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Childhood of Famous Americans Books

The Childhood of Famous Americans series was published from the 1940's through the 1960's. Each book has an easy-to-read story about a boy or girl who grows up to be famous as an inventor, statesman, nurse, doctor, explorer, or some other worthy occupation. Many of these titles are out-of-print, but a few have been reprinted by Patria Press as the Young Patriots series. Please check with Alibris, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble to find the out-of-print treasures and new re-prints.

Aird, Hazel B. and Ruddiman, Catherine

Henry Ford: Young Man with Ideas

Anderson

John Jacob Astor

Bare

John Deere

Barton

John Smith
Patrick Henry

Bebenroth, Charlotta M.

Meriwether Lewis: Boy Explorer

Borland, Kathryn and Helen Ross Speicher

Allan Pinkerton: Young Detective
Harry Houdini: Young Magician
Eugene Field

Bryant, Bernice

Dan Morgan: Wilderness Boy
George Gershwin

Burnett, Constance Buel

Lucretia Mott: Girl of Old Nantucket

Burt, Olive W.

Jed Smith: Young Western Explorer
John Alden: Young Puritan
John Wanamaker: Boy Merchant
Luther Burbank: Boy Wizard
The Ringling Brothers: Circus Boys

Clark, Electra

Osceola Young Seminole Indian
Robert Peary: Boy of the North

Cleven, Cathrine Seward

Black Hawk, Young Sauk Warrior
John Hancock New England Boy

Comfort

Herbert Hoover Boy Engineer

Corcoran

Elias Howe Inventive Boy

de Grummond and Delanne

Babe Didrikson: Girl Athlete
Jeff Davis: Confederate Boy

Dobler

Cyrus McCormick Farmer Boy
Lee DeForest

Dunham, Montrew

Abner Doubleday: Young Baseball Pioneer
George Westinghouse: Young Inventor
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Frisbee, Lucy Post

John Burrough: Boy of Field and Stream
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: America's Youngest President

Govan, C.N.

Rachel Jackson: Tennessee Girl

Guthridge, Sue

Tom Edison: Boy Inventor

Hammontree, Marie

Albert Einstein: Young Thinker
A. P. Giannini: Boy of San Francisco
Will and Charlie Mayo: Boy Doctors

Henry, Joanne Landers

Andrew Carnegie: Young Steelmaker
Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor
George Eastman: Young Photographer
Robert Fulton: Boy Craftsman

Higgins, Helen Boyd

Alec Hamilton: The Little Lion
Juliette Low: Girl Scout
Noah Webster: Boy of Words
Stephen Foster: Boy Minstrel
Walter Reed: Boy Who Wanted To Know

Howe, Jane Moore

Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator

Hudson, Wilma J.

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Young Military Leader
Harry S. Truman: Missouri Farm Boy

Jordan, P. C.

Brigham Young: Covered Wagon Boy

Long, Laura

David Farragut: Boy Midshipman
Douglas MacArthur: Young Protector
George Dewey: Vermont Boy
Oliver Hazard Perry: Boy of the Sea
John Peter Zenger: Young Defender of a Free Press

Mason, Miriam E.

Dan Beard: Boy Scout
Frances Willard: Girl Crusader
Kate Douglas Wiggin: The Little Schoolteacher
John Audubon: Boy Naturalist
Mark Twain: Boy of Old Missouri
Mary Mapes Dodge: Jolly Girl
William Penn: Friendly Boy

Melin, G. H.

Dorothea Dix: Girl Reformer
Maria Mitchell: Girl Astronomer

Millender, Dharathula H.

Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man with a Dream

Mitchell, Minnie Belle

James Whitcomb Riley: Young Poet

Monsell, Helen Albee

Robert E. Lee: Young Confederate
Dolly Madison: Quaker Girl
Henry Clay: Young Kentucky Orator
John Marshall: Boy of Young America
Susan B. Anthony: Champion of Women's Rights
Tom Jackson: Young Stonewall
Tom Jefferson: Third President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson: Boy President

Moore, Clyde B.

J. Sterling Morton: Arbor Day Boy
Robert Goddard: Pioneer Rocket Boy

Myers, Elizabeth. P.

F. W. Woolworth: Five and Ten Boy
George Pullman: Young Sleeping Car Builder
Katherine Lee Bates: Girl Poet

Myers, H.

