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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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by James Headlam
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Biographies for 9th-12th grade
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by F. J. Gould
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Christopher Columbus: His Story and His Journals
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by Edward Everett Hale and Edward Gaylord Bourne
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$12.00 (1 in stock)
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by Wyatt Blassingame, illustrated by Gil Walker
from Purple House Press
for 5th-9th grade
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Combat Nurses of World War II
Landmark #116
by Wyatt Blassingame
Photo Edition from Purple House Press
for 5th-9th grade
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$15.99
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David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
by John S. C. Abbott
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by Walter Raleigh
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by John H. Haaren & A.B. Poland
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Historical Reference for 5th - 10th grade
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$13.95
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by James Baldwin
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for 1st-4th grade
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$11.95
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by Laura E. Richards
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Biography for 6th-9th grade
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by Frances M. Perry
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Freighters and Pilgrims
Knowledge Keepers Home Library Series 1865
by Charles E. Young and Sarah Raymond Herndon
from Knowledge Keepers
for Adult
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
Galileo and the Magic Numbers
by Sidney Rosen
2021 Reissue
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$19.99
General Lee: Southern Commander
Knowledge Keepers Home Library Series 1861
by John Esten Cooke, Captain Robert E. Lee, foreword by Nicki Truesdell
from Knowledge Keepers
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
God's Troubadour
by Sophie Jewett
from Yesterday's Classics
for 2nd-5th grade
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by Robert S. Ball
from Living Book Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)
$12.99
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by Frank P. Bachman
2019 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 5th-7th grade
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$9.99
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Makers of History Series
by Jacob Abbott
from Yesterday's Classics
for 7th-12th grade
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$12.95
He Went with Champlain
by Louise Andrews Kent
2022 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 3rd-6th grade
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by Louise Andrews Kent
2022 Reprint from Living Book Press
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by Louise Andrews Kent
2022 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 3rd-6th grade
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$15.99
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by Louise Andrews Kent
2022 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 3rd-6th grade
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$15.99
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by Louise Andrews Kent
2022 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 3rd-6th grade
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$15.99
He Went with Marco Polo
by Louise Andrews Kent
2022 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 3rd-6th grade
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$15.99
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by Louise Andrews Kent
2022 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 3rd-6th grade
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$15.99
Helen Keller: The Story of My Life
Signet Classics
by Helen Keller
from Living Book Press
Autobiography for 7th-10th grade
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$15.99
Heroes Every Child Should Know
by H. W. Mabie
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Biography for 5th-8th grade
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Heroes Every Child Should Know
by H. W. Mabie
from Living Book Press
Biography for 5th-8th grade
$13.99
Heroes of the Middle Ages
by Eva March Tappan
from Yesterday's Classics
Historical Fiction for 6th-9th grade
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$14.95
History of King Charles II of England
by Jacob Abbott
from Living Book Press
for 10th-Adult
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$10.99
History of Peter the Great
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by Jacob Abbott
2009th edition from Seven Treasures Publication
for 9th-Adult
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
In the Days of Alfred the Great
by Eva March Tappan
from Yesterday's Classics
for 6th-10th grade
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$12.95
In the Days of Alfred the Great
by Eva March Tappan
2023 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 6th-10th grade
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$9.99
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by Eva March Tappan
from Yesterday's Classics
for 6th-10th grade
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$12.95
In the Days of Queen Elizabeth
by Eva March Tappan
2023 Reprint from Living Book Press
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$9.99
In the Days of Queen Victoria
by Eva March Tappan
from Yesterday's Classics
for 6th-10th grade
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$12.95
In the Days of Queen Victoria
by Eva March Tappan
2023 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 6th-10th grade
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$10.99
In the Days of William the Conqueror
by Eva March Tappan
from Yesterday's Classics
for 6th-10th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$12.95
In the Days of William the Conqueror
by Eva March Tappan
2023 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 6th-10th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Life Stories for Young People
by George Upton (translator), Ludwig Ziemssen
from Yesterday's Classics
for 3rd-6th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
$11.95
