Frank Carlson Library

"Simple text and photographs describe the life of Hillary Clinton"--Provided by publisher.

A picture book biography of African-American senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama.

"A biography of Margaret Chase Smith, part of the She Persisted chapter book series"--

Kennedy's life reads like a Greek tragedy....In many ways, this is a fable disguised as narrative history. Its moral is that the journey of Kennedy's life, his commitment to public service, to the poor and the disadvantaged, should be seen as an inspiring account of what it was like to be at Robert Kennedy's side and why he and many like him felt that vision and virtue walked with them."

This is a book about that most admirable of human virtues, courage. And these are the stories of the pressures experienced by eight United States Senators and the grace with which they had endured them.

Traces the life of the soldier who led the fight for Texas' independence from Mexico, served as governor and senator, and opposed secession during the Civil War.

John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With candor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the words of Newsweek, "makes the other presidential candidates look like pygmies." John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy....