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2) Samuel Morse
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English
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Describes Samuel Morse's career as a painter and inventor, and how his development of the Morse's code laid the groundwork for modern telecommunications.
14) Abraham Lincoln
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English
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Follows the life of America's sixteenth president, with an emphasis on his personal life and early career as lawyer, lawmaker, and abolitionist.
15) Ulysses S. Grant
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English
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A biography of the commander of the Union forces in the Civil War who became the eighteenth president of the United States.
20) Eli Whitney
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English
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A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin, whose application of standardized parts to the production of weapons and other machines was a major influence in the development of industry.