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by Dave & Neta Jackson
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for 3rd-7th grade
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$9.99
Life of Christopher Columbus
by Edward Everett Hale
from Living Book Press
for 8th-12th grade
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$9.99
Life of King Alfred
by Asser
from Living Book Press
Biography for 9th-Adult
in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED)
$6.99
Love and Loss in Cambodia
by Debra Groves Harman
from Canby Media
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali
by P. James Oliver
from CreateSpace
for 3rd-6th grade
in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR)
$9.99
Marco Polo
by Manual Komroff, illustrated by Robin Jacques
from Living Book Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$12.99
Medical Corps Heroes of World War II
Landmark #120
by Wyatt Blassingame
2022 Reprint from Purple House Press
for 5th-9th grade
in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2)
$15.99
Miles Standish: The Puritan Captain
by John S. C. Abbott
2022 Reprint from Knowledge Keepers
for Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Miracle in the Hills
by Mary T. Martin Sloop with Legette Blythe
from McGraw-Hill
for 9th-Adult
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$10.50
Missionary Travels
by David Livingstone
from Living Book Press
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$22.99
Mr. Emerson's Cook
by Judy Schachner
from Purple House Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
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$14.99
Never Give In
Leaders in Action Series
by Stephen Mansfield
from Cumberland House
Biography for 9th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$19.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
by Mark Twain
from Living Book Press
Biography for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$17.99
Plutarch's Lives for Boys and Girls
by W.H. Weston (reteller), Plutarch
from Yesterday's Classics
for 3rd-6th grade
in Classics Retold (Location: FIC-RET)
$17.95
Queen Elizabeth
by Jacob Abbott
2023 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 7th-10th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$9.99
Queen Victoria
by G. A. Henty
from Unknown Publisher
for 6th-10th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
Queen without a Crown
by Madeleine Polland, illustrated by Herbert Danska
from Hillside Education
for 3rd-6th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$14.95
Romulus
Makers of History series
by Jacob Abbott
from Yesterday's Classics
History for 8th-12th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$12.95 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Sabre Jet Ace
by Charles Coombs
from Purple House Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA)
$12.99
Saints and Heroes 1
by George Hodges
from Living Book Press
Biography Anthology for 5th-8th grade
in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages
by George Hodges
from Yesterday's Classics
Biographies for 5th-8th grade
in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
$13.95
Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages
by George Hodges
from Yesterday's Classics
Biography Anthology for 5th-8th grade
in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
$13.95
Saints and Heroes: Two
by George Hodges
from Living Book Press
Biography Anthology for 5th-8th grade
in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
Simon Bolivar the Liberator
by Guillermo A. Sherwell
Reprint from Kessinger Publishing
for 9th-12th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
South
by Ernest Shackleton
100th Anniversary from SeaWolf Press
Expedition Memoir for 10th-Adult
in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW)
South
by Ernest Shackleton
from Living Book Press
Expedition Memoir for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.99
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
Stories of the Painters
by Amy Steedman
from Yesterday's Classics
for 4th-8th grade
in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS)
$42.95
Story of Abraham Lincoln
by Mary A. Hamilton
from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Bishop Patteson
by Elma K. Paget
from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Captain Cook
by John Lang
from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Columbus
by Gladys M. Imlach
from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Cromwell
by H. E. Marshall
from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$7.99
Story of David Livingstone
by Vautier Golding
from Yesterday's Classics
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$11.95
Story of David Livingstone
by Vautier Golding
from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
Story of Euclid
by W.B. Frankland
from Living Book Press
for 9th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$8.99
Story of General Gordon
by Jeanie Lang
from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Good Queen Bess
Grosset & Dunlap Signature #18
by Alida Sims Malkus, illustrated by Douglas Gorsline
from Purple House Press
Biography for 5th-9th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$12.99
Story of H.M. Stanley
by Vautier Golding
from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Joan of Arc
by Andrew Lang
for 6th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$5.99
Story of Joan of Arc
History Shapers
by Andrew Lang
2024 Reprint from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Lord Clive
by John Lang
from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Lord Roberts
by Edmund F. Sellar
from Living Book Press
for 6th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Napoleon
The Children's Heroes Series
by H. E. Marshall
from Yesterday's Classics
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$11.95
Story of Napoleon
History Shapers
by H. E. Marshall
from Living Book Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Nelson
by Edmund F. Sellar
from Living Book Press
for 5th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Robert Bruce
by Jeanie Lang
from Living Book Press
for 3rd-5th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Sir Francis Drake
by Oliver Elton
from Living Book Press
for 4th-8th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
Story of Sir Walter Raleigh
The Children's Heroes Series
by Margaret Duncan Kelly
from Yesterday's Classics
Biography for 3rd-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$11.95
Story of Sir Walter Raleigh
by Margaret Duncan Kelly
from Living Book Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in History Shapers (Location: BIO-SHAPE)
$6.99
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