Angry that he did not have a son, Henry VIII accused Boleyn of having love affairs with other men. ... At the age of nine, Edward VI, a Protestant was given the throne after Henry VIII died. ... The duke secretly went to Jane Grey, Henry VIII"s niece and married her to his oldest son. ... Mary Stuart, Princess of France and Queen of Scotland, was Henry VIII's niece and she wanted to become Queen of England. ... As Elizabeth passed on, Mary of Scotland's son, James, came to take the throne in England, hopefully to continue success in the future. ...

• Word Count: 2053
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) - American writer, philosopher, and naturalist who believed in the importance of individualism. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) - American poet, one of the most popular and celebrated poets of his time. ... James Russell Lowell was born in 1819 and died in 1891. ... James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and educated at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. ... Sandburg also wrote what is generally considered the definitive biography of United States president Abraham Lincoln. ...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Other people running Jackson's main rivals were Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and William H. ... The Texas War resulted in the loss of American heroes Davie Crockett and James Bowie Occupation before politics Jackson's first occupation was when he was thirteen and joined the Continental Army as a courier. ... Jackson's true reasons for supporting the U.S. annexation were the back James K. ...

• Word Count: 1412
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

Alan MacDonald's "Al Capone and his Gang" is a non fiction story about the beginnings, the rise and fall, and the conviction of Al Capone. Alphonse Capone was born in the Italian slums of Brooklyn in January of 1899. Growing up here soon shaped Capone into the most ruthless, rich and powerful gang...

• Word Count: 1934
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Number of pages: 259 Type of Book: Fictional Autobiography Biography of Author: Ernest James Gaines was born in 1933 on River Lake Plantation in Louisiana. ... Among his awards are the Joseph Henry Jackson award and the John D. and Catherine T. ...

• Word Count: 1538
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As for Louisa's friends, she grew up with the great personal influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau. ... Kaplan, James. ... [b] MacDonald, Ruth K., "Louisa May Alcott," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 42: American Writers for Children before 1900, edited by Glenn E. ...

• Word Count: 1458
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Amazingly, he included his own commentaries and reflections on the events of the biography. ... Historian Henry Hollway-Calthrop points out that "self-effacement was the rule of medieval thought, because the individual was nothing before the awful face of God." ...

• Word Count: 2254
• Approx Pages: 9
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Cormac McCarthy An Award-Winning Author _____________________________ Cormac McCarthy was born Charles McCarthy Jr., in 1933. He was the oldest son of Charles Joseph and Gladys Christina McGrail McCarthy, who eventually had six children, three girls and two boys, other than Charles. Though he was originally named Charles he renamed himself Cormac after the Irish King. It has also been said that McCarthy's family was responsible for legally changing his name to Gaelic, which means "Son of Charles." (Priola, Cormac 1). ...

• Word Count: 2153
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

His parents encouraged him to collect prints of Italian masters, and in 1767, Blake was sent to Henry Pars' Drawing school. When he was 14 years old, Blake was apprenticed for seven years to a well-known engraver, James Basire. ... As it is stated in his biography, William Blake was not just a poet, but also a painter, engraver, and visionary mystic. ...

• Word Count: 2099
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School