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Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies
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February 1999
Compiled by Emily Papagni
of Edmonton Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
The Color of Water by James McBride
Winterdance by Gary Paulsen
(He's a YA author but he does write some adult non-fiction.)
Singing Family of the Cumberlands by Jean Ritchie
Describing life as the youngest of a very large family growing up on the side of a mountain, farming to stay alive, but "singing the moon up" every night (until radio and then TV ruined that way of life permanently).
You Might As Well Live by John Keats
A biography of Dorothy Parker.
Antonia Fraser's books, especially "Wives of Henry VIII"
Ralph Moody's "Little Britches" series
Growing up in Colorado before WW1
Peter Ackroyd Dickens
Swanberg's Citizen Hearst
Mike Royko's BOSS
The life of Chicago's first Mayor Daley
Leonard Sandberg's Abraham Lincoln
Old but wonderful
Ivan Doig's This House of Sky
Joseph P. Lash's books on the Roosevelts
Charles Lindbergh's We
Frederic Morton's The Rothschilds
Jane Addams' 20 Years at Hull House
Robert Conant's A Streak of Luck
Life of Edison
Monty Roberts The Man who Listens to Horses.
The autobiography of Monty Roberts. He led an interesting life and unusual childhood. This would appeal to people who enjoy horses and a "rags to riches" theme.
James Herriot All Creatures Great and Small series
William Shirer The Nightmare Years
About WW II
Antonietta by John Hersey
It includes (in part) the biography of Stradivarius, and then follows the "life" and owners of one of his violins through the present.
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
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