Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States Vol. 2 is part of a multi-book series on the biographies of famous people in United States history. This book compiles a wide range of articles on famous personalities from history edited by John Howard Brown. This publication stands out as a great resource for those learning about, teaching about researching historic figures such as: students of history, history teachers, and historians of American history. This volume begins with historic figures whose last names begin with the letter 'C' and continues through to famous people whose last name begins with the letter 'E'. Compiling the biographies of many notable Americans such as, Henry Clay, Grover Cleveland, James Fennimore Cooper, and Thomas Edison, this book provides ample information on each subject with liberally sprinkled humorous and entertaining anecdotes to amuse the reader. The text also includes a variety of portraits for many of the entries and twelve full-page illustrations of some of the more famous individuals mentioned in the work. In addition to portraiture, the editor made the decision to include the signature of several of the celebrities, allowing the reader to play amateur sleuth when determining if supposed signatures on historical documents are in fact real. Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States Vol. 2 is an interesting book for anyone intrigued by historic figures from United States history. This book promises to grab and hold the reader's attention with its wellspring of information and entertaining stories, not just on individuals but on the entire field of American History. Filled with hundreds of entries, this book has information on all of the who's who in United States history from the countries inception to the turn of the century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.