Illinois Authors

Morrow, New York : 1983.

A biography of a man whose pioneering efforts in educating deaf children in the early part of the nineteenth century are still being felt today.

Lippincott, New York : ©1989.

Traces the life of the Latin American revolutionary and guerrilla fighter, from his days as a student to his death in Bolivia.

Morrow, New York : 1980.

A biography of the heroic priest who gave his life working for the lepers in the Hawaiian Islands.

HarperCollins, New York, NY : ©1992.

Follows the life of the twentieth-century Mexican muralist, from his earliest artistic expressions through his developmental years in Spain, Paris, and Italy to his political activities when he returned to Mexico.

Viking, New York : 2007.

Traces the life and career of country music singer Johnny Cash.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York : ©1976.

A biography of the world-famous Austrian doctor who spent his life analyzing the mind and its illnesses.

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : ©2002.

Photographs and text chronicle the life of folk singer Woody Guthrie from his childhood in Okemah, Oklahoma, his troubled marriage, his singing career, and other related topics.

Harcourt Brace, San Diego : ©1999.

Discusses the life and work of the woman best known for relationship with a lion cub, described in her book Born Free.

William Morrow, New York : 1978.

A biography of the psychic whose powers included long-distance diagnoses of illnesses and prescriptions for their cure.