Youth Biography

Based on the true account of a boy's harrowing journey through the vast wilderness of the Katahdin Mountains, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is a gripping survival story for all ages. Twelve-year-old Donn Fendler steps away from his Boy Scout...

The life of Martin Luther, who was born to poverty in 1483, is a stirring tale of God’s grace, for few men have had greater influence on the Christian church. This updated and expanded biography provides an authentic account of the accomplishments...

Mary Slessor pondered David Livingstone's words, "I don't care where we go as long as we go forward." "I'm not going anywhere, Mary mused. I'm twenty-seven years old. I work in a cotton mill twelve hours a day. God, Mary prayed, send me somewhere,...

For seventy years, Alexander Majors witnessed the amazing evolution of America in the 19th century. From ferries across the Mississippi to the transcontinental railroad, he experienced and chronicled the expansion of the West. This autobiography, first...

Dr. Sloop and her husband began their lifelong dedication to the mountain people when they rode horseback into the remote hill region of North Carolina in 1909. The conditions they encountered were shockingly primitive. The people had neither doctors,...

Product Information Title: Miracle WorkerBy: William GibsonFormat: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 128Vendor: ScribnerPublication Date: 2008 Dimensions: 8.00 X 5.25 (inches)Weight: 4...

Have you ever wanted to travel the world? Perhaps you’d like to visit far away countries and discover all about the people who live there? What if instead, you’d like to have adventures closer to home? Well this book is for you! Meet some...

Product Description   When an industrialist invites God into his business, miracles happen. Despite never having gotten past seventh grade in school and experiencing many failures early on, R.G. LeTourneau rose to eminence in the competitive...

Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He stood as a...

Grade 9 Up Fredrick Douglass shares his encounters of life as a slave and his struggles he faced on the road to freedom. First published when he was 28 years of age after which he gained freedom. His life story portrays the unsympathetic, ruthless act...

Anyone who has read Patricia St. John’s books already knows how her stories come alive, and this account of her own life is no exception. Her powers of description make the story leap from the page and the reader is transported to far off places...

Young Readers' Edition of Let Me Die in Ireland Sixteen-year-old Patrick felt the cool tingle of the wet grass on his feet as he strolled through his father s farm on a late spring morning. As was typical for the west coast of Britain, dense fog...