Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
American Legends: The Life of John Belushi
Years before comedians like Chris Farley made their reputations with a particularly physical form of humor, there was John Belushi, the legendary comedian known for iconic performances in Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and as one of the original cast members...
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American Legends: The Life of John Brown
*Includes pictures of Brown and important people and places in his life.*Includes Brown's jailhouse interview and courtroom statement after being convicted and sentenced to death.*Discusses the relationships Brown had with famous contemporaries like Frederick Douglass, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph...
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American Legends: The Life of John D. Rockefeller
The Gilded Age and the dawn of the 20th century are often remembered as an era full of monopolies, trusts, and economic giants in heavy industries like oil and steel. Men like Andrew Carnegie built empires like Carnegie Steel, and...
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American Legends: The Life of John Quincy Adams
*Includes pictures of John Quincy Adams and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes quotes from his diary and letters.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but...
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American Legends: The Life of John Wayne
Includes Wayne's entire filmography Includes pictures of Wayne and important people and places in his life. Analyzes Wayne's legacy on the screen and off of it. Includes some of Wayne's most colorful and controversial quotes. Includes a Table of Contents....
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American Legends: The Life of Johnny Carson
"I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself." (Johnny Carson) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential...
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American Legends: The Life of Johnny Cash
*Includes pictures.*Includes Cash's quotes about his life and career.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.” – Johnny CashA lot...
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American Legends: The Life of Joseph Smith
*Explains Joseph Smith's life and the founding of the Mormon Church*Includes pictures of Smith and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“Our missionaries are going forth to different nations, and...
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American Legends: The Life of Josephine Baker
*Includes pictures *Includes Josephine Baker's quotes about her life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of...
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American Legends: The Life of J.P. Morgan
*Includes pictures*Includes some of Morgan's quotes*Includes a bibliography for further reading “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.” – J.P. Morgan A lot of ink has been spilled covering the...
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American Legends: The Life of Kim Novak
*Includes pictures.*Includes Novak's own quotes about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“My security comes from my senses, my sensing the direction I should go and suddenly I felt out of tune, out of...
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American Legends: The Life of Kirk Douglas
*Includes pictures.*Includes Douglas' quotes about his own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. “When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.” – Kirk Douglas A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives...
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American Legends: The Life of Kitty Carlisle
*Includes pictures*Includes Kitty's own quotes about her life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and look decent at the same time.” –...
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American Legends: The Life of Lana Turner
*Includes pictures.*Includes Turner's quotes about her own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."My life has been a series of emergencies.” – Lana TurnerA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s...
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American Legends: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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 Louis Armstrong
*Includes pictures*Includes Armstrong's quotes*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.” – Louis ArmstrongA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures,...
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American Legends: The Life of Lucille Ball
Includes Lucille Ball's own quotes about her life and career. Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I don't suppose that hard work, discipline, and a perfectionist attitude toward my work did me any harm. They are a big part of...
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American Legends: The Life of Mae West
*Includes pictures.*Includes Mae's most famous, clever and controversial quotes.*Includes quotes from Mae's autobiography about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.“Between two evils, I generally like to pick the one I never tried before.“ – Mae WestA lot...
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American Legends: The Life of Mama Cass Elliot
"If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond. That's what rock and roll is; it's relentless." - Mama Cass A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives...
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American Legends: The Life of Marilyn Monroe
*Includes pictures of Marilyn and important people and scenes.*Includes quotes about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find...
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American Legends: The Life of Marvin Gaye
*Includes pictures*Includes Gaye's quotes about his life and career*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Great artists suffer for the people.” – Marvin GayeA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most...
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American Legends: The Life of Mary Tyler Moore
*Includes pictures*Includes Moore's own quotes about her life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading “My grandfather once said, having watched me one entire afternoon, prancing and leaping and cavorting, ‘this child will either end up on stage or in...
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American Legends: The Life of Mel Brooks
*Includes pictures*Includes Brooks' quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading “If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.” – Mel Brooks A lot of ink has been spilled covering...
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American Legends: The Life of Meryl Streep
*Includes pictures.*Includes Streep's own quotes about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.” –...
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American Legends: The Life of Michael Jackson
*Includes pictures*Includes Jackson's own quotes about his life and career*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The minute I started breaking the all-time record in record sales—I broke Elvis's records, I broke Beatles records—the minute it...
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American Legends: The Life of Mickey Rooney
*Includes pictures.*Includes Rooney's own quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I was a 13 year old boy for 30 years.” – Mickey Rooney A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s...
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American Legends: The Life of Mike Tyson
*Discusses Tyson's life in and out of the ring.*Includes Tyson's most colorful quotes.*Includes pictures of Tyson and important people in his life.“Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.” – Mike TysonA lot of ink has been...
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American Legends: The Life of Muhammad Ali
*Includes Ali's most colorful quotes.*Includes pictures of Ali and other boxers he fought.*Includes a Table of Contents.“To prove I am great, he will fall in eight.” – Muhammad AliA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s...
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American Legends: The Life of Nat King Cole
"If I could read it, I could play it." - Nat King Cole 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...
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American Legends: The Life of Nat Turner
In American history, there are few people as controversial or consequential as Nat Turner, who was one of millions of slaves in the South before the Civil War but ultimately led the nation's most notorious slave uprising. In August 1831,...
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