"Childhood of Famous Americans" series originally published by Bobbs-Merrill.

Note. Some volumes were issued at a later time with a different subtitle than the original subtitle that is given here. Also, a small few of the titles listed here came out in the early eighties, and to that extent are relatively recent additions to the main series itself that first began in in the late forties.

  • Abigail Adams, A Girl of Colonial Days, by Jean Brown Wagoner
  • John Quincy Adams, Boy Patriot, by Anne Weil
  • Jane Addams, Little Lame Girl, by Jean Brown Wagoner
  • Louisa Alcott, Girl of Old Boston, by Jean Brown Wagoner
  • John Alden, Young Puritan, by Olive W. Burt
  • Ethan Allen, Green Mountain Boy, by Gertrude Hecker Winders
  • Susan Anthony, Girl Who Dared, by Helen Albee Monsell
  • Louis Armstrong, Young Music Maker, by Dharathula Millender
  • Neil Armstrong, Young Flier, by Montrew Dunham
  • John Jacob Astor, Boy Trader, by Dorothy S. Anderson
  • Crispus Attucks, Boy of Valor, by Dharathula Millender
  • Young Audubon, Boy Naturalist, by Miriam E. Mason
  • P.T. Barnum, Circus Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Ethel Barrymore, Girl Actress, by Shirlee P. Newman
  • Clara Barton, Girl Nurse, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Bernard Baruch, Boy from South Carolina, by Joanne Landers Henry
  • Katharine Lee Bates, Girl Poet, by Elisabeth P. Myers
  • Dan Beard, Boy Scout, by Miriam E. Mason
  • Clyde Beatty, Boy Animal Trainer, by Katharine E. Wilkie
  • Aleck Bell, Ingenious Boy, by Mabel Cleland Widdemer
  • Mary McLeod Bethune, Girl Devoted to her People, by Olive W. Burt
  • Black Hawk, Young Sauk Warrior, by Catherine Seward Cleven
  • Elizabeth Blackwell, Girl Doctor, by Joanne Landers Henry
  • Edward Bok, Young Editor, by Elisabeth P. Myers
  • Daniel Boone, Boy Hunter, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Gail Borden, Resourceful Boy, by Adrian Paradis
  • Margaret Bourke-White, by Montrew Dunham
  • Jim Bowie, Boy with a Hunting Knife, by Gertrude Hecker Winders
  • William Bradford, Pilgrim Boy, by Bradford Smith
  • Anne Bradstreet, Young Puritan Poet, by Montrew Dunham
  • Jim Bridger, Mountain Boy Gertrude, by Hecker Winders
  • Buffalo Bill, Boy of the Plains, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Pearl S. Buck, Literary Girl, by Elisabeth P. Myers
  • Luther Burbank, Boy Wizard, by Olive W. Burt
  • John Burroughs, Boy of Field and Stream, by Lucy Post Frisbee
  • Richard Byrd, Boy Who Braved the Unknown, by Guernsey Van Riper, Jr.
