Biographical Connections

This unique series showcases the biographies of fascinating historical figures.

Intended to inform and inspire readers, these personal stories will make middle and high-school students think about important influences in their own lives and about how they can use these influences to succeed. Each volume in this unique series reads like a trilogy, helping students understand that everyone has the tools to achieve success.

For example, music lovers will see that before Jay-Z and Maroon 5 there were Muddy Waters, Elvis Presley, and Mick Jagger, each of whom left his own indelible mark and changed the world of music in ways both subtle and obvious.

In each volume there is a biography of a central figure. This biography is preceded and followed by profiles of other individuals whose life work connects in some way to that of the central figure. The three subjects are linked through the influences they had on one another and their related achievements and goals.

Important features of this 8-volume set include:

• Biographies and profiles of men and women from a variety of fields, countries, and eras.


• Engaging photography throughout every volume.


• A time line for the life of every central figure in the series.


• An index in every volume.

Titles include :

Cesar Chavez with profiles of Terence. V. Powderly and Dolores Huerta
Albert Einstein with profiles of Isaac Newton and Robert Oppenheimer
Martin Luther King, Jr. with profiles of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Nelson Mandela
Golda Meir with profiles of David Ben Furion and Yitzhak Rabin
Elvis Presley with profiles of Muddy Waters and Mick Jagger
Louis Riel with profiles of Poundmaker and Gabriel Dumont
Jackie Rovinson with profiles of Satchel Paige and Branch Rickey
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson with profiles of Elizabeth Blackwell and Susan La Flesche Picotte

Awards and Reviews

" ...an outstanding resource...highly recommended...these accessible stories offer inspiration without melodrama." - Library Media Connection, March 2007

" This reference work is superb and is highly recommended for secondary school, parish, and public libraries." - Catholic Library World, June 2007