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One of the best ways to learn about a specific era is to read about it from the perspective of its key players. For instance, a good biography of Thomas Jefferson will often tell you much more about the American War for Independence and the writing of the Declaration of Independence than a textbook of the period can.

The problem with reading a good biography about one person, however, is that your view becomes fairly myopic. You might come away knowing a lot about Jefferson's experience in the Constitutional Conventions, but what about the other men involved? What were they thinking, what were their motivations, and where did they fit in the big picture?

That's where biography anthologies come in. A good anthology brings together a number of biographies that share something important in common, whether the subjects lived in the same time or place, or followed the same profession, or became famous for similar reasons. Without a common theme, biography anthologies are pretty much worthless.

Anthologies are also useful for quick reference, or for finding out about people you never knew existed, or for simply thumbing through on a lazy afternoon. We tend to think anything that educates is "merely" educational, and therefore worthless for any entertainment purposes; biography anthologies will educate, but they're also really fun.

There are one or two exceptions to the theme rule: a book like The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People doesn't have a particular unifying theme, but there are so many mini-biographies of so many people that it's more of an encyclopedia than a selection of related stories.

Perhaps the best biography anthologies we've seen are the Hero Tales books by Dave and Neta Jackson, each of which presents stories about important men and women of God through the ages. These are accessible, family-oriented, and accomplish what only the best books do: encourage readers to greater Christian faithfulness.

Our section was getting a bit bloated, so we put several titles in clearance. We're working on rebuilding it, but want only the best volumes. If you know of any excellent anthologies we should carry, please let us know. Our hope is that you'll find books here that are educational, entertaining, and edifying, and not just a bunch of irrelevant stories about dead people.

