Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
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,...
$9.99
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...
$6.99
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...
$6.99
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...
$6.99
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...
$6.99
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...
$6.99
American Legends: The Marx Brothers
"The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl." - Irving Berlin "I sent the club a wire stating, 'PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL...
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American Legends: The Pilgrims and the Mayflower
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts from the journals of two of the Mayflower's passengers*Includes a Table of Contents.“By God's providence, upon the ninth of November following, by break of the day we espied land which was deemed to be Cape Cod, and...
$6.99
American Legends: The Salem Witch Trials
*Includes descriptions of the trials and executions of the accused.*Includes testimony from some of the cases and the petitions of some of the accused asking for clemency.*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading."More than...
$6.99
American Legends: The Three Stooges
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, readers can get caught up to speed...
$6.99
American Legends: The Wright Brothers
*Includes pictures of the Wright brothers, their planes, and important events.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.“For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has increased in severity and I feel...
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American Outlaws: The Life and Legacy of Baby Face Nelson
America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean cut, an informal ode to the rugged individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the nation in previous centuries. The early 19th century saw the glorification of frontier folk heroes like Davy Crockett...
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American Outlaws: The Life and Legacy of John Dillinger
"I will be the meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here." (John Dillinger) America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean cut, an informal ode to the rugged individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the nation...
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American Outlaws: The Lives and Legacies of Bonnie & Clyde
"You've read the story of Jesse James Of how he lived and died If you're still in need of something to read Here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde." - Bonnie Parker, "The Trail's End" America has always preferred heroes...
$9.99
America's Greatest 19th Century Presidents: The Lives of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant
*Includes dozens of pictures of the presidents and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes a Table of ContentsThe 19th century was the pivotal era in American history, determining how a new nation would overcome its most divisive issues...
$14.99
America's Greatest 20th Century Presidents: The Lives of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kenned
*Includes dozens of pictures of the presidents and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes an original introduction for each president.*Includes bibliographies for further reading.*Includes a Table of ContentsIf the 19th century was about America overcoming its own divisions...
$14.99
America's Greatest Cold War Presidents: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan
*Comprehensively covers the lives, careers and legacies of the 5 Presidents.*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes Bibliographies for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.Among America’s presidents, Harry Truman’s presidency produced some of the nation’s most crucial decisions and...
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America's Greatest Democratic Presidents of the 20th Century: Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
*Weaves the lives and presidencies of all 6 Democratic Presidents into one entertaining and educational narrative.*Includes dozens of pictures of the presidents and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Analyzes the legacies and accomplishments of each president.*Includes a Table...
$16.99
America's Greatest First Ladies of the 20th Century: The Lives and Legacies of Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy and Hillary Clinton
*Includes pictures of Eleanor, Jackie, Hillary and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes a Table of ContentsAmerican presidents have shaped the course of global affairs for generations, but as the saying goes, behind every great man there’s a...
$12.99
America's Greatest First Ladies: The Lives and Legacies of Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, Mary Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy and Hillary
*Includes pictures of the First Ladies and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes Bibliographies for further reading.*Includes a Table of ContentsAmerican presidents have shaped the course of global affairs for generations, but as the saying goes, behind every...
$16.99
America's Most Influential Jazz Artists
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.” – Duke EllingtonLouis Armstrong once claimed that “Every time I close my...
$14.99
America's Most Influential Mountain Men: The History and Legacy of the 19th Century Explorers Who Helped Chart Paths to the West
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingBy the golden age of the mountain man in the mid-19th-century, there were perhaps only 3,000 living in the West. Their origins were disparate, although they included many Anglo-Americans....
$16.99
American Legends: The Life of Dean Martin
"If people want to think I get drunk and stay out all night, let 'em. That's how I got here, you know." (Dean Martin) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but...
$9.99
American Legends: The Life of Charles Bronson
*Includes pictures*Includes Bronson's own quotes about his life and career*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Maybe I'm too masculine. Casting directors cast in their own, or an idealized image. Maybe I don't look...
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American Legends: The Life of Ava Gardner
*Includes pictures.*Includes Ava's quotes about her own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking...
$6.99
American Legends: The Hatfields and McCoys
*Includes pictures of some of the important people, places, and events involved in the feud.*Explains the origins and legacy of the famous feud.*Includes a timeline of the feud.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."They were men, who...
$6.99