Publishing Co. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Two Years Before the Mast by Frank L. Beals, illustrated by E.E. King, original story by Richard H. Dana Jr. Adapted & Retold from Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Taller Than Bandai Mountain The Story of Hideyo Noguchi by Dan D'Amelio, illustrated by Fred Banbery from Viking Press for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $20.00 (1 in stock)
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	Thomas Edison: Inventor Spirit of America: Our People by Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyed from Child's World for 2nd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
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	Will Rogers The Cowboy Who Walked with Kings by Cathareen L. Bennett from Lerner Publishing Group for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	William Bradford of Plymouth Colony by W.J. Jacobs from Franklin Watts for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	William Harvey Discoverer of How Blood Circulates by Lisa Yount from Enslow for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	World's Great Explorers: Alexander the Great by Maureen Ash from Children's Press for 4th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Wright Brothers by Shelia Wyborny 1^st edition from KidHaven Press for 4th-6th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.00 (1 in stock)

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