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|  | Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? by Jean Fritz, Trina Schart Hyman
In the early days of America when men wore ruffles, rode horseback, and obeyed the King, there lived a man in Boston who cared for none of these things. No one expected Samuel Adams to wear ruffles or pledge allegiance to the King of England, but his friends did think that he might get on a horse. But would he? Never! he said. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Full color. AUTHOR: Jean Fritz, Trina Schart Hyman
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Street Justice by Chuck Zito, Joe Layden
Description not available.The personal life story of the former Golden Gloves boxer and actor describes his coming of age on the streets of New York, presidency of the Hell's Angels, experiences as a celebrity bodyguard, and television career. 100,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Chuck Zito, Joe Layden
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Mary Todd Lincoln by Jean H. Baker
Rich with superb insights and wonderful anecdotes about 19th-century family and domestic life, it is a complex and moving character study of a woman tragically out of step with her time and place .--Chicago Tribune. Photos. AUTHOR: Jean H. Baker
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Hungry for Home
Description not available.Chronicles the dramatic events that led to the inhabitants of the remote Blasket islands off the coast of Ireland to abandon their ancient homes and medieval way of life in 1953, following the lives and fates of this vanished people and of the Kearney family, who had made new lives for themselves in America. Reprint.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Marlene Dietrich by Maria E. Riva
The full-scale, riveting, hitherto untold story of Marlene Dietrich--the Berlin child, the young actress, the wife, mother, lover, and, for more than a half century, the international star--as no one but her daughter, Maria Riva, could tell it. Includes fascinating first-time, close-up glimpses of international film, stage, and literary circles from the 1920s through the 1960s. 217 photographs. AUTHOR: Maria E. Riva
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Daughter of the Air by Rob Simbeck
A member of a prominent Nashville family, Cornelia Fort became a flight instructor and aviator at a time when few women did so. This is the story of her short life, augmented with letters provided by her family. Among the interesting episodes in her life, at the age of 22, she witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor from the air while giving a flight lesson. AUTHOR: Rob Simbeck
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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