  • Andrew Carnegie, Young Steelmaker, by Joanne Landers Henry
  • Kit Carson, Boy Trapper, by Augusta Stevenson
  • George Carver, Boy Scientist, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Walter Chrysler, Boy Machinist, by Ethel H. Weddle
  • George Rogers Clark, Boy of the Old Northwest, by Katharine E. Wilkie
  • Will Clark, Boy in Buckskins, by Katharine E. Wilkie
  • Henry Clay, Young Kentucky Orator, by Helen Albee Monsell
  • DeWitt Clinton, Boy Builder, by Mabel Cleland Widdemer
  • Roberto Clemente, Young Ball Player, by Montrew Dunham
  • George M. Cohan, Boy Theater Genius, by Gertrude Hecker Winders
  • James Fenimore Cooper, Leatherstocking Boy, by Gertrude Hecker Winders
  • Lotta Crabtree, Gold Rush Girl, by Marian T. Place
  • Davy Crockett, Young Rifleman, by Aileen Wells Parks
  • George Custer, Boy of Action, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Virginia Dare, Mystery Girl, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Jeff Davis, Confederate Boy, by Lena Young deGrummond and Lynn deGrummond Delaune
  • Stephen Decatur, Gallant Boy, by Bradford Smith
  • John Deere, Blacksmith Boy, by Margaret Bare
  • Lee DeForest, Electronics Boy, by Lavinia Dobler
  • Cecil B. DeMille, Young Dramatist, by Hortense Myers and Ruth Burnett
  • George Dewey, Vermont Boy, by Laura Long
  • Babe Didrickson, Girl Athlete, by Lena Young deGrummond and Lynn deGrummond Delaune
  • Joe DiMaggio, Young Sports Hero, by Herb Dunn
  • Walt Disney, Young Movie Maker, by Marie Hammontree
  • Dorothea Dix, Girl Reformer Grace, by Hathaway Melin
  • Mary Mapes Dodge, Jolly Girl, by Miriam E. Mason
  • Abner Doubleday, Young Baseball Pioneer, by Montrew Dunham
  • Frederick Douglass, Boy Champion of Human Rights, by Elisabeth P. Myers
  • Amelia Earhart, Kansas Girl, by Jane Moore Howe
  • George Eastman, Young Photographer, by Joanne Landers Henry
  • Tom Edison, Boy Inventor, by Sue Guthridge
  • Carl Ben Eielson, Young Alaskan Pilot, by Hortense Myers and Ruth Burnett
  • Albert Einstein, Young Thinker, by Marie Hammontree
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, Young Military Leader, by Wilma J. Hudson
  • Duke Ellington, Young Music Master, by Martha Schaaf
  • William Fargo, Boy Mail Carrier, by Katharine E. Wilkie
  • David Farragut, Boy Midshipman, by Laura Long
  • Eugene Field, Young Poet, by Kathryn Borland and Helen Speicher
  • Harvey S. Firestone, Young Rubber Pioneer, by Adrian Paradis
  • John Fitch, Steamboat Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Henry Ford, Boy with Ideas, by Hazel B. Aird and Catherine Ruddiman
  • Bedford Forrest, Boy on Horseback, by Aileen Wells Parks
  • Stephen Foster, Boy Minstrel, by Helen Boyd Higgins
  • Ben Franklin, Printer's Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Jessie Fremont, Girl of Capitol Hill, by Jean Brown Wagoner
  • Robert Frost, Boy with Promises to Keep, by Ellen Wilson
  • Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman, by Marguerite Henry
  • Lou Gehrig, Boy of the Sand Lots, by Guernsey Van Riper, Jr.
  • George Gershwin, Young Composer, by Bernice Bryant
  • A.P. Giannini, Boy of San Francisco, by Marie Hammontree
  • Robert Goddard, Pioneer Rocket Boy, by Clyde B. Moore
  • U.S. Grant, Young Horseman, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Nathanael Greene, Independent Boy, by Howard Peckham
  • Virgil Grissom, Boy Astronaut, by Carl L. Chappell
  • Nathan Hale, Puritan Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Alec Hamilton, the Little Lion, by Helen Boyd Higgins
  • John Hancock, New England Boy, by Catherine Seward Cleven
  • Nancy Hanks, Kentucky Girl, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Joel Chandler Harris, Young Storyteller, by Ethel H. Weddle
  • William Henry Harrison, Young Tippecanoe, by Howard Peckham
  • Bret Harte, Young Storyteller, by Janet Branham
  • Patrick Henry, Boy Spokesman, by Thomas Frank Barton
  • James J. Hill, Young Empire Builder, by Mildred Houghton Comfort
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Boy of Justice, by Montrew Dunham
  • Herbert Hoover, Boy Engineer, by Mildren Houghton Comfort
  • Harry Houdini, Young Magician, by Kathryn Kilby Borland
  • Sam Houston, Boy Chieftain, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Elias Howe, Inventive Boy, by Jean Corcoran
