This book is part of a book series called Childhood Of Famous Americans .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 1986 by Turtleback Books .

Dharathula Millender was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. She earned a BS from Indiana State Teachers College and an MS from Purdue University. Mrs. Millender was a teacher and school librarian. She is the author of several books, including biographies of the young Crispus Attucks, Louis Armstrong, and Martin Luther King, Jr.