Nina Brown Baker

Nina Brown Baker wrote many biographies for young people. With her special talent for research and her ability to re-create the times and settings in which her subjects lived, she succeeded in bringing to life people who might otherwise be remembered only as names in the long pageant of history—Bolívar, Juárez, Peter the Great, Garibaldi, Sun Yat-sen, and many others. Mrs. Baker was a teacher in a rural school in Colorado, but for many years devoted her time exclusively to writing. She believed that the most interesting way to learn about a country is through the lives of its great men because, she felt, "that way you get a good story, too."

Other Biography & History Books:

• Boy for a Man's Job: The Story of the Founding of St. Louis (Winston Adventure Books)
• Cyclone in Calico: The Story of Mary Ann Bickerdyke
• Garibaldi
• He Woudn't Be King: The Story of Simon Bolivar
• Juarez, Hero of Mexico
• Lenin
• Nickels and Dimes: The Story of F. W. Woolworth
• Nellie Bly, Reporter
• Next Year in Jerusalem: The Story of Thodor Herzl
• Pike of Pike's Peak
• Sun Yat-Sen
• Ten American Cities, Then and Now
• Texas Yankee: The Story of Gail Borden

Mysteries for Girls:

• Chinese Riddle: A Mystery Story for Girls
• Cinderella Secret: A Mystery Story for Girls
• Mystery at Four Chimneys
• Secret of Hallam House: A Mystery Story for Girls
• The Renee's Ruby