the brew*crew adventure

I've seen similar lists to this one here and there before, but just ran across this one, and thought to post it here. Very cool, no? I'll have to share this with my kids, they'll love it!;)
To read their biographies, please click on each name and a new window will open with content courtesy of Wikipedia. Also next to each name is a list of related books.

ARTISTS:

• Leonardo da Vinci | Books About Leonardo Da Vinci

• Claude Monet | Books About Claude Monet

• John Singleton Copley | Books About John Singleton Copley

• Andrew Wyeth | Books About Andrew Wyeth

• Jamie Wyeth | Books About Jamie Wyeth

COMPOSERS:

• Irving Berlin | Books About Irving Berlin

• Anton Bruckner | Books About Anton Bruckner

• Felix Mendelssohn | Books About Felix Mendelssohn

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Books About Wolfgang Amadeuz Mozart

• Francis Poulenc | Books About Francis Poulenc

EDUCATORS:

• Frederick Terman (Stanford University President) | Books About Frederick Terman

• William Samuel Johnson (Columbia University President) | Books About William Samuel Johnson

• Frank Vandiver (Texas A&M University President) | Books About Frank Vandiver

• John Witherspoon (Princeton University President) | Books About John Witherspoon

GENERALS:

• Stonewall Jackson | Books About Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee | Books About Robert E. Lee

• Douglas MacArthur | Books About Douglas MacArthur

• George Patton | Books About George Patton

INVENTORS:

• Alexander Graham Bell | Books About Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison | Books About Thomas Edison

• Cyrus McCormick | Books About Cyrus McCormick

• Wright Brothers: Orville and Wilbur Wright | Books About Wright Brothers

PRESIDENTS:

• John Quincy Adams

• William Henry Harrison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Madison

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John Tyler

• George Washington

• Woodrow Wilson

PREACHERS & RELIGIOUS LEADERS:

• Moses

• Joan of Arc

• John the Baptist

• William Cary

• Jonathan Edwards

• Phillip Melanchthon

• Dwight L. Moody

• John Newton

• John Owen

• Charles Wesley

• John Wesley

• Brigham Young

SCIENTISTS:

• George Washington Carver

• Pierre Curie

• Albert Einstein

• Blaise Pascal

• Booker T. Washington

STATESMEN:

• Konrad Adenauer

• Winston Churchill

• Benjamin Franklin

• Patrick Henry

• William Penn

• Henry Clay

U.S SUPPREME COURT JUDGES:

• John Jay

• John Marshall

• John Rutledge

WRITERS:

• Hans Christian Andersen

• Pearl S. Buck

• Agatha Christie

• Charles Dickens

• Bret Harte

• C.S. Lewis

• Sean O'Casey

• George Bernard Shaw

• Mark Twain

• Mercy Warren

• Daniel Webster

• Phillis Wheatley

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES:

• Richard Basset (Governor of Delaware)

• William Blount (U.S. Senator)

• George Clymer (U.S. Representative)

• William Few (U.S. Senator)

• Benjamin Franklin (Inventor and Statesman)

• William Houston (Lawyer)

• William S. Johnson (President of Columbia C.)

• William Livingston (Governor of New Jersey)

• James Madison - 4th President of the U.S.

• George Mason

• John Francis Mercer (U.S. Representative)

• Charles Pickney III (Governor of S. Carolina)

• John Rutledge (Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court)

• Richard D. Spaight (Governor of N. Carolina)

• George Washington - 1st President of the U.S.

• John Witherspoon (President of Princeton U.)

• George Wythe (Justice of Virginia High Court)

OTHERS:

• Abigail Adams (Wife of John Adams)

• Ansel Adams (Photographer)

• Clara Barton (Started the Red Cross)

• John Burroughs (Naturalist)

• Andrew Carnegie (Industrialist)

• Charles Chaplin (Actor)

• George Rogers Clark - Explorer

• Noel Coward (Playwright)

• John Paul Jones (Father of the American Navy)

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Tamara McKinney (World Cup Skier)

• John Stuart Mill (Economist)

• Charles Louis Montesquieu (Philosopher)

• Florence Nightingale (Nurse)

• Sally Ride (Astronaut)

• Bill Ridell (Newspaperman)

• George Rogers Clark (Explorer)

• Will Rogers (Humorist)

• Jim Ryan (World Runner)

• Albert Schweitzer (Physician)

• Leo Tolstoy

• Martha Washington (Wife of George Washington)

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