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A biography of the immigrant boy whose successful career as head coach of Nortre Dame's Fighting Irish led President Hoover to mourn his death as a national loss.

A biography of the free-born black man who, as a self-taught mathematician and astronomer, helped survey the site of the Nation's Capitol and published several popular almanacs.

The life of the Oklahoma cowboy of Indian descent who became a well-known writer and comedian.

A biography of the only athlete, an American Indian, to win both the pentathlon and the decathlon in the Olympics.

A biography of cartoonist Walt Disney stressing his professional contribution to the film industry and influence on American life.

Biography of an internationally acclaimed jazz musician who as a young man was torn between a career in art and music.

A biography of the farm boy whose desire to tinker rather than do chores led to the design of the horseless carriage that eventually made him a billionaire.