  • Julia Ward Howe, Girl of Old New York, by Jean Brown Wagoner
  • Langston Hughes, Young Black Poet, by Montrew Dunham
  • Washington Irving, Boy of Old New York, by Mabel Cleland Widdemer
  • Andy Jackson, Boy Soldier, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Mahalia Jackson, Young Gospel Singer, by Montrew Dunham
  • Rachel Jackson, Tennessee Girl, by Christine Noble Govan
  • Young Stonewall: Tom Jackson, by Helen Albee Monsell
  • Tom Jefferson, A Boy in Colonial Days, by Helen Albee Monsell
  • Lyndon B. Johnson, Young Texan, by Thomas Frank Barton
  • John Paul Jones, Salt-Water Boy, by Dorothea J. Snow
  • Chief Joseph, Boy of the Nez Perce, by Olive W. Burt
  • Helen Keller, Handicapped Girl, by Katharine E. Wilkie
  • John F. Kennedy, Young Statesman, by Lucy Post Frisbee
  • Simon Kenton, Young Trail Blazer, by Katharine E. Wilkie
  • Francis Scott Key, Maryland Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., Boy with a Dream, by Dharathula H. Millender
  • Robert E. Lee Boy of Old Virginia, by Helen Albee Monsell
  • John L. Lewis, Young Militant Labor Leader, by George Gershon Korson
  • Meriwether Lewis, Boy Explorer, by Charlotta M. Bebenroth
  • Liliuokalani, Young Hawaiian Queen, by Shirlee Petkin Newman
  • Abe Lincoln, Frontier Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Mary Todd Lincoln, Girl of the Bluegrass, by Katharine E. Wilkie
  • Robert Todd Lincoln, President's Boy, by LaVere Anderson
  • Vince Lombardi, Young Football Coach, by Hortense Myers
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Gifted Young Poet, by Grace Hathaway Melin
  • Juliette Low, Girl Scout, by Helen Boyd Higgins
  • Douglas MacArthur, Young Protector, by Laura M. Long
  • Dolly Madison, Quaker Girl, by Helen Albee Monsell
  • Francis Marion, Young Swamp Fox, by William O. Steele
  • John Marshall, Boy of Young America, by Helen Albee Monsell
  • Thurgood Marshall, Young Justice, by Montrew Dunham
  • Glenn L. Martin, Boy Conqueror of the Air, by R. W. Harley
  • Will and Charlie Mayo, Doctor's Boys, by Marie Hammontree
  • Cyrus McCormick, Farmer Boy, by Lavinia Dobler
  • William H. McGuffey, Boy Reading Genius, by Barbara Williams
  • Maria Mitchell, Girl Astronomer, by Grace Hathaway Melin
  • James Monroe, Good Neighbor Boy, by Mabel Cleland Widdemer
  • Dan Morgan, Boy of the Wilderness, by Bernice Bryant
  • Samuel Morse, Inquisitive Boy, by Dorothea J. Snow
  • J. Sterling Morton, Arbor Day Boy, by Clyde B. Moore
  • Lucretia Mott, Girl of Old Nantucket, by Constance Buel Burnett
  • John Muir, Young Naturalist, by Montrew Dunham
  • Edward R. Murrow, Young Newscaster, by Hortense Myers and Ruth Burnett
  • Annie Oakley, Little Sure Shot, by Ellen Wilson
  • James Oglethorpe, Young Defender, by Aileen Wells Parks
  • Osceola, Young Seminole Indian, by Electa Clark
  • Robert Peary, Boy of the North, by Electa Clark
  • William Penn, Friendly Boy, by Miriam E. Mason
  • J. C. Penney, Golden Rule Boy, by Wilma J. Hudson
  • Matthew Calbraith Perry, Boy Sailor, by Alexander Scharbach
  • Oliver Hazard Perry, Boy of the Sea, by Laura Long
  • Jean Felix Piccard, Boy Balloonist, by Lena Young de Grummond and Lynn de Grummond Delaune
  • Zeb Pike, Boy Traveler, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Allan Pinkerton, Young Detective, by Kathryn Borland and Helen Speicher
  • Molly Pitcher, Girl Patriot, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Pocahontas, Brave Girl, by Flora Warren Seymour
  • Pontiac, Young Ottawa Leader, by Howard Henry Peckham
  • George Pullman, Young Sleeping Car Builder, by Elisabeth P. Myers
  • Israel Putnam, Fearless Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Ernie Pyle, Boy from Back Home, by Ellen Wilson
  • Ronald Reagan, Young Politician, by Montrew Dunham
  • Walter Reed, Boy Who Wanted to Know, by Helen Boyd Higgins
  • Frederick Remington, Young Artist, by Clyde B. Moore
  • Paul Revere, Boy of Old Boston, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Eddie Rickenbacker, Young Racer and Flyer, by Catherine Cleven Sisson
  • James Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier Boy, by Minnie Belle Mitchell
  • The Ringling Brothers, Circus Boys, by Olive W. Burt
  • Jackie Robinson, Young Sports Trailblazer, by Herb Dunn
  • Knute Rockne, Young Athlete, by Guernsey Van Riper, Jr.
