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<p>Maybe the Childhood of Famous Americans series?</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> on behalf of Kerry Fitzgerald <kfitzgerald@loutitlibrary.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 13, 2014 2:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Hassell<br>
<b>Cc:</b> michlib-l@lists.mcls.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] series from th 1980's</font>
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<div dir="ltr">I'm of the same vintage and I believe I read the same series of biographies for book reports -- probably in the 4th or 5th grade. These books were published circa the early 1960s (or maybe earlier) and featured b&w line drawings illustrating
the person's life. The covers featured the same artwork, and the background color for each book jacket was a different color. I remember reading the book on Eleanor Roosevelt (blue/gray, I think) and the one on Abe Lincoln (tan). Amelia Earhart was also in
the series.
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<div>Big help, right? I poked around with keyword searches in library catalogs, but of course these books are long gone from library shelves. No luck with the Amazon marketplace either.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Jennifer Hassell <span dir="ltr">
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma">Colleagues!</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr">I have a friend who is trying to track down an older book she read as a child (approx. 1983). Here is her description:
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<div dir="ltr">I read a book from what I believe was a series of biographies. The book I read was about Harry Houdini and had, I believe, brown cover. The other books in the series all had covers of different colors.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">It's a long shot but does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks!</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma">Jen Hassell</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma">Adult Services Librarian</font></div>
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