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American Legends: The Life of Jerry Garcia
*Includes pictures.*Includes Garcia's quotes about his life and career.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23...
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American Legends: The Life of Jean Harlow
*Includes pictures.*Includes Harlow's quotes about her own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."I wasn’t born an actress. Events just made me one.” – Jean HarlowA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives...
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American Legends: The Life of Jean Arthur
*Includes pictures.*Includes Arthur's own quotes about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."I guess I became an actress because I didn't want to be myself.” – Jean Arthur“It's a strenuous job every day of...
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American Legends: The Life of Jesse Owens
*Includes pictures*Includes Owens' quotes about his life and career*Includes accounts of the 1936 Olympics*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White...
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American Legends: The Life of Jerry Lewis
*Includes pictures.*Includes Lewis' quotes about his own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. “I've had great success being a total idiot.” – Jerry Lewis A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential...
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American Legends: The Life of Jim Henson
*Includes pictures*Includes Henson's own quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope...
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American Legends: The Life of Jim Bowie
*Discusses some of the legends and controversies surrounding Bowie's life, including the origins of the Bowie knife and Bowie's fate at the Alamo.*Includes pictures of Bowie and other important people and places in his life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading."I'll...
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American Legends: The Life of Jimmy Carter
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 Jim Morrison
*Includes pictures.*Includes Morrison's quotes about his life and career.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at...
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American Legends: The Life of Joan Crawford
*Includes pictures of Crawford and important people, places, and scenes.*Includes Crawford's' own quotes about her upbringing, films and relationships.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star....
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American Legends: The Life of Jimmy Stewart
*Includes pictures.*Includes Stewart's own quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“A feller came up to me the other day and said ‘I don’t know whether this means anything to you but you’ve...
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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 Adams
*Includes several letters written by Abigail Adams, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.*Includes pictures of Adams and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom,...
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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 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 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 Hancock
"The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions." (John Hancock) 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 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 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 Depp
*Includes pictures.*Includes Depp's own quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat...
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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 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 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 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 Katharine Hepburn
Early in her career, there was no actress more controversial than Katharine Hepburn. By the end of her career, there was no actress more beloved than Katharine Hepburn. Famously labeled "box office poison" in 1938, it is clear that Hollywood...
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American Legends: The Life of Judy Garland
*Includes pictures of Garland and important people, places, and scenes.*Includes Garland's own quotes about her upbringing, films and relationships.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading."I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot." – Judy GarlandA lot 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 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 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 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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