Krull, Kathleen

The boy on Fairfield Street : how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss by Kathleen Krull ( Book )
10 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in English and held by 3,024 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Introduces the life of renowned children's author and illustrator Ted Geisel, popularly known as Dr. Seuss, focusing on his childhood and youth in Springfield, Massachusetts

Isaac Newton by Kathleen Krull ( Book )
9 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 3,005 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Isaac Newton was not only brilliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions

Albert Einstein by Kathleen Krull ( Book )
4 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 2,718 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This biography profiles the life and times of German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, whose contributions to the field earned him a Nobel Prize

Sigmund Freud by Kathleen Krull ( Book )
6 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in English and held by 2,663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Before Freud, nobody discussed "unconscious" motives, Oedipal complexes, the id and the ego, or Freudian slips. Freud was a complicated, often irascible man, who in 19th-century Vienna developed his still-controversial ideas and the new discipline of psychoanalysis

Wilma unlimited : how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman by Kathleen Krull ( Book )
16 editions published between 1996 and 2004 in English and held by 2,572 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics

Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull ( Book )
6 editions published between 2000 and 2013 in English and held by 2,469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions

The boy who invented TV : the story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull ( Book )
4 editions published between 2009 and 2014 in English and held by 2,445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This picture-book biography explains how Farnsworth held on to his dream to develop television and the scientific concepts behind it

Lives of the musicians : good times, bad times (and what the neighbors thought) by Kathleen Krull ( Book )
13 editions published between 1992 and 2012 in English and held by 2,416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Here are the life stories of such diverse figures as Vivaldi, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Nadia Boulanger, and Woody Guthrie. Readers will learn of both their musical natures and the personal, humorous characteristics that make their lives so fascinating. Living, breathing anecdotes--the stuff of which the best biography is made

A woman for president : the story of Victoria Woodhull by Kathleen Krull ( Book )
4 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 2,267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Do you know the first woman to run for president? The first woman to have a seat on the Stock Exchange? The first woman to own a newspaper? To speak before Congress? They were all Victoria Woodhull; this is her story. In 1872, American women could't vote, but they could run for president. Can you name the first woman to run for president, or the first woman to have a seat on the stock exchange? Do you know the first woman to own a newspaper or to speak before Congress? Amazingly, one woman achieved each of these feats, and her name has been all but erased from history. Born in complete poverty, the seventh of ten children, Victoria Woodhull was supporting her family by the age of eight as a child preacher. Seeking a better life, she married, divorced, moved to New York City, and became a millionaire by offering Cornelius Vanderbilt financial advice from the spirit world. Victoria did not stop there. Now that she had money and power, she was ready to challenge society's harsh limitations on women. Her boldest act was announcing herself as the first female candidate for the presidency of the United States. She founded her own newspaper to publicize this groundbreaking campaign, which took her from the chambers of Congress to the glorious moment when she was nominated by the Equal Rights Party at a convention that she, a woman, had organized and funded In the first book about Victoria Woodhull for young readers, Kathleen Krull and Jane Dyer team up to bring one of the most fascinating personalities in U.S. history to life The perfect book to explore the electoral process during the upcoming presidential election. One of the most revolutionary American women has been forgotten by history - until now. Walker & Company is proud to welcome acclaimed biographer Kathleen Krull and talented illustrator Jane Dyer to our list

Lives of the presidents : fame, shame, and what the neighbors thought by Kathleen Krull ( Book )
11 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in English and held by 2,154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Focuses on the lives of presidents as parents, husbands, pet-owners, and neighbors while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns