Barrington Area Library

Teens' Catalog | Autobiographies

Diaries and Journals | Life Stories

Diaries and Journals

Alcott, Louisa May.  The Girlhood Diary of Louisa May Alcott, 1843–1846: Writings of a Young Author.
Alcott, Louisa May.  Louisa May Alcott: Her Girlhood Diary.
Audubon, John James.  Capturing Nature: The Writings and Art of John James Audubon.
Bradford, William.  Homes in the Wilderness: A Pilgrim's Journal of Plymouth Plantation in 1620.
Clark, William.  Off the Map: The Journals of Lewis and Clark.
Columbus, Christopher.  I, Columbus: My Journal, 1492–3.
Columbus, Christopher.  The Log of Christopher Columbus: The First Voyage, Spring, Summer, and Fall, 1492.
Frank, Anne.  The Diary of a Young Girl.
Gág, Wanda.  The Girlhood Diary of Wanda Gág, 1908–1909: Portrait of a Young Artist.
Jemison, Mary.  The Diary of Mary Jemison, Captured by the Indians.
Knight, Amelia.  The Way West: Journal of a Pioneer Woman.
Leeper, David Rohrer.  The Diary of David R. Leeper: Rushing for Gold.
Martin, Joseph Plumb.  The Diary of Joseph Plumb Martin: A Revolutionary War Soldier.
Powell, John Wesley.  Diary of John Wesley Powell: Exploring the Grand Canyon.
Roosevelt, Theodore.  The Boyhood Diary of Theodore Roosevelt, 1869–1870: Early Travels of the 26th U. S. President.
Whiteley, Opal.  Only Opal: The Diary of a Young Girl.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls.  On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri in 1894.

Life Stories

Artists and Performers | Athletes | Children in Other Countries | Humanitarians and Activists |
Immigrants | Native Americans | Politicians | Scientists | World War II Survivors | Writers

Artists and Performers
Church, Charlotte.  Voice of an Angel: My Life (So Far).
Farfan, Tato.  A Very Young Circus Flyer.
Gish, Lillian.  An Actor's Life for Me.
Houston, James.  Fire into Ice: Adventures in Glass Making.
Hyman, Trina Schart.  Self-Portrait, Trina Schart Hyman.

Athletes
Andretti, Michael.  Michael Andretti at Indianapolis.
Baiul, Oksana.  Oksana: My Own Story.
Blair, Bonnie.  A Winning Edge.
Boitano, Brian.  Boitano's Edge: Inside the Real World of Figure Skating.
Cimino, Stephanie.  A Very Young Skier.
Dixon, Tamecka.  You Can Be a Woman Basketball Player.
Douty, Sheila Cornell.  You Can Be a Woman Softball Player.
Kwan, Michelle.  Michelle Kwan: My Special Moments.
Lipinski, Tara.  Triumph on Ice.
Pippen, Scottie.  Scottie Pippen: Reach Higher.
Ripken, Cal Jr.  Cal Ripken, Jr.: My Story.
Singletary, Mike.  Calling the Shots.
Yamaguchi, Kristi.  Always Dream.

Children in Other Countries
Brusca, María Cristina.  On the Pampas.
Chen, Da.  China's Son: Growing up in the Cultural Revolution.
Equiano, Olaudah.  The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano.
Lu, Chi Fa.  Double Luck: Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan.
Mah, Adeline Yen.  Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter.

Humanitarians and Activists
Bridges, Ruby.  Through My Eyes.
Parks, Rosa.  I Am Rosa Parks.
White, Ryan.  Ryan White: My Own Story.

Immigrants
Anh, Hoang.  Hoang Anh: A Vietnamese-American Boy.
Antin, Mary.  Streets of Gold.
Trang, Lee Ann.  Lee Ann: The Story of a Vietnamese-American Girl.

Native Americans
Bruchac, Joseph.  Seeing the Circle.
Littlechild, George.  This Land Is My Land.
Chief Red Horse.  Chief Red Horse Tells about Custer: The Battle of Little Bighorn; An Eyewitness Account told in Indian Sign Language.
Tallchief, Maria.  Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina.
Wanbli Numpa Afraid of Hawk.  A Boy Becomes a Man at Wounded Knee.

Politicians
Bruce, Preston.  From the Door of the White House.
Lincoln, Abraham.  Lincoln, in His Own Words.

Scientists
Hendrickson, Sue.  Hunt for the Past: My Life as an Explorer.

World War II Survivors
Auerbacher, Inge.  I Am a Star: Child of the Holocaust.
Charney, Ann.  Dobryd.
Drucker, Olga Levy.  Kindertransport.
Emmerich, Elsbeth.  My Childhood in Nazi Germany.
Fry, Varian.  Assignment: Rescue; An Autobiography.
Garner, Eleanor Ramrath.  Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany.
Hautzig, Esther.  The Endless Steppe: Growing up in Siberia.
Ippisch, Hanneke.  Sky: A True Story of Resistance during World War II.
Jackson, Livia Bitton.  I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing up in the Holocaust.
Leitner, Isabella.  The Big Lie: A True Story.
Oberski, Jona.  Childhood.
Oertelt, Henry A.  An Unbroken Chain: My Journey through the Nazi Holocaust.
Opdyke, Irene Gut.  In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer.
Vogel, Ilse-Margret.  Bad Times, Good Friends: A Personal Memoir.   

Writers
Berenstain, Stan.  Down a Sunny Dirt Road: An Autobiography.
Brown, Margaret Wise.  The Days before Now: An Autobiographical Note.
Bunting, Eve.  Once upon a Time.
Byars, Betsy.  The Moon and I.
Cleary, Beverly.  A Girl from Yamhill: A Memoir.
Cole, Joanna.  On the Bus with Joanna Cole: A Creative Autobiography.
Dahl, Roald.  Boy: Tales of Childhood.
Ehlert, Lois.  Under My Nose.
Lowry, Lois.  Looking Back: A Book of Memories.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.  How I Came to Be a Writer.
Paulsen, Gary.  Guts.
Stine, R. L.  It Came from Ohio! My Life as a Writer.