Famous New Hampshire People: A
Pathfinder
Non-Fiction:
974.2 FRA The New Hampshire Colony by Dennis Fradin. Children's Press, 1987. Provides page length biographical sketches throughout.
974.2 MAI World Almanac Library of the States; New Hampshire. World Almanac Library, 2003. Profiles eleven great New Hampshirites in the "Notable People" section, pages 39-41.
974.2 MEL Uniquely, New Hampshire by Peter Melman. Heinemann, 2004. Provides short paragraphs of information on ten famous New Hampshire people on pages 21-23.
974.2 McN America the Beautiful: New Hampshire by Sylvia McNair. Children's Press, 1992. Provides an annotated list of seventy-five famous people in the appendix.
974.2 STE America the Beautiful: New Hampshire by R. Conrad Stein. Children's Press, 2000. Uses sidebars to highlight famous people throughout the book.
974.2 SHA From Sea to Shining Sea: New Hampshire by Terry Miller Shannon. Children's Press, 2002. Sidebars provide information about "Who's Who" and a "Gallery of Famous New Hampshirites.
974.3 BRO Hello U.S.A. New Hampshire by Dottie Brown. Lerner, 2002. An appendix provides brief annotations about 25 outstanding New Hampshirites.
Biography
92 deP Tomie dePaola by Julie Berg. ABDO Publishing, 1993.
92 MCA Christa McAuliffe: Pioneer Space Teacher by Charlene Billings. Enslow, 1986.
92 PIE Encyclopedia of Presidents: Franklin Pierce by Charnan Simon. Children's Press, 1988.
92 PIE Franklin Pierce by Anne Welsbacher. ABDO Publishing, 2001.
Reference
The Encyclopedia of New Hampshire. Devotes 100 pages to New Hampshire people famous for many different reasons.
The Liberty Key. Provides a limited number of biographical sketches including Martha Hilton, John Wentworth, John Langdon, Molly Stark, Dr. Josiah Bartlett, & Goody Cole.
Electronic Resources
On-line Databases:
World Book Click on the tab "Explore New Hampshire" and open the biographies link.
Grolier Choose the "America the Beautiful" resource and then click on New Hampshire on the map. Open the profile link to find biographical information about several famous New Hampshire people.
Websites:
Framers of Freedom
http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/
Learn how NH revolutionaries helped shape the course of the country's history.
New Hampshire People
New Hampshire Authors
http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/kimball/leduc/nhauthors.html
An alphabetical list of New Hampshire authors.
Famous People
http://www.thingstodo.com/states/NH/famous_people.htm
Provides a briefly annotated short list of famous New Hampshire people.