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June 2004
Compiled by Marika Zemke, of West Bloomfield Township (MI) Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

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Act One by Moss Hart

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

American Caesar by William Manchester (Douglas MacArthur)

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini

Ava's Man by Rick Bragg

Before Lewis & Clark: The Story of the Chouteaus, The French Dynasty That Ruled America's Frontier by Shirley Christian

Ben Hogan: An American Life by James Dodson

Black Boy by Richard Wright

Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions by Rick Moody

Brian Piccolo: A Short Season by Jeannie Morris

Brothers in Arms : The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anthony Walton

Chickenhawk by Robert Mason

Curahee! A Screaming Eagle at Normandy by Donald R. Burgett

Dry by Augusten Burroughs

Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L'Amour

Eisenhower: Soldier and President by Stephen E. Ambrose

Elia Kazan: A Life by Elia Kazan

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

First American by H. W. Brands

Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family by Jo Ella Powell Exley

Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis

Hamlet's Dresser by Bob Smith

Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland H. Bainton

His Brother's Keeper by Jonathan Weiner

Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez   Days of Obligation: An Argument With My Mexican Father   Brown: The Last Discovery of America (A trilogy) by Richard Rodriguez

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Iron and Silk: A Young American Encounters Swordsmen, Bureaucrats and Other Citizens of Contemporary China by Mark Salzman

Isaac Newton by James Gleick

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Eric Larson

It Doesn't Take a Hero by Norman Schawrzkopf

It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life Lance Armstrong

James Dean; Little Boy Lost Joe Hyams

Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life by Richard Cramer

John Adams by David G. McCullough

John Paul Jones by Evan Thomas

The King of California Mark Arax

Lafayette by Harlow B. Unger

Life Is So Good by George Dawson

Lost in Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia by Mark Salzman

Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox

My American Journey by Colin L. Powell

My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn by David Hays

The Name Above the Title by Frank Capra

One Year Off: Leaving It All Behind for a Round-the-World Journey with Our Children by David Elliot Cohen

Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by U.S. Grant

Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy

Robert Mitchum: Baby I Don't Care by Lee Server

Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer Hickam

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Sandy Koufax : A Lefty's Legacy by Jane Leavy

Self Portrait of a Hero: From the Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu 1963-1976 by Binyamin Netanyahu

Sherman: A Soldier's Life by Lee Kennett

Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by Dean King

Songs My Mother Taught Me Marlon Brando

Still Me Christopher Reeve

Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of World War II by Gerald Astor

Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris

Today I Am a Boy by David Hays

Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose

War as I Knew It George S. Patton

Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? : The Story of America's Last Hero by Maury Allen

Yeager : An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager

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