Las Animas - Bent County Library District

A biographical look at the childhood of Sitting Bull, one of the greatest Sioux warriors to fight against the white man.

Recreates the early life of the frontier hero who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap and led the first white settlers into Kentucky.

A biography focusing on the early years of the parson's daughter who became the wife of our second president.

Presents the early life of the German-born physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

A biography stressing the childhood of America's first First Lady.

Wanting to prove her bravery to the boys, Sacagawea is upset when she is left behind on the hunt, yet while gathering wood with her grandmother, an encounter with a rattlesnake proves her courage and earns her the respect she has longed to have.

A biography focusing on the childhood of the inventor who patented more than 1,100 inventions in sixty years, among them the electric light and the phonograph.

Depicts the boyhood of the 32nd President of the United States, who later tried to give to others the freedoms he had known as a boy.

The story of the girlhood of Mary Todd, who grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and became the wife of Abraham Lincoln.

A biography of the American Indian known as one of the best all-round athletes in history, for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner as well as an outstanding professional football and basebell player.