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Heroes of discovery in America, (Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company, [c1919]), by Charles Morris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Adventures and achievements of Americans; a series of narratives illustrating their heroism, self-reliance, genius and enterprise. (Cincinnati, H. Howe;, 1858), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
The builders of the nation. (New York, The Stanley-Bradley publishing co., 1892) (page images at HathiTrust)
Adventures and achievements of Americans; a series of narratives illustrating their heroism, self-reliance, genius and enterprise. (New York, G. F. Tuttle;, 1860), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
The memories of fifty years: containing brief biographical notes of distinguished Americans and anecdotes of remarkable men; (Philadelphia, E. Claxton, & Company; J. W. Burke & co., 1882), by William Henry Sparks (page images at HathiTrust)
Sketches of men of progress. ([New York] New York and Hartford publishing company: Cincinnati, Greer & company, 1870-71) (page images at HathiTrust)
Leaders of men; (Springfield, Mass., San Jose [etc.] The King-Richardson company, 1903), by henry Woldmar Ruoff (page images at HathiTrust)
A guide to biography for young readers. (New York, The Baker & Taylor company, 1910), by Burton Egbert Stevenson (page images at HathiTrust)
The American portrait gallery; (New York, J. M. Emerson and company, 1855), by A Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
American heroes from history, (Chicago, A. Flanagan company, [c1913]), by Inez Nellie McFee (page images at HathiTrust)
The American biographical sketch book ... By William Hunt. (New York, Cornish, Lamport & co.;, [c1848]), by William Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
Biographies of the present senators of the United States. (Chicago, Mize & Stearns publishing co., 1892), by William James Mize (page images at HathiTrust)
American Christian rulers; (New York, Bromfield & company, [c1890]), by Edward J Giddings (page images at HathiTrust)
American leaders and heroes; (New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1909), by Wilbur Fisk Gordy (page images at HathiTrust)
Makers of American history; a beginners book in the history of our country, (Boston, New York [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company, [c1912]), by Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler (page images at HathiTrust)
Biographia americana; or, A historical and critical account of the lives, actions, and writings of the most distinguished persons in North America; (New York, D. Mallory, 1825), by B. F. French (page images at HathiTrust)
American encyclopædia of biography. (Highstown, N.J. Metropolitan publishing and engraving co., 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)
Heroes and statesmen of America, a popular book of American biography, (Philadelphia, Chicago [etc.] P. W. Ziegler & co., 1878), by James D McCabe (page images at HathiTrust)
The lives of the present candidates for president and vice-president of the United States, containing a condensed and impartial history of the lives, public acts, and political views of the present candidates, with the platforms of the parties they represent, their portraits from life, their letters of acceptance, etc. (Cincinnati, H. M. Rulison; [etc., etc., 1860]) (page images at HathiTrust)
The republican court; (New York [etc.] D. Appleton and company, 1864), by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (page images at HathiTrust)
True stories of famous men and women of America for young people ... ([Philadelphia?, c1898]) (page images at HathiTrust)
The American government ... (Washington, W. H. Barnes & co., 1875-76), by William Horatio Barnes (page images at HathiTrust)
A brief dissertation on the rise and vicissitudes of the United States, with portraits of forty American statesmen, whose lives illume four epochs of American history, ([Syracuse? N.Y., 1903]), by James A McCormick (page images at HathiTrust)
The master spirits of the world, and the American citizen's treasure house. (Chicago, Cincinnati [etc.] Goodspeed's empire publishing house, [1872]), by J Goodspeed (page images at HathiTrust)
An elementary history, stories of heroism, (Chicago, New York [etc.] Rand, McNally & company, [c1914]), by William Harrison Mace (page images at HathiTrust)
Who goes there? (New York, Carleton, 1866), by William Henry Bogart (page images at HathiTrust)
Lives of celebrated Americans: (Hartford [Conn.] Belknap, 1869), by Benson J Lossing (page images at HathiTrust)
Daughters of America; (Augusta, Me., True and company [pref., 1882]), by Phebe Ann Hanaford (page images at HathiTrust)
Distinguished Americans, ([n. p., 1919]), by Thomas William Herringshaw (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The memories of fifty years: containing brief biographical notes of distinguished Americans and anecdotes of remarkable men; (Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger; Macon, Ga., J. W. Burke & co., 1870), by W Sparks (page images at HathiTrust)
Makers of American history; a beginner's book in the history of our country, (New York, Atlanta [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company, 1916), by Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler (page images at HathiTrust)
Historical biography of the United States, classified. (Baltimore, J. Rippey & co., [1885]), by Joseph Rippey (page images at HathiTrust)
