Books like A Man Called Peter: The Story of Peter Marshall
12 books with a reading profile close to A Man Called Peter: The Story of Peter Marshall by Catherine Marshall. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
by Maxwell King
Also clear-cut · biography, inspirational
Maxwell King’s biography traces the life of Fred Rogers from his isolated childhood in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, through his theological studies and his eventual pivot to educational television.
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Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
Also clear-cut · biography, inspirational
In 1955, sixty-seven-year-old Emma Gatewood told her grown children she was going for a walk, then became the first woman to solo hike the entire 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail in one season.
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Also clear-cut · biography, inspirational
Laura Hillenbrand recounts the life of Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic runner who became a bombardier during the second World War.
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
Also clear-cut · biography, narrative
Hayden Herrera tracks the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo from her childhood in Coyoacán through the catastrophic bus accident that left her in permanent physical pain.
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Educated
Also clear-cut · biography, inspirational
Tara Westover recounts her upbringing in a survivalist Mormon family in the mountains of Idaho.
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The Miracle Worker
Also clear-cut · biography, narrative
The play chronicles the arrival of Annie Sullivan at the Keller household to instruct young Helen Keller, who became blind and deaf following an infant illness.
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God's Smuggler
Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative
Born into a working-class Dutch family and hardened by military service in Indonesia, Andrew van der Bijl finds dynamic faith that leads him across the Iron Curtain.
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From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way
Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative
Jesse Thistle was born to a Métis and Cree father and a Scottish-Canadian mother, and was abandoned with his brothers by his parents as a small child.
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Christy
Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative
In 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves her comfortable home to teach at a mission school in Cutter Gap, a poverty-stricken community in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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The Water Is Wide
by Pat Conroy
Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative
In 1969, Pat Conroy moved to Yamacraw Island, a remote landmass off the South Carolina coast, to teach at a two-room schoolhouse.
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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
by Jeff Hobbs
Also clear-cut · biography, narrative
Jeff Hobbs chronicles the life of his Yale roommate, Robert Peace, a gifted student from Newark, New Jersey, who navigated the tensions between an elite Ivy League education and his neighborhood roots.
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