  • Will Rogers, Young Cowboy, by Guernsey Van Riper, Jr.
  • Eleanor Roosevelt, Courageous Girl, by Ann Weil
  • Franklin Roosevelt, Boy of the Four Freedoms, by Ann Weil
  • Teddy Roosevelt, All-Round Boy, by Edd Winfield Parks
  • Betsy Ross, Girl of Old Philadelphia, by Ann Weil
  • Babe Ruth, Baseball Boy, by Guernsey Van Riper, Jr.
  • Sacagawea, Bird Girl, by Flora Warren Seymour
  • Carl Sandburg, Young Singing Poet, by Grace Hathaway Melin
  • David Sarnoff, Radio and TV Boy, by Elisabeth P. Myers
  • Raphael Semmes, Tidewater Boy, by Dorothea J. Snow
  • Sequoyah, Young Cherokee Guide, by Dorothea J. Snow
  • John Sevier, Pioneer Boy, by William O. Steele
  • Sitting Bull, Dakota Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Young Jed Smith, Westering Boy, by Olive W. Burt
  • John Smith, Jamestown Boy, by Thomas Frank Barton
  • John Philip Sousa, Marching Boy, by Ann Weil
  • Squanto, Young Indian Hunter, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Myles Standish, Adventurous Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Young Arctic Explorer, by Hortense Myers and Ruth Burnett
  • Adlai Stevenson, Young Ambassador, by Martha E. Ward
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe, Connecticut Girl, by Mabel Cleland Widdemer
  • Jeb Stuart, Boy in the Saddle, by Gertrude Hecker Winders
  • Peter Stuyvesant, Boy with Wooden Shoes, by Mabel Cleland Widdemer
  • Zach Taylor, Young Rough and Ready, by Katharine E. Wilkie
  • Tecumseh, Shawnee Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Jim Thorpe, Indian Athlete, by Guernsey Van Riper, Jr.
  • Harry S Truman, Missouri Farm Boy, by Wilma J. Hudson
  • Harriet Tubman, Freedom Girl, by Gertrude Hecker Winders
  • Mark Twain, Boy of Old Missouri, by Miriam E. Mason
  • Lew Wallace, Boy Writer, by Martha E. Schaaf
  • John Wanamaker, Boy Merchant, by Olive W. Burt
  • Booker T. Washington, Ambitious Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • George Washington, Boy Leader, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Martha Washington, Girl of Old Virginia, by Jean Brown Wagoner
  • Anthony Wayne, Daring Boy, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Dan Webster, Union Boy, by Bradford Smith
  • Noah Webster, Boy of Words, by Helen Boyd Higgins
  • Benjamin West, Gifted Young Painter, by Dorothea J. Snow
  • George Westinghouse, Young Inventor, by Montrew Dunham
  • Phillis Wheatley, Young Colonial Poet, by Kathryn Kilby Borland and Helen Ross Speicher
  • Narcissa Whitman, Pioneer Girl, by Ann Spence Warner
  • Eli Whitney, Boy Mechanic, by Dorothea J. Snow
  • Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Little Schoolteacher, by Miriam E. Mason
  • Frances Willard, Girl Crusader, by Miriam E. Mason
  • Woodrow Wilson, Boy President, by Helen Albee Monsell
  • F.W. Woolworth, Five and Ten Boy, by Elisabeth P. Myers
  • Wilbur and Orville Wright, Boys with Wings, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Alvin C. York, Young Marksman, by Ethel H. Weddle
  • Brigham Young, Covered Wagon Boy, by Polly Carver Jordan and Lucy Post Frisbee
  • John Peter Zenger, Young Defender of a Free Press, by Laura Long

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