Search Results: Returned 8 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 8
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-- Madam C. J. Walker.[2017]., Blue River Press Call No: B WAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Madam C. J. Walker was born on a southern plantation; the first in her family bo be born free. Her parents, former slaves, could not afford to send her to school. That didn't stop her from becoming America's first female self-made millionaire"--Back cover.
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2005, c2004., One World : Ballantine Books Call No: 921 GASTON Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a biography of A.G. Gaston, telling the story of how he rose from poverty to become one of the wealthiest African-Americans in the country with a fortune worth over 130 million, and discussing his family life, his early business ventures, and his financial support of civil rights causes.
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c2004., Naval Institute Press Call No: 921 HUGHES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Summary Note: The author presents a biographical narrative on the life of Howard Hughes beginning when he learned to fly in the 1920s and includes details of his speed records in the 1930s, his famous aircraft and weapons, the infamous Spruce Goose, invention of airborne radar, and the contributions Hughes made to the development of aviation.
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c1989, Silver Burdett Press Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The American dreamSummary Note: Examines the life and career of the business tycoon and oilman who dominated one of the largest business empires ever built by a single man and died owning close to one billion dollars.
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c1989, Silver Burdett Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The American dream seriesSummary Note: A biography of the industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and later became a famous philanthropist, establishing the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913.
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c1993., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: B WAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Junior world biographiesSummary Note: Presents the life of the black laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.
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c2001., Enslow Publishers Call No: B Wal Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great African AmericansSummary Note: Describes the life of the African-American laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.
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[2014]., Pre-adolescent, ABDO Pub. Co. Call No: B WALTON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Essential lives.Summary Note: A biography of Walmart founder Sam Walton, discussing his childhood, early careers, his marriage, and Walmart.