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A story about rivers and wooden boats, about heroes, humility, unbearable beauty, solitude, and death. Holmstrom`s is the tale of a man`s lone struggle in a difficult and changing world. AUTHOR: Brad Dimock, Cort Conley, Vince Welch
PUBLISHER: Fretwater Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Teammates by Paul Bacon, Peter Golenbock
Set in 1947 this picture book explores how Jackie Robinson became the first African American ever to play on a major league baseball team. Robinson faced much racial hatred but then one day in Cincinnati, his teammate Pee Wee Reese, fed up with the cruel treatment being heaped upon Robinson, took a stand and made a simple gesture that declared Robinson his teammate--and someone to be treated with respect. Illustrated with b&w photographs and watercolor paintings. AUTHOR: Paul Bacon, Peter Golenbock
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Clint by Patrick McGilligan
This no-holds-barred, very unauthorized biography explores the life of one of the most recognizable stars Hollywood has ever produced. It digs through Clint Eastwood's deliberately obfuscated past, examines his tangled personal life, and looks at his films to present a portrait of a man who defines the term tough guy. AUTHOR: Patrick McGilligan
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Dear Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney
An introduction to the life of Benjamin Banneker, a free African American born in the United States during the time of slavery. Banneker's parents were tobacco farmers in Maryland and when he grew up he followed in their footsteps. In addition to running the farm, Banneker also studied astronomy and mathematics and wrote an almanac--the first ever written by an African American. Although he was free, slavery still frustrated him and so in 1791 he wrote to Thomas Jefferson, then the secretary of state, to protest slavery and bring Jefferson himself to task for owning slaves. Excerpts from this letter and Jefferson's response appear within the story. Oil-and-scratchboard illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Maude (1883-1993) by Mardo Williams
Maude tells the story of the author's mother, an ordinary woman in rural Ohio whose life spanned much of the 20th century. Maude Allen Williams lived a simple, yet event-filled life, running a farm and raising four children. She died at 110. Williams, a journalist, wrote this biography at age 88. With photos. AUTHOR: Mardo Williams
PUBLISHER: Calliope Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Appleby House by Sylvia Smith
Sylvia Smith is single and lives in London. This memoir describes one year spent living in a tiny East End apartment: her housemates (pro and con), her boyfriends, the problems with bathrooms and laundry, and more. AUTHOR: Sylvia Smith
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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