Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
American Legends: The Life of Robert Mitchum
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading “I never take any notice of reviews - unless a critic has thought up some new way of describing me. That old one about my lizard eyes and anteater nose and the way...
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American Legends: The Life of Robert Redford
*Includes pictures*Includes Redford's own quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading “The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the spotlight gets turned...
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American Legends: The Life of Rock Hudson
*Includes pictures.*Includes Hudson's own quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“I'm notorious for giving a bad interview. I'm an actor and I can't help but feel I'm boring when I'm on as...
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American Legends: The Life of Rosa Parks
*Includes pictures of Rosa and important people, places, and events in her life.*Includes some of her most inspirational quotes.*Discusses Rosa's participation in some of the Civil Rights Movement's most famous events.“People always say that I didn't give up my seat...
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American Legends: The Life of Roy Rogers
*Includes pictures.*Includes Rogers' own quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.” – Roy RogersA...
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American Legends: The Life of Sacagawea
*Includes pictures of art depicting Sacagawea and important people, places, and events in her life.*Includes passages about Sacagawea from the journals of Lewis and Clark.*Explains Sacagawea's role in the legendary Lewis and Clark Expedition*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.“Your woman...
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American Legends: The Life of Sam Cooke
"I think the secret is really observation. Well, if you observe what's going on and try to figure out how people are thinking, I think you can always write something that people will understand." (Sam Cooke) A lot of ink...
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American Legends: The Life of Samuel Adams
EDITING ISSUES WERE FIXED ON 8/22/12*Includes some of Adams's most famous quotes.*Includes pictures of Adams and important people, places, and events in his life.*Analyzes and explains Adams's controversial reputation and legacy.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."The...
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American Legends: The Life of Shirley MacLaine
*Includes pictures*Includes MacLaine's quotes about her own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have...
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American Legends: The Life of Shirley Temple
*Includes pictures of Shirley Temple and important people, places, and scenes.*Includes Temple's own quotes about her life and relationships.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading."I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in...
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American Legends: The Life of Sidney Poitier
*Includes pictures*Includes Poitier's quotes about his own life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.”...
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American Legends: The Life of Sitting Bull
"When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent 10,000 men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them? Is...
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American Legends: The Life of Solomon Northup
*Includes pictures.*Includes excerpts from Twelve Years a Slave about Northup's life and experiences.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free...
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American Legends: The Life of Spencer Tracy
*Includes pictures.*Includes Tracy's quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.” – Spencer TracyA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s...
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American Legends: The Life of Stanley Kubrick
*Includes pictures.*Includes Kubrick's quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."When I made my first film, I think the thing was probably helped me the most was that it was such an unusual...
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American Legends: The Life of Stephen Douglas
*Explains the central issues of the 1850s, including the Missouri Compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, popular sovereignty and the Dred Scott Decision,*Includes pictures of Douglas and other important people, places, and events in his life. .*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes...
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American Legends: The Life of Steve McQueen
*Includes pictures.*Includes McQueen's quotes about his own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I live for myself and I answer to nobody." – Steve McQueen A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most...
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American Legends: The Life of Stevie Wonder
"Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision." (Stevie Wonder) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost...
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American Legends: The Life of Susan B. Anthony
*Includes pictures.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."The true woman will not be exponent of another, or allow another to be such for her. She will be her own individual self... Stand or fall by her own...
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American Legends: The Life of Tecumseh
Tecumseh's reputation among Americans has been both the most unique and anomalous. As the leader of the Shawnee, Tecumseh was the most famous Native American of the early 19th century, and he attempted to peacefully establish a Native American nation...
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American Legends: The Life of Thomas Edison
Includes a list of Edison's patents. Includes pictures of Edison and important people in his life. Includes some of Edison's most inspiring quotes and explanations about his inventive techniques. Includes a Table of Contents. "He led no armies into battle,...
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American Legends: The Life of Thurgood Marshall
"A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not...
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American Legends: The Life of Ulysses S. Grant
A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed...
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American Legends: The Life of Walt Disney
"Over at our place, we're sure of just one thing: everybody in the world was once a child. So in planning a new picture, we don't think of grown-ups, and we don't think of children, but just of that fine,...
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American Legends: The Life of Walter Cronkite
"And that's the way it is." - Walter Cronkite A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American...
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American Legends: The Life of Walter Matthau
*Includes pictures*Includes Matthau's own quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality...'The Odd Couple' was mine. That...
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American Legends: The Life of Will Rogers
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." - Will Rogers A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for...
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American Legends: The Life of William Faulkner
*Includes pictures of important people and places.*Includes Faulkner's own quotes about his life and career, as well as his famous Nobel Prize acceptance speech.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.A lot of ink has been spilled covering...
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American Legends: The Life of Willie Nelson
*Includes pictures*Includes Nelson's quotes about his life and career*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Since I was a kid, music was what I wanted to do. I thought I could make it by my own...
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American Legends: The Life of Woodrow Wilson
*Includes Wilson's Fourteen Points, Inaugural Addresses, and his War Message to Congress for World War I.*Discusses controversies surrounding Wilson's life and presidency, including the rumors surrounding his wife's role in 1920 after his strokes in office.*Includes pictures of Wilson and...
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