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	All That Glitters The Men and Women of the Gold and Silver Rushes Perspectives on History Series by Phyllis Raybin Emert from History Compass Historical Non-fiction for 6th-9th grade in California State History (Location: HISA-19CGR)
	America's War Heroes Notable Lives from History by Marilyn Boyer from Master Books for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $10.39
	American Experience Storybook A Challenge B reader Copper Lodge Library by Stephanie B. Meyer from Classical Conversations for 4th-8th grade in Classical Conversations (Location: CUR-CC) $16.99
	Bad Girls Throughout History 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen from Chronicle Books for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Burke Davis 1992 Odyssey Classics edition from Clarion Books for 5th-8th grade in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV) $8.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Book of Golden Deeds by Charlotte M. Yonge from Living Book Press for 4th-8th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $13.99
	Famous Men of the Middle Ages by John H. Haaren & A.B. Poland from Yesterday's Classics Historical Reference for 5th - 10th grade in Middle Ages (Location: HISW-MID) $13.95
	Famous Men of the Middle Ages by John H. Haaren & A.B. Poland from Feather Trail Press Historical Reference for 5th - 10th grade in Middle Ages (Location: HISW-MID)
	First Book in American History by Edward Eggleston 2^nd edition from Lost Classics Book Co. for 7th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
	Five Roads to the White House by Ann E. Weiss from Julian Messner for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	For God and Country by John Riddle from Barbour Publishing for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Four American Inventors by Frances M. Perry from Yesterday's Classics for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $13.95
	Four Great Americans by James Baldwin from Living Book Press for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
	Free Indeed Heroes of Black Christian History by Mark Sidwell Expanded from Bob Jones University Press Biography for 6th-12th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Freedom's Children Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories by Ellen Levine from Penguin Putnam Biography for 4th-8th grade in Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) (Location: HISA-20CIV) $7.99
	Great Artists - Great Composers: Portraits from Amadeus Press for 6th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Hero Tales How Common Lives Reveal the Heroic Spirit of America by Theodore Roosevelt & Henry Cabot Lodge from Cumberland House Biography for 7th-10th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Hero Tales from American History by Theodore Roosevelt & Henry Cabot Lodge Paperback, First Printing from Tolle Lege Press Biography for 7th-10th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
	Hero Tales from American Life by Francis Trevelyan Miller 1994 reprint from Mantle Ministries for 6th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Heroes Every Child Should Know by H. W. Mabie from Yesterday's Classics Biography for 5th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $15.95
	Heroes Every Child Should Know by H. W. Mabie from Living Book Press Biography for 5th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $15.95
	Heroes of Polar Exploration by Ralph Andrist from American Heritage Publishing Co. for 6th-10th grade in Horizon Caravel Books (Location: VIN-HOR)
	Heroes of the Holy Life Biographies of Fully Devoted Followers of Christ by Wesley L. Duewel from Zondervan for 8th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Heroes of the Middle Ages by Eva March Tappan from Yesterday's Classics Historical Fiction for 6th-9th grade in Middle Ages (Location: HISW-MID) $12.95
	Illustrious Americans - Volume 2 by Edward Everett Hale from Mantle Ministries Biography for 8th-10th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
	Inventors & Scientists from Master Books for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $10.39
	Jesus Freaks by dc Talk & The Voice of the Martyrs from Bethany House for 7th-10th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Kinderlager by Milton J. Nieuwsma from Scholastic Inc. for 6th-Adult in Holocaust (Location: HISW-20WW2H) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Legends of the Wild West by James A. Crutchfield, Bill O'Neal, Dale L. Walker from Publications International for 3rd-8th grade in Western Expansion (1800-1898) (Location: HISA-19WES) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Makers of the Red Revolution by Olivia Coolidge from Houghton Mifflin Non-fiction for 8th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Medal of Honor Heroes Landmark #111 by Colonel Red Reeder from Random House for 5th-9th grade in Vintage & Collectible (Location: VIN-COL)
	Minute Sketches of Great Composers by Eva v B. Hansl, Helen L. Kaufmann, illustrated by Samuel Nisenson from Grosset & Dunlap Biographical sketches for 3rd-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	More Minute Biographies Intimate Glimpses into the Lives of 150 Famous Men and Women by Samuel Nisenson and Alfred Parker from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Outlaws of the Pacific Northwest by Bill Gulick from Caxton Press for 7th-Adult in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO)
	Outrageous Women of the American Frontier Outrageous Women 1^st edition from Jossey-Bass in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Profiles in Courage Young Readers Memorial Edition by John F. Kennedy from HarperCollins Biography Anthology for 4th-8th grade 1957 Biography Pulitzer Prize in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Profiles in Courage (abridged) Young Readers Edition by John F. Kennedy, illustrated by Emil Weiss from HarperCollins Biography Anthology for 4th-8th grade 1957 Biography Pulitzer Prize in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (2 in stock)
	Real Book About Spies by Samuel Epstein from Garden City Books for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
	Royal Faces 500 Years of British Monarchy by Hugh Clayton from Thames and Hudson for 4th-9th grade in Great Britain / England (Location: HISMC-BRIT) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	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 2 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) $11.95
	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) $11.95
	Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States by Sheila Keenan Revised from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-8th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $3.00 (2 in stock)
	Seven Kings of England by Geoffrey Trease from Vanguard Press for 4th-8th grade in Great Britain / England (Location: HISMC-BRIT)
	Seven Men And the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 8th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Seven Men And the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 8th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $16.99
	Seven Women by Eric Metaxas from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 8th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $17.99
	Stories of the Nations: Volume 1 From the Ottomans to Garibaldi (1550-1850) by Charles Morris, Sonya Shafer, Lorene Lambert from Simply Charlotte Mason for 4th-8th grade in Modern History (Location: HISW-MOD)
	Stories of the Nations: Volume 2 From Count Bismarck to Queen Elizabeth II (1850-2012) by Charles Morris, Lorene Lambert from Simply Charlotte Mason for 4th-8th grade in Simply Charlotte Mason (Location: CUR-SCM)
	Story-Lives of Great Composers by Katherine Little Bakeless 3^rd edition from J.B. Lippincott Co. for 7th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Harriette Brower from Living Book Press for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
	Ten Brave Women by Sonia Daugherty, illustrated by James Daugherty for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Time Great People of the 20th Century by Kelly Knauer, editor from Time-Life Books for 8th-12th grade in 20th Century (Location: HISW-20) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Winged Horse The Story of Poets and their Poetry by Joseph Auslander & Frank Ernest Hill from Doubleday & Company for 6th-Adult in Vintage Poetry (Location: VIN-POET) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Women in Science 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky from Ten Speed Press for 4th-12th grade in History of Science & Mathematics (Location: SCI-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Women of Courage Landmark #107 by Dorothy Nathan from Random House for 5th-9th grade in Vintage & Collectible (Location: VIN-COL)
	Women Who Made a Difference by Jeff Bloch, Malcolm Forbes 1^st edition from Simon and Schuster for 8th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $3.00 (1 in stock)

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