American History
American History
American Legends: Laurel & Hardy
*Includes pictures.*Includes Laurel and Hardy's own quotes about their lives and careers.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Mr. Hardy was beginning to forget things but Mr. Laurel had no fear of losing his memory - As a...
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American Legends: The Life of Andrew Carnegie
*Includes pictures *Includes Carnegie's own quotes about his life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best...
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American Legends: The Life of Andy Griffith
"What I like is to play a character like me. I don't care for it too much when I have to get away from myself." - Andy Griffith "I wanted to prove that I could play something else, but there...
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American Legends: The Life of Andy Kaufman
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 Andy Warhol
*Includes pictures.*Includes Warhol's own quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.” – Andy Warhol“In the future, everyone will...
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American Legends: The Life of Aretha Franklin
"Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well."...
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American Legends: The Life of Barbara Stanwyck
"Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing." - Barbara Stanwyck In the 1940s, film noir was at its peak, and Hollywood was churning...
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American Legends: The Life of Barbra Streisand
*Includes pictures*Includes Streisand's quotes about her life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading “I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.” – Barbra Streisand “I arrived...
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American Legends: The Life of Bette Davis
*Includes pictures of Davis and important people, places, and scenes.*Includes Davis' own quotes about her upbringing, films and relationships.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."Even the most inconsiderable film ... seemed temporarily better than they were because...
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American Legends: The Life of Betty Grable
*Includes pictures.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.“There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.” – Betty GrableA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but...
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American Legends: The Life of Bill Clinton
"Sometime in my 16th year, I decided I wanted to be in public life as an elected official. I loved music, and thought I could be very good, but I knew I would never be John Coltrane or Stan Getz....
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American Legends: The Life of Billie Holiday
"Don't threaten me with love, baby, let's just go walking in the rain" (Billie Holiday) 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...
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American Legends: The Life of Bing Crosby
*Includes pictures.*Includes Crosby's quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.“I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.” – Bing CrosbyA...
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American Legends: The Life of Bob Dylan
*Includes pictures.*Includes Dylan's quotes about his life and career.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.” – Bob DylanIn the space of...
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American Legends: The Life of Bob Hope
"You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it." (Bob Hope) 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?...
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American Legends: The Life of Brigham Young
*Includes pictures of Young and important people and places in his life.*Discusses Young's leadership of the Mormons, his views on issues like polygamy, and his controversial battles with federal authorities.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."I know...
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American Legends: The Life of Bruce Lee
*Includes pictures.*Includes Lee's own quotes about his life, martial arts, and philosophy.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of...
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American Legends: The Life of Buddy Holly
*Includes pictures*Includes some of Buddy Holly's quotes*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading “If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel.”...
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American Legends: The Life of Burt Lancaster
In the 1940s, there were few actors who personified the all-American look like Burt Lancaster, who set Hollywood ablaze quickly with performances in movies like The Killers, The Flame and the Arrow, and The Crimson Pirate. Indeed, his status as a heartthrob...
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American Legends: The Life of Buster Keaton
*Includes pictures.*Includes Keaton's own quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."It's said that Chaplin wanted you to like him, but Keaton didn't care. I think he cared, but was too proud to...
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American Legends: The Life of Carole Lombard
"Carole Lombard's tragic death means that something of gaiety and beauty have been taken from the world at a time they are needed most." (Errol Flynn) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential...
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American Legends: The Life of Cary Grant
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes Cary Grant's quotes about his own life and working with other Hollywood stars.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be...
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American Legends: The Life of Charles Lindbergh
In many ways Charles Lindbergh represented the best and worst of America during the first half of the 20th century. Lindbergh became famous for being an aviation pioneer whose solo flight across the Atlantic captured the imagination of an entire...
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American Legends: The Life of Charlton Heston
*Includes pictures.*Includes Heston's own quotes about his life, his career, and politics.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“[Fame] has complicated my life a little, but not enormously. I had to learn to be a public person, but...
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American Legends: The Life of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
Explains the events that led up to the Nez Perce War and comprehensively covers the tribe's legendary retreat Discusses Chief Joseph's legacy and controversies surrounding his life "Our fathers gave us many laws, which they had learned from their fathers....
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American Legends: The Life of Chuck Berry
"I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint." (Chuck Berry) "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry." (John...
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American Legends: The Life of Clark Gable
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes Gable's quotes about his own life and working with other Hollywood stars.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.“The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great...
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American Legends: The Life of Clint Eastwood
*Includes pictures.*Includes some of Eastwood's most colorful quotes.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading."The roles that Eastwood has played, and the films that he has directed, cannot be disentangled from the nature of the American culture of the last quarter century,...
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American Legends: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
"I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead." (Cornelius Vanderbilt) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much...
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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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