Carl Ben Eielson Young Alaskan Pilot
Cecil B. DeMille
Vilhjalmur Stefansson: Young Artic Explorer

Newman, S. P.

Liliuokalani: Young Hawaiian Queen

Paradis, A.

Gail Borden

Parks, Aileen Wells

Bedford Forest: Boy on Horseback
Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman
James Oglethorpe: Young Defender

Parks, Edd Winfield

Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider

Peckham, Howard Henry

Nathaniel Greene
Pontiac and the Indian Uprising
William Henry Harrison: Young Tippecanoe

Place, M.T.

Lotta Crabtree: Gold Rush Girl

Schaaf

Lew Wallace

Scharbach

Matthew Calbraith Perry

Seymour, Flora Warren

Bird Girl: Sacagawea
Pocahontas: Brave Girl

Smith, Bradford

Dan Webster: Union Boy
Stephen Decatur: Gallant Boy
William Bradford: Pilgrim Boy

Snow, Dorothea J.

Eli Whitney: Boy Mechanic
John Paul Jones: Salt-Water Boy
Raphael Semmes: Tidewater Boy
Samuel Morse
Sequoyah: Young Cherokee Guide

Steele, William O.

Francis Marion: Young Swamp Fox
John Sevier: Pioneer Boy

Stevenson, Augusta

Abe Lincoln: Frontier Boy
Andy Jackson: Boy Soldier
Anthony Wayne: Daring Boy
Ben Franklin: Boy Printer
Booker T. Washington: Ambitious Boy
Buffalo Bill: Boy of the Plains
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross
Daniel Boone: Young Hunter and Tracker
Francis Scott Key: Maryland Boy
George Carver: Boy Scientist
George Custer: Boy of Action
George Washington: Young Leader
Israel Putnam: Fearless Boy
John Fitch: Steamboat Boy
Kit Carson: Boy Trapper
Molly Pitcher: Girl Patriot
Myles Standish: Adventurous Boy
Nancy Hanks: Kentucky Girl
Nathan Hale: Puritan Boy
Paul Revere: Boy of Old Boston
P. T. Barnum: Circus Boy
Sam Houston: Boy Chiefton
Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy
Squanto: Young Indian Hunter
Tecumseh: Shawnee Boy
U. S. Grant: Young Horseman
Virginia Dare: Mystery Girl
Wilbur and Orville Wright: Boy with Wings
Zeb Pike: Boy Traveler

Van Riper, Jr., Guernsey

Babe Ruth: One of Baseball's Greatest
Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion
Knute Rockne: Young Athlete
Lou Gehrig: One of Baseball's Greatest
Richard Byrd: Boy of the South Pole
Will Rogers, Jr.: Young Cowboy

Wagoner, Jean Brown

Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days
Jane Addams: Little Lame Girl
Jessie Fremont: Girl of Capitol Hill
Julia Ward Howe: Girl of Old New York
Louisa Alcott: Girl of Old Boston
Martha Washington: America's First First Lady

Warner, Anne Spence

Narcissa Whitman: Pioneer Girl

Weddle, E. H.

Joel Chandler Harris: Young Storyteller
Walter Chrysler: Boy Machinist

Weil, Ann

Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag
Eleanor Roosevelt: Fighter for Social Justice
Franklin Roosevelt: Boy of the Four Freedoms
John Philip Sousa: Marching Boy
John Quincy Adams: Boy Patriot

Widdemer, Mabel Cleland

Aleck Bell: Ingenious Boy
DeWitt Clinton
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Connecticut Girl
James Monroe: Good Neighbor Boy
Peter Stuyvesant: Boy with Wooden Shoes
Washington Irving: Boy of Old New York

Wilkie, Katharine Elliot

Clyde Beatty: Boy Animal Trainer
George Rogers Clark: Boy of the Old Northwest
Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph
Mary Todd Lincoln: Girl of the Bluegrass
Simon Kenton: Young Trail Blazer
Will Clark: Boy in Buckskins
William Fargo: Boy Mail Carrier
Zack Taylor: Young Rough and Ready
Ernie Pyle: Boy From Back Home

Winders, Gertrude Hecker

Ethan Allen
James Fenimore Cooper: Leatherstocking Boy
Jeb Stuart: Boy in the Saddle
Jim Bowie: Boy with a Hunting Knife
Jim Bridger

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Curricula and Learning Links - Language Arts

Childhood of Famous Americans Books

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