William Garrott Brown (1868-1913) was a historian and essayist best known for his essay collection titled The Lower South in American History, and also for his short biographies of Stephen Douglas and Andrew Jackson. Born the youngest of eight children in Alabama in 1868, Brown entered Harvard University in 1889 and received a master”s degree in history in 1892. While serving as Deputy Keeper of University Records and as a lecturer in the History Department, Brown produced seven books from 1900-1905. Plagued by ill health, he died of complications from tuberculosis in 1913.
11 Ebooks by Teri Kanefield
William Garrott Brown: Andrew Jackson
Written for the Houghton Mifflin Riverside Biographical Series by William Garrott Brown, Andrew Jackson is an admiring retelling of the life of the 7th President of the United States. Covering the …
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€0.49
Teri Kanefield: Pocket Full of Gold
Rebecca misses her Mama, who died four years ago. When Papa gets engaged to Melody, Rebecca is thrilled. Then Melody is jailed for theft-and Rebecca knows she didn’t do it.But who did? And who is …
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€4.02
Teri Kanefield: Girl from the Tar Paper School
Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw …
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€21.21
Teri Kanefield: Extraordinary Suzy Wright
Children are taught much about the men who shaped early America, but history-shaping colonial women remain largely unknown and undiscussed. The Extraordinary Suzy Wright sets about to change that, …
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€18.68
Teri Kanefield: Alexander Hamilton
The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. He envisioned something else: a multi-racial, urbanized, capitalistic America with a strong central …
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€8.31
Teri Kanefield: Andrew Jackson
This biography for young readers explores the life of the controversial seventh U.S. president, as well as his successes, failures, and legacy. Born in the Carolina backwoods, Andrew Jackson joined …
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€11.22
Teri Kanefield: Abraham Lincoln
This biography for young readers examines the life of the sixteenth U.S. president and the constitutional issues that arose during his administration.Praise by many as America’s greatest president, …
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€11.27
Teri Kanefield: Susan B. Anthony
This biography for young readers examines the life of an American who advocated for women’s rights and the abolishment of slavery.Susan B. Anthony was born into a world in which men ruled women. A …
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€11.26
William Garrott Brown: Andrew Jackson
Written for the Houghton Mifflin Riverside Biographical Series by William Garrott Brown, Andrew Jackson is an admiring retelling of the life of the 7th President of the United States. Covering the …
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€0.61
Teri Kanefield: Franklin D. Roosevelt
This biography for young readers explores the life of the thirty-second president, who lifted the United States from depression to global leadership.When Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected …
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€12.50
Teri Kanefield: Thurgood Marshall
This biography for young readers examines the life of a brilliant lawyer who successfully argued the case that ended legal racial segregation in America.Thurgood Marshall, the great grandson of a …
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€14.87
