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Biography & Personal Papers



link to catalog page RINKEL, The Picshuas of H. G. Wells

The Picshuas of H. G. Wells

A Burlesque Diary

Author: Gene K. Rinkel and Margaret E. Rinkel
Pub Date: May 2006

Recovering and analyzing Wells' amazing wealth of sketches and caricatures   learn more...

link to catalog page RUZIC, Racing to a Cure

Racing to a Cure

A Cancer Victim Refuses Chemotherapy and Finds Tomorrow's Cures in Today's Scientific Laboratories

Author: Neil Ruzic
Pub Date: February 2006

A Cancer Memoir detailing the serach for new biotherapies in cancer treatment while encouraging others to research, question, and become self-advocates for their own treatments.   learn more...

link to catalog page CHAPMAN, Sandow the Magnificent

Sandow the Magnificent

Eugen Sandow and the Beginnings of Bodybuilding

Author: David L. Chapman
Pub Date: Cloth: 1994; Paper: March 2006

The strongman whose pioneering focus on physique built an entertainment empire   learn more...

link to catalog page WILLIAMS, Staging Tradition

Staging Tradition

John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott

Author: Michael Ann Williams
Pub Date: August 2006

The colorful and detailed story of folk music’s pioneering stage presenters   learn more...

link to catalog page BLACK, Come Hither to Go Yonder

Come Hither to Go Yonder

Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe

Author: Bob Black
Pub Date: June 2005

The inside story on the Father of Bluegrass from one of his Blue Grass Boys   learn more...

link to catalog page CANTOR, Dewey and Elvis

Dewey and Elvis

The Life and Times of a Rock 'n' Roll Deejay

Author: Louis Cantor
Pub Date: 2005

The pioneering deejay who brought rock 'n' roll to Memphis   learn more...

link to catalog page RUSSELL, Edgar Lee Masters

Edgar Lee Masters

A Biography

Author: Herbert K. Russell
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2005

The definitive story of a troubled poet's struggles and triumphs   learn more...

link to catalog page COZZENS, General John Pope

General John Pope

A Life for the Nation

Author: Peter Cozzens
Pub Date: Cloth: 2000; Paper: 2005

A humane and balanced portrait of the much maligned man who played a crucial role in the Civil War   learn more...

link to catalog page MCPARTLAND, Marian McPartland's Jazz World Author: Marian McPartland
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2005

Updated edition of jazz pianist and radio host Marian McPartland’s tribute to legendary musicians   learn more...

link to catalog page BRAY, Peter Cartwright, Legendary Frontier Preacher Author: Robert Bray
Pub Date: August 2005

The cantankerous western frontiersman who was "God's breaking plow on the prairie"--until he hit a stump with Abraham Lincoln standing on it   learn more...

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