History
American Legends: The Life of Little Richard
"The grass may be greener on the other side, but it's still difficult to cut." - Little Richard A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is...
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American Legends: The Life of Lucille Ball
Includes Lucille Ball's own quotes about her life and career. Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I don't suppose that hard work, discipline, and a perfectionist attitude toward my work did me any harm. They are a big part of...
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American Legends: The Life of Lyndon B. Johnson
"The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands." - Lyndon B. Johnson A lot of ink has been spilled covering...
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American Legends: The Life of Mae West
*Includes pictures.*Includes Mae's most famous, clever and controversial quotes.*Includes quotes from Mae's autobiography about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.“Between two evils, I generally like to pick the one I never tried before.“ – Mae WestA lot...
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American Legends: The Life of Marilyn Monroe
*Includes pictures of Marilyn and important people and scenes.*Includes quotes about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find...
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American Legends: The Life of Marvin Gaye
"Great artists suffer for the people." (Marvin Gaye) 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...
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American Legends: The Life of Mary Pickford
"Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that." (Mary Pickford) A lot of ink has...
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American Legends: The Life of Mary Tyler Moore
*Includes pictures*Includes Moore's own quotes about her life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading “My grandfather once said, having watched me one entire afternoon, prancing and leaping and cavorting, ‘this child will either end up on stage or in...
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American Legends: The Life of Mel Brooks
*Includes pictures*Includes Brooks' quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.” – Mel BrooksA lot of ink has been...
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American Legends: The Life of Meryl Streep
*Includes pictures.*Includes Streep's own quotes about her life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.” –...
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American Legends: The Life of Michael Jackson
*Includes pictures*Includes Jackson's own quotes about his life and career*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The minute I started breaking the all-time record in record sales—I broke Elvis's records, I broke Beatles records—the minute it...
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American Legends: The Life of Mickey Rooney
*Includes pictures.*Includes Rooney's own quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I was a 13 year old boy for 30 years.” – Mickey Rooney A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s...
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American Legends: The Life of Mike Tyson
*Discusses Tyson's life in and out of the ring.*Includes Tyson's most colorful quotes.*Includes pictures of Tyson and important people in his life.*Includes a Table of Contents.“Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.” – Mike TysonA lot...
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American Legends: The Life of Montgomery Clift
*Includes pictures*Includes Clift's own quotes about his life and career*Includes online resources, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.” –...
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American Legends: The Life of Muhammad Ali
*Includes Ali's most colorful quotes.*Includes pictures of Ali and other boxers he fought.*Includes a Table of Contents.“To prove I am great, he will fall in eight.” – Muhammad AliA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s...
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American Legends: The Life of Myrna Loy
*Includes pictures*Includes Loy's quotes about her own life and career*Includes contemporary reviews of her movies*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach...
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American Legends: The Life of Nat Turner
In American history, there are few people as controversial or consequential as Nat Turner, who was one of millions of slaves in the South before the Civil War but ultimately led the nation's most notorious slave uprising. In August 1831,...
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American Legends: The Life of Natalie Wood
*Includes pictures.*Includes Wood's quotes about her own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."Stardom is only a byproduct of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.” –...
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American Legends: The Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne
*Includes pictures of Hawthorne and other important people and places in his life.*Explains how Hawthorne's friends and family influenced his classic works.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."The bubble reputation is as much a bubble in literature...
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American Legends: The Life of Orson Welles
*Includes pictures.*Includes Welles' quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. “I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.” – Orson Welles A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s...
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