Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton: The Formative Years by Michael E. Newton. Phoenix, AZ: Eleftheria Publishing, 2015.
Souder, William, Under A Wild Sky. North Point Press, 2004.
Washington and Hamilton: The Alliance that Forged America by Stephen F. Knott and Tony Williams. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2015.
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, New York: Penguin Books, 2004.
Alexander Hamilton, American by Richard Brookhiser, New York: The Free Press, 1999.
Abigail Adams
Abrams, Jeanne E. A View from Abroad. New York: University Press, 2021.
Gelles, Edith B., Editor. Abigail Adams, Letters. New York: The Library of America, 2016.
Holton, Woody. Abigail Adams, A Life. New York: Simon & Schuster 2010.
Jacobs, Diane Dear Abigail, The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters. New York: Ballantine Books, 2014.
Kelley, True and John O’Brien. Who Was Abigail Adams. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2014. (suitable for elementary or middle school students)
Woody Guthrie
Cray, Ed. Ramblin’ Man: The Life & Times of Woody Guthrie. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004.
Guthrie, Woody. Bound for Glory. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1943.
Guthrie, Nora et al, ed. Every 100 Years: The Woody Guthrie Songbook. Mount Kisco, NY: Woodie Guthrie Publications, Inc., 2012.
Guthrie, Woodie. Library of Congress Recordings, Vols. 1-3. 1940.
Guthrie, Woodie. Jakobsen, Kathy, Illustrator. This Land is Your Land. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1998, Re-published 2020.
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You & Me. New York: Penguin, 2002.
Woodie Guthrie: This Machine Kills Fascists. DVD, 160 min, London: Snapper Label, 2006.
Josephine Baker*
Baker, Jean-Claude, and Chase, Chris. Josephine: The Hungry Heart. New York: Random House, 1993.
Baker, Josephine, and Boullion, Jo. Josephine. Translated by Mariana Fitzpatrick. New York: Harper & Row, 1977.
Caravantes, Peggy. The Many Faces of Josephine Baker. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2015.
*Books for Josephine are a problem. Many are not translated. Josephine is known for making up stories about herself, so I take with a grain of salt any books that she has had a hand in writing. The Hungry Heart was researched and dispels many myths
about her. If I ran into conflicting stories, I chose The Hungry Heart’s version. The
Many Faces of Josephine Baker is written for youth.
Wernher von Braun
Biddle, Wayne. Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race. New York: W. W. Norton, 2009.
Lasby, Clarence G. Project Paperclip: German Scientists and the Cold War. New York: Atheneum, 1971.
Neufield, Michael. Von Braun Dreamer of Space Engineer of War. New York: Random House, 2007.
Stuhlinger, Ernst. Wernher von Braun: Crusader for Space. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 1996.
Ward, Bob. Dr. Space: The Life of Wernher von Braun. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2005.
Willhite, Irene E. The Voice of Dr. Wernher von Braun: An Anthology (Apogee Books SpaceSeries). Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector’s Guide Publishing, Inc., 2007.
Cherrix, Amy. In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space Race. New York: Balzer and
Bray, 2021. (Recommended for readers 13-17)
El Vaquero
Dary, David. Cowboy Culture, A Saga of Five Centuries. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1989.
Mora, Jo. Californicos, The Saga of the Hard-riding Vaqueros, America’s First Cowboy. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949.
Rojas, Arnold R. Last of the Vaqueros. Fresno, Calif.: Academy Library Guild, 1960.
Vigil, Angel. Riding Tall in the Saddle: The Cowboy Fact Book. Greenwood Village, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 2002.
Vigil, Arnold, ed. Enduring Cowboys: Life in the New Mexico Saddle. Santa Fe, N.M.: New Mexico Magazine, 1999.
Alexander Hamilton: The Formative Years by Michael E. Newton. Phoenix, AZ: Eleftheria Publishing, 2015.
Souder, William, Under A Wild Sky. North Point Press, 2004.
Washington and Hamilton: The Alliance that Forged America by Stephen F. Knott and Tony Williams. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2015.
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, New York: Penguin Books, 2004.
Alexander Hamilton, American by Richard Brookhiser, New York: The Free Press, 1999.
Abigail Adams
Abrams, Jeanne E. A View from Abroad. New York: University Press, 2021.
Gelles, Edith B., Editor. Abigail Adams, Letters. New York: The Library of America, 2016.
Holton, Woody. Abigail Adams, A Life. New York: Simon & Schuster 2010.
Jacobs, Diane Dear Abigail, The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters. New York: Ballantine Books, 2014.
Kelley, True and John O’Brien. Who Was Abigail Adams. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2014. (suitable for elementary or middle school students)
Woody Guthrie
Cray, Ed. Ramblin’ Man: The Life & Times of Woody Guthrie. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004.
Guthrie, Woody. Bound for Glory. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1943.
Guthrie, Nora et al, ed. Every 100 Years: The Woody Guthrie Songbook. Mount Kisco, NY: Woodie Guthrie Publications, Inc., 2012.
Guthrie, Woodie. Library of Congress Recordings, Vols. 1-3. 1940.
Guthrie, Woodie. Jakobsen, Kathy, Illustrator. This Land is Your Land. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1998, Re-published 2020.
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You & Me. New York: Penguin, 2002.
Woodie Guthrie: This Machine Kills Fascists. DVD, 160 min, London: Snapper Label, 2006.
Josephine Baker*
Baker, Jean-Claude, and Chase, Chris. Josephine: The Hungry Heart. New York: Random House, 1993.
Baker, Josephine, and Boullion, Jo. Josephine. Translated by Mariana Fitzpatrick. New York: Harper & Row, 1977.
Caravantes, Peggy. The Many Faces of Josephine Baker. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2015.
*Books for Josephine are a problem. Many are not translated. Josephine is known for making up stories about herself, so I take with a grain of salt any books that she has had a hand in writing. The Hungry Heart was researched and dispels many myths
about her. If I ran into conflicting stories, I chose The Hungry Heart’s version. The
Many Faces of Josephine Baker is written for youth.
Wernher von Braun
Biddle, Wayne. Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race. New York: W. W. Norton, 2009.
Lasby, Clarence G. Project Paperclip: German Scientists and the Cold War. New York: Atheneum, 1971.
Neufield, Michael. Von Braun Dreamer of Space Engineer of War. New York: Random House, 2007.
Stuhlinger, Ernst. Wernher von Braun: Crusader for Space. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 1996.
Ward, Bob. Dr. Space: The Life of Wernher von Braun. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2005.
Willhite, Irene E. The Voice of Dr. Wernher von Braun: An Anthology (Apogee Books SpaceSeries). Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector’s Guide Publishing, Inc., 2007.
Cherrix, Amy. In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space Race. New York: Balzer and
Bray, 2021. (Recommended for readers 13-17)
El Vaquero
Dary, David. Cowboy Culture, A Saga of Five Centuries. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1989.
Mora, Jo. Californicos, The Saga of the Hard-riding Vaqueros, America’s First Cowboy. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949.
Rojas, Arnold R. Last of the Vaqueros. Fresno, Calif.: Academy Library Guild, 1960.
Vigil, Angel. Riding Tall in the Saddle: The Cowboy Fact Book. Greenwood Village, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 2002.
Vigil, Arnold, ed. Enduring Cowboys: Life in the New Mexico Saddle. Santa Fe, N.M.: New Mexico Magazine, 1999.