Our patriots, (Chicago, New York [etc.] c. Scribner's sons, [c1918]), by Wilbur Fisk Gordy (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual obituary notices of eminent persons who have died in the United States. (Boston, Phillips, Sampson and company, 1858-59), by Nathan Crosby (page images at HathiTrust)
An American biographical and historical dictionary, (Cambridge [Mass.] W. Hilliard, 1809), by William Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
The American politician; containing the Declaration of independence, the Constitution of the United States, (Boston, E. Leland and W. J. Whiting, 1842), by M. Sears (page images at HathiTrust)
The part taken by women in American history, (Wilmington, Del., The Perry-Nalle publishing co., 1912), by John A. Logan (page images at HathiTrust)
Thrilling adventures of American pioneers and heroes; (Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing company, [c1907]), by Henry Davenport Northrop (page images at HathiTrust)
Americans by adoption, (Boston, The Atlantic monthly press, [c1920]), by Joseph Husband (page images at HathiTrust)
Historic Americans; sketches of the lives and characters of certain famous Americans held most in reverence by the boys and girls of America, from whom their stories are here told, (New York, Boston, T. Y. Crowell & company, [c1899]), by Elbridge Streeter Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
A biographical index of American public men, (New York, 1916), by Thomas F. Madigan (page images at HathiTrust)
The American Acta sanctorum, ([New York, 1908]), by John Franklin Jameson (page images at HathiTrust)
Heroes of the nation ... ([Philadelphia?, c1898]) (page images at HathiTrust)
The historical companion, with geographical and historical notes. (Philadelphia, E. C. & J. Biddle, 1858), by A Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
Sketches of men of progress. ([New York] New York and Hartford publishing company; Cincinnati, Greer & company, 1870-71) (page images at HathiTrust)
Sketches of men of mark: (New York, New York and Hartford publishing co.; San Francisco, Dewing & co.; [etc., etc., c1871]) (page images at HathiTrust)
Memorial addresses, on several occasions; delivered in the Senate of the United States (Providence, S.S. Rider, 1875), by Henry B. Anthony (page images at HathiTrust)
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements, (Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co., [1903]), by Henry Davenport Northrop (page images at HathiTrust)
Makers of American history, a beginner's book in the history of our country, (New York, Atlanta [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company, [c1906]), by J Chandler (page images at HathiTrust)
The American Nepos: a collection of the lives of the most remarkable and the most eminent men, (Baltimore: Published by G. Douglas, bookseller., 1805), by James Jones Wilmer (page images at HathiTrust)
A first course in American history, (Boston, D.C. Heath & co., 1911), by Jeannette Rector Hodgdon (page images at HathiTrust)
Heroes of national history, (Philadlephia, Fraklin publishing and supply company, [c1919]), by Thomas Groetzinger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. (New York, Cincinnatti [etc.] American book company, [1895]), by Edward Eggleston (page images at HathiTrust)
Lives of illustrious men of America, distinguished in the annals of the republic as legislators, warriors, and philosophers. (Cincinnati, W. A. Clarke, 1859), by W. L. Barre (page images at HathiTrust)
Youth's history of the United States. Designed for intermediate classes in public and private schools. (New York, A. S. Barnes & co., 1858), by James Monteith (page images at HathiTrust)
Capital stories about famous Americans; (New York, The Christian herald, [1905]), by Louis Albert Banks (page images at HathiTrust)
Silhouettes of my contemporaries, by Lyman Abbott ... (Garden City, N.Y., Toronto, Doubleday, Page & company, 1921), by Lyman Abbott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Men of mark in America; (Washington, D.C., Men of mark publishing company, 1905-06), by Merrill Edwards Gates (page images at HathiTrust)
Builders of our nation, (Chicago and New York, Eaton and company, [c1905]), by Alma Holman Burton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Eminent Americans, comprising brief biographies of leading statesmen, patriots, orators and others, men and women, who have made American history, (New York, American book exchange, 1881), by Benson J Lossing (page images at HathiTrust)
Modern agitators; or, Pen portraits of living American reformers. (New York, C. M. Saxton, 1859), by D. W. Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust)
A biographical congressional directory, 1774-1903. (Washington, Govt. print. off., 1903), by United States Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
Our statesmen: who they are, how they look. (New York [etc.] Brentano's, [c1888]), by Julius A. Truesdell (page images at HathiTrust)
Dictionary of the United States Congress, (Hartford, T. Belknap and H. E. Goodwin, 1868), by Charles Lanman (page images at HathiTrust)
Dictionary of the United States Congress, (Washington] Gov't print. off., 1864), by Charles Lanman (page images at HathiTrust)
The Spartan band. Biographical sketches of ... representatives in Congress of the National Greenback party. (Washington, R. H. Darby, 1879), by T. A. Bland (page images at HathiTrust)
Farragut, and our naval commanders. (New York, E. B. Treat & co.; Chicago, Ill., C. W. Lilley; [etc., etc.], 1867), by J. T. Headley (page images at HathiTrust)
The home auxiliary and reference for teachers and students, (Philadelphia, Pa., the Auxiliary company, [c1915]), by William Lewis Neill (page images at HathiTrust)

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