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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 Daniel Boone
*Includes portraits of Boone and illustrations depicting other important people and places in his life.*Analyzes some of the legends about Daniel Boone's life in an effort to separate fact from fiction.*Explains how Daniel Boone's legacy was shaped and how he...
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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 Dred Scott and the Dred Scott Decision
*Includes the full text of the Dred Scott decision and every opinion written by the Supreme Court justices.*Analyzes the Dred Scott decision and its impact on future civil rights cases.*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes a Table of...
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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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American Legends: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe
*Includes pictures of Poe and important people and places in his life.*Discusses the inspiration for Poe's most famous works.*Explains Poe's relationships with the various women in his life.*Discusses the mysterious circumstances of his death and possible explanations.*Includes a Bibliography for...
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American Legends: The Life of Eliot Ness
*Chronicles Al Capone's rise in Chicago and the efforts of Eliot Ness and the Untouchables to bring him down.*Includes pictures of Ness and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."Unquestionably,...
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American Legends: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
*Includes pictures of Stanton and important people in her life.*Includes Stanton's most colorful quotes on religion, abolition, and women's rights.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate...
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American Legends: The Life of Ernest Hemingway
*Includes pictures of important people and places.*Includes some of Hemingway's most famous quotes.*Analyzes the real life inspirations behind Hemingway's work and separates fact from fiction regarding Hemingway's life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading."If a writer of prose knows enough of...
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American Legends: The Life of Etta James
Etta James, the legendary jazz, gospel, rhythm & blues, and soul singer, was perfectly positioned to reign as the supreme artist in the emerging soul genre of the '40s and '50s in America. No one ever doubted her talent, the...
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American Legends: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
*Includes pictures of important people and places.*Includes some of Fitzgerald's most famous quotes.*Analyzes the real life inspirations behind Fitzgerald's work and the stormy relationship with Zelda.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."All good writing is swimming under...
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American Legends: The Life of Farrah Fawcett
"TV had much more impact back in the '70s than it does today. Charlie's Angels got huge numbers every week - nothing really dominates the television landscape like that today. Now there are so many channels and so many more shows it's...
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American Legends: The Life of Frank Sinatra
*Includes pictures*Includes some of Sinatra's most famous and colorful quotes.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading*Includes a Table of Contents.“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” – Frank SinatraA lot of ink has...
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American Legends: The Life of Fred Astaire
*Includes pictures of Astaire and other important people and scenes.*Includes Astaire's quotes about his own life and others' quotes about him.*Includes a bibliography for further reading."No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been...
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American Legends: The Life of Frederick Douglass
*Includes pictures of Douglass and important people, places and events in his life.*Includes a Table of ContentsA 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 Gary Cooper
"I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but...
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American Legends: The Life of Gene Autry
"Music has been the better part of my career. Movies are wonderful fun, and they give you a famous face. But how the words and melody are joined, how they come together out of air and enter the mind, this...
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American Legends: The Life of Gene Kelly
*Includes pictures.*Includes Kelly's quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.” – Gene KellyA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s...
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American Legends: The Life of Gene Tierney
"I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?" (Gene Tierney) "I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so...
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American Legends: The Life of General Douglas MacArthur
Includes MacArthur's most colorful and inspiring quotes, including his Victory Broadcast after Japan's surrender and his Farewell Address to Congress. "There is no substitute for victory." - Douglas MacArthur A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of...
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American Legends: The Life of General George Patton
Rommel, Guderian, Liddell-Hart, and JFC Fuller were all early exponents and practitioners of armored warfare, tactics that were to break the stalemate that had characterized World War I. Advocates of the tank and above all speed, it was their ideas...
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American Legends: The Life of George Burns
*Includes pictures*Includes Burns' own quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.” – George Burns“I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face...
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American Legends: The Life of George Custer
*Discusses Little Bighorn in detail and explains the controversies and mysteries still surrounding Custer's Last Stand.*Includes pictures of Custer and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of ContentsSince the Battle of...
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American Legends: The Life of Ginger Rogers
*Includes pictures of Ginger and important people, places, and scenes.*Comprehensively analyzes her relationship with Fred Astaire and their films together.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."I adored Fred. We were good friends. Our only problem is that...
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American Legends: The Life of Gloria Swanson
"Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy." - Gloria Swanson. It goes without saying that the most enduring image of Gloria Swanson is the famous shot of...
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