Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
American Legends: The Life of Betty Grable
*Includes pictures.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.“There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.” – Betty GrableA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but...
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American Legends: The Life of Bill Clinton
"Sometime in my 16th year, I decided I wanted to be in public life as an elected official. I loved music, and thought I could be very good, but I knew I would never be John Coltrane or Stan Getz....
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American Legends: The Life of Billie Holiday
"Don't threaten me with love, baby, let's just go walking in the rain" (Billie Holiday) 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...
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American Legends: The Life of Billy Graham
*Includes pictures *Includes Graham's quotes about his life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or...
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American Legends: The Life of Bing Crosby
*Includes pictures.*Includes Crosby's quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.“I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.” – Bing CrosbyA...
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American Legends: The Life of Black Hawk
*Includes pictures of historic art depicting Black Hawk and important people, places, and events.*Includes Black Hawk's own quotes about his life and battles.*Includes a bibliography for further reading."I was once a great warrior; I am now poor…I am now old....
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American Legends: The Life of Bob Dylan
*Includes pictures.*Includes Dylan's quotes about his life and career.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.” – Bob DylanIn the space of...
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American Legends: The Life of Bob Hope
"You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it." (Bob Hope) 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?...
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American Legends: The Life of Brigham Young
*Includes pictures of Young and important people and places in his life.*Discusses Young's leadership of the Mormons, his views on issues like polygamy, and his controversial battles with federal authorities.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."I know...
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American Legends: The Life of Bruce Lee
*Includes pictures.*Includes Lee's own quotes about his life, martial arts, and philosophy.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of...
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American Legends: The Life of Buddy Holly
*Includes pictures*Includes some of Buddy Holly's quotes*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading “If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel.”...
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American Legends: The Life of Burt Lancaster
In the 1940s, there were few actors who personified the all-American look like Burt Lancaster, who set Hollywood ablaze quickly with performances in movies like The Killers, The Flame and the Arrow, and The Crimson Pirate. Indeed, his status as a heartthrob...
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American Legends: The Life of Buster Keaton
*Includes pictures.*Includes Keaton's own quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."It's said that Chaplin wanted you to like him, but Keaton didn't care. I think he cared, but was too proud to...
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American Legends: The Life of Carole Lombard
"Carole Lombard's tragic death means that something of gaiety and beauty have been taken from the world at a time they are needed most." (Errol Flynn) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential...
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American Legends: The Life of Cary Grant
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes Cary Grant's quotes about his own life and working with other Hollywood stars.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be...
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American Legends: The Life of Charles Lindbergh
In many ways Charles Lindbergh represented the best and worst of America during the first half of the 20th century. Lindbergh became famous for being an aviation pioneer whose solo flight across the Atlantic captured the imagination of an entire...
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American Legends: The Life of Charlton Heston
*Includes pictures.*Includes Heston's own quotes about his life, his career, and politics.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“[Fame] has complicated my life a little, but not enormously. I had to learn to be a public person, but...
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American Legends: The Life of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
Explains the events that led up to the Nez Perce War and comprehensively covers the tribe's legendary retreat Discusses Chief Joseph's legacy and controversies surrounding his life "Our fathers gave us many laws, which they had learned from their fathers....
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American Legends: The Life of Chuck Berry
"I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint." (Chuck Berry) "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry." (John...
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American Legends: The Life of Chuck Norris
*Includes pictures*Includes Norris' own quotes about his life and career*Includes online resources and footnotes for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and...
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American Legends: The Life of Clark Gable
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes Gable's quotes about his own life and working with other Hollywood stars.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.“The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great...
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American Legends: The Life of Clint Eastwood
*Includes pictures.*Includes some of Eastwood's most colorful quotes.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading."The roles that Eastwood has played, and the films that he has directed, cannot be disentangled from the nature of the American culture of the last quarter century,...
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American Legends: The Life of Crazy Horse
*Includes pictures of important people and places in Crazy Horse's life.*Explains the Battle of the Little Bighorn and several Lakota oral legends, including the origins of Crazy Horse's name."Upon suffering beyond suffering: the Red Nation shall rise again and it...
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American Legends: The Life of Davy Crockett
The Wild West and the frontier have long held a special place in the narrative of American history, and of all the legends and folk heroes who lived in the 19th century, none became as famous as Davy Crockett, "The...
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American Legends: The Life of Dick Van Dyke
*Includes pictures*Includes Van Dyke's own quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography*Includes a table of contents“I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio...
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American Legends: The Life of Dolly Parton
*Includes pictures*Includes Parton's own quotes about her life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton “I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because...
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American Legends: The Life of Doris Day
*Includes pictures.*Includes Day's quotes about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.“I’ve been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls — you know, those dolls you could push down and they’d come back...
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American Legends: The Life of Duke Ellington
"I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues." "Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: When it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it." (Duke Ellington) A lot of ink has been...
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American Legends: The Life of Dwight D. Eisenhower
A lot of time has been spent 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 on the...
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American Legends: The Life of Ed Sullivan
*Includes pictures.*Includes in depth accounts of Elvis Presley and The Beatles' historic performances on The Ed Sullivan Show.*Includes Sullivan's quotes about his life and his famous show.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Open big, have a good comedy act, put...
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