Publication date: 1979
Review Seated with the mighty: A biography of Sir Gilbert Parker / Borealis Press:
Publication date: 2003-05
Dewey code: 973.7092
List Price: $22.60
Price: $177.08
Review Abraham Lincoln: The 16th President (Heroes of American History) / Enslow Elementary:
Publication date: 1994-09
Review Lyndon B. Johnson)mecklers Bibliographies of the Presidents of the United States 1789-1989 Series, No 35) / DA Information Services:
Publication date: 1857
Review The life and times of Thomas Jefferson / J.E. Potter:
Publication date: 1994-09
Review Jimmy Carter / DA Information Services:
Publication date: 2006
Review John Adams 1988 (Volumes 1 & 2) (Leather Bound):
Publication date: 1995-12
Review Dwight D. Eisenhower / Greenwood Publishing Group:
Authors
- Walter Gorlitz
- Cord Von Hobe
Publication date: 1998-01
Dewey code: 940.541343092
Price: $12.95
Review Georg Von Boeselager: A Rider's Life / Vantage Pr:
Publication date: 1978-06
Price: $1.25
Review Babe Ruth-Jackie Robinson (Pendulum Illustrated Biography Series/Workbook) / Pendulum Pr:
Publication date: 1994-05
Price: $45.00
Review Adolf Hitler: A Bibliography / Mecklermedia:
Publication date: 1985-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $177.00
Price: $177.00
Review Personal Memoirs of U S Grant / Library Reprints:Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president Ulysses S. Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future. In doing so he won for himself a unique place in American letters. Acclaimed by readers as diverse as Mark Twain, Matthew Arnold, and Gertrude Stein, Grant's memoirs demonstrate the intelligence, intense determination, and laconic modesty that made him the Union's foremost commander. Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's memoirs cover his troubled years at West Point, his time in the Mexican War - considered by Grant a "most unjust" affair - and, of course, the ferocious, drawn-out, and celebrated campaigns of the Civil War. Amid the confusion and carnage of battle, the singular mien of Grant is ever present, meeting catastrophe and triumph with quiet pride, humility, and sadness. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature. Destitute and wracked by throat cancer, Ulysses S. Grant finished writing his Personal Memoirs shortly before his death in 1885. Today their clear prose stands as a model of autobiography. [+]Civil War soldiers are often celebrated for the high literary quality of the letters they sent home from the front lines; Grant's own book is probably the best piece of writing produced by a participant in the War Between the States. Apart from Lincoln, no man deserves more credit for securing the Northern victory than Grant, and this chronicle of campaigns and battles tells how he did it. (The book also made a bundle of money for his family, which had been reeling from the failure of Grant's brokerage firm. ) This is not an overview of the entire Civil War; as the North was beating the South on the third day of Gettysburg, for example, Grant was in Mississippi capturing Vicksburg. But it is a great piece of writing, one that can be appreciated even by readers with little interest in military history. -John J. Miller.
Publication date: 1893
Review [Autobiography] / Daberkow:
Publication date: 1982-06
Dewey code: 943.0870924
Price: $81.40
Review I Knew Hitler: The Story of a Nazi Who Escaped the Blood Surge / AMS Press:
Creator: Carol B. Fitzgerald
Publication date: 1991-03
Price: $130.00
Review Abraham Lincoln (Meckler's Bibliographies of the Presidents of the United States, 1789-1989, No 16) / Mecklermedia:
Publication date: 1997-01
Review Harry S. Truman / Greenwood Publishing Group:
Publication date: 1996-12
Dewey code: 973.918092
Price: $24.95
Review Harry S. Truman: As They Knew Him / Gallen Pub Group/Fund:An oral biography based on previously unpublished interviews with Truman's family, friends, and colleagues explores the nature of the man and the character of the politician who became one of America's most popular and controversial presidents.
Publication date: 2001-04
Dewey code: 780
Price: $21.95
Review The Song of Leonard Cohen: Portrait of a Poet, a Friendship and a Film -- Including the Unpublished Bob Dylan Diaries / Mosaic Pr:In the late seventies, filmmaker Harry Rasky was on one wild trip! He soaked in a Jacuzzi at the Four Seasons with Leonard Cohen. he drank wine and talked about the meaning of life with Leonard and Irving Layton at Leonard's place in Montreal. Harry and Leonard were mistaken for Bader-Meinhof terrorists by soldiers with machine guns while dining at a German Burger King. Harry was also part of the 1979 Field Commander Cohen tour. [+]but best of all, he got everything on film! From the footage of these adventures, Harry Rasky created the acclaimed 1981 documentary film "The Song of Leonard Cohen". Leonard Cohen called Harry Rasky recently to express his appreciation and admiration for the film. Inspired by that conversation, Rasky has delved into his personal archives and diaries upon which the film is based and has woven them into this moving and powerful text - "The Song of Leonard Cohen". This book also contains Harry Rasky's never before published "Bob Dylan Diaries", based on his notes and observations during the filming of a documentary project that was never completed.
Publication date: 1999-11
Review The Complete Marilyn Monroe / Thames & Hudson Ltd:
Publication date: 1997-10-01
Dewey code: 509
List Price: $20.00
Price: $190.00
Review Sigmund Freud: Caricatures & Cartoons / Diane Pub Co:This book is an unparalleled artistic voyage into the realms of fantasy inspired by the actual facts of Sigmund Freud's life. Through a masterful interplay of text & illustration, Steadman transforms every major event in Freud's life into a "joking situation" based on the joking techniques discussed in Freud s book, "Jokes & Their Relation to the Unconscious". The result is a fantastic Freudian festival, full of visual & verbal puns, unexpected insights & sheer intellectual enjoyment. Superbly illustrated with more than 50 major drawings & 25 vignettes, this book will be a treat for all of Freud's & Steadman's fans.
Publication date: 1994-09
Review Ulysses S. Grant / Greenwood Publishing Group:
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