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• Arts: Literature: Biography  (31)
• Reference: Biography  (14)

Allen Williams, Maude - Maude: She Grew Up with the Country - - From the secrets of living to age 110, to family life before TV; details from Maude's life.

Barry-Bratcher, Siobhán - Brushstrokes: A Work In Progress - - Chronicling her Brooklyn upbringing during the 50s and 60s.

Benbow, John - Brave Benbow - - Biography of Admiral John Benbow.

Boy Giant - - The life of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man at 8' 11.1". Wadlow lived in Alton, Illinois from 1918 to 1940.

Boyce, William D. - Lone Scout: W. D. Boyce and American Boy Scouting - - Biography of Chicago newspaper publisher, adventurer, entrepreneur and founder of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910.

Constable, Daniel and William - Citizen Daniel and the Call of America - - Brian Jenkins' account, based on letters and journals of two brothers who sailed from England to America in 1806, and traveled from Niagara Falls to New Orleans.

DeRosier, Linda Scott - Songs of Life and Grace - - A memoir of growing up in Appalachian Kentucky.

Earhart, Amelia: East To The Dawn - - Susan Butler's biography of Amelia Earhart.

Earnhardt, Dale- Image of Greatness - - A biography in pictures; unique photos on the life of the NASCAR legend.

Fenoglio, Virginia - A Beautiful Time - - The story of a woman's life, through her family, focussing on the final few months of her life.

Foltz, Clara Shortridge: The Lady Lawyer - - Sharon Avey's book, featuring a career that spanned 56 years and its impact on others.

Fraser, Chris - Christie Boy - - A Highland soldier and ferryman's life.

Gell-Mann, Murray - Strange Beauty - - George Johnson's biography of the physicist who discovered the quark, and the Eightfold Way.

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire - - Amanda Foreman's story of one of the most flamboyant women of the 18th century.

Ginsberg, Allen - Ginsberg at Evergreen - - Leo Daugherty's interview with the poet.

Hammond, John - Beloved African - - Jill Baker's account of the life and work of her father, a pioneering educator in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe.

Haughey, Charles - Sweetie - - Kevin O'Connor's story of a former Prime Minister of Ireland; his life, loves and enemies.

Hearst, William Randolph - Hearst Over Hollywood - - Louis Pizzitola's book about Hearst's role in shaping films from the Silent era to the 1940s. Note; Flash required, no HTML option.

Hoover, J. Edgar - Honk If You Love J. Edgar Hoover - - Allyn Baskerville and Bill Gillespie's account of the career of an F.B.I. agent from 1970 to 1990.

Horn, Stacy - Waiting for My Cats to Die - - Autobiographical discussion of death, TV, music, the single life and cats.

Howerton, Allan - Dear Captain, Et Al. - - A story of survival in and within Company K, 335th Infantry, during World War II.

Ingerson, Norman and Murdock, Stella - The Victorian Courtship Letters 1892-1896 - - Jennifer Elvgren's collection of letters written in the late 19th century in Jamestown, New York and Western Pennsylvania.

Jaramillo, Cato - Too Stubborn to Die - - Nordhausen survivor's story.

Kilmer, Joyce - A Literary Biography - - John Covell's account includes many lesser-known poems.

McCrae, Jackson Tippett - - The Bark of the Dogwood. The writer's memory of people, places, homes, and gardens of the South.

Pontalba, Baroness de: Intimate Enemies - - Christina Vella's account of the two worlds of the Baroness; a 19th century woman whose career spanned two continents. Signed editions.

Reiker, Russ - 999Officer Down - - The story of a police officer, injured on duty two months before his scheduled retirement.

Robbins, Rhea Côté - Wednesday's Child - - Growing up as a woman in the Franco-American culture in Maine.

Sacks, Frank - The Waterbed Wars - - The behind-the-scenes story of an American fad.

Smith, Jack DeBar - The Iconoclast Goes to Sea - - World war II experiences as an enlisted man in the US Navy.

Summers, Thomas A. - Hunkering Down - - Autobiographical study of one man's experience in advocating social justice for the mentally ill.

Tolkien - Tolkien is Kloneit - - Chris Carrie's theories about the Tolkien family and their friends, with ordering information.

Turnbull, Colin M. - In the Arms of Africa - - Roy Richard Grinker's biography of the anthropologist.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little House Country - - Information about Laura Ingalls Wilder, books about her life and links to the places she wrote about.

Winton, Alexander - Famous but Forgotten - - Automotive pioneer and industrialist who produced cars between 1896 and 1922. Table of contents and book excerpts. Written by Thomas F. Saal and Bernard J. Golias.