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|  | George Washington Carver by Sam Wellman
This is the biography of the great African American scientist George Washington Carver, born the son of slaves, who worked in his lab with God`s help to free the South from it`s post-Civil War poverty. AUTHOR: Sam Wellman
PUBLISHER: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore P. Stewart, Flo Gibson, Jessamyn West
Complete with its original N.C. Wyeth illustrations is this outstanding first-person chronicle of life on the American frontier. AUTHOR: Elinore P. Stewart, Flo Gibson, Jessamyn West
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Tuxedo Park by Jennet Conant
This is the story of Alfred L. Loomis, the eccentric Wall Street tycoon, millionaire, and amateur scientist whose participation behind the scenes of World War II aided in bringing about its conclusion. In his mansion in Tuxedo Park, Loomis culled the great minds of his times, funded research on radar detection systems, and championed the construction of the atomic bomb. AUTHOR: Jennet Conant
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Blood on the Moon by Edward Steers
This study of Lincoln's assassination looks at the many unresolved questions surrounding that event. BLOOD ON THE MOON won a 2001 award of Achievement from the Lincoln Group of New York. AUTHOR: Edward Steers
PUBLISHER: University Press of Kentucky
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Game & the Glory by Gregg Lewis, Michelle Akers
Description not available.A celebrated midfielder of the phenomenal United States women's soccer team chronicles her life, discussing the difficulties she overcame, including a strange career-threatening illness and a painful divorce, and exploring the re-found faith that helped her realize her dreams. AUTHOR: Gregg Lewis, Michelle Akers
PUBLISHER: Zondervan
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Immortal Class by Travis H. Culley
In this memoir, a bike messenger speaks from the streets of Chicago, asserting that many people of his dangerous profession are talented artists and writers who represent America's dying breed of revolutionists. He feels that by busting out of corporate cubicles he and other delivery people are fearless individuals, fighting for freedom and resisting vices associated with capitalism. A tribute to bike messengers all over the country. AUTHOR: Travis H. Culley
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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