Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
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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American Legends: The Life of Natalie Wood
*Includes pictures.*Includes Wood's quotes about her own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."Stardom is only a byproduct of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.” –...
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American Legends: The Life of Orson Welles
*Includes pictures.*Includes Welles' quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. “I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.” – Orson Welles A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s...
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American Legends: The Life of Otis Redding
*Includes pictures*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it twenty-four hours a day. You can't be a well driller, too. You've got to concentrate...
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American Legends: The Life of Paul Newman
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes Newman's own quotes about his life and career. "The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the...
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American Legends: The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson
*Includes a list of dozens of Emerson's most inspirational quotes.*Includes pictures of Emerson and important people and places in his life.*Includes a Bibliography of Emerson's works and books about Emerson for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."Standing on the bare...
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American Legends: The Life of Red Cloud
"Look at me - I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches, but we want to train our children right. Riches will do us no good. We could not take...
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American Legends: The Life of Red Skelton
*Includes pictures*Includes Skelton's quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“I don't want to be called 'the greatest' or 'one of the greatest'; let other guys claim to be the best. I just...
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American Legends: The Life of Richard Nixon
*Includes pictures.*Includes Nixon's most famous quotes.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."I leave you gentleman now. You will now write it; you will interpret it; that's your right. But as I leave you I want...
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American Legends: The Life of Rita Hayworth
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes Hayworth's quotes about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life — and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't?“...
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American Legends: The Life of Robert F. Kennedy
*Includes pictures of Bobby and important people, places, and events in his life. *Includes a Table of Contents A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is...
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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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