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Biography & Personal Papers



link to catalog page GOMPERS, The Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 8

The Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 8

Progress and Reaction in the Age of Reform, 1909-13

Author: Edited by Peter J. Albert and Grace Palladino
Pub Date: December 2001

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link to catalog page POLLACK, Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland

The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man

Author: Howard Pollack
Pub Date: 2000

The first time in paperback, this is the best full-length biography of Aaron Copland, his life and his music   learn more...

link to catalog page KAHN, Between Tedium and Terror

Between Tedium and Terror

A Soldier's World War II Diary, 1943-45

Author: Sy M. Kahn
Pub Date: 2000

An on-the-ground, at-the moment, true WWII tale, wonderfully and sensitively written, and chronicling a young man’s coming into maturity during some of the darkest days in 20th Century history--and one of less than a handful of actual diaries that came out of that war.   learn more...

link to catalog page PARTCH, Bitter Music

Bitter Music

Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and Librettos

Author: Harry Partch
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2000

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link to catalog page BURDETTE, The Drums of the 47th Author: Robert J. Burdette
Pub Date: 2000

An extraordinarily vivid, thoughtful, and literary memoir of the common soldier’s experience during the Civil War by a professional writer.   learn more...

link to catalog page FOLEY, The First Chouteaus

The First Chouteaus

River Barons of Early St. Louis

Author: William E. Foley and C. David Rice
Pub Date: 2000

The true story of a fascinating pair of entrepenuerial brothers who built a huge trade empire along the Mississippi River   learn more...

link to catalog page LEE, For Freedom's Sake

For Freedom's Sake

The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer

Author: Chana Kai Lee
Pub Date: July 2000

The fascinating story of a childhood sharecropper who fought against racial injustice and classism within her own race to rise to national prominence in the civil rights movement   learn more...

link to catalog page LINN, Jane Addams

Jane Addams

A Biography

Author: James Weber Linn Introduction by Anne Firor Scott
Pub Date: 2000

One of the finest--and most complete--biographies of Jane Addams ever written   learn more...

link to catalog page SALT, Life of Henry David Thoreau Author: Henry S. Salt
Pub Date: 2000

A definitive and much-admired biography of Thoreau, now made available (and affordable!) in this first-ever paperback edition of Henry Salt’s final version.   learn more...

link to catalog page BARNUM, The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself Author: Phineas T. Barnum Introduction by Terence Whalen
Pub Date: 2000

In this first reprinting in paperback of Barnum's “original” biography, it will be easy to understand how he was able to create the “Greatest Show on Earth,” a show as outrageous and entertaining as Barnum himself   learn more...

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