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A revealing expose of one of the most intriguing personalities of the 1990s, a man whose success is legendary--Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates. AUTHOR: James Erickson, James Wallace
PUBLISHER: HarperInformation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Real Billy the Kid by John-Michael Rivera, Miguel A. Otero
Miguel Antonio Otero`s The Real Billy the Kid: With New Light on the Lincoln County War, published in a limited edition in 1936, is a landmark biography of the infamous Western outlaw otherwise known as William H. Bonney, Jr. -- his brief childhood, gunfights, encounters with the Apache Indians, entanglement in the murderous feud known as the Lincoln County War, and finally his friendship with the man who ultimately killed him, Sheriff Pat Garrett. Otero knew his subject at first-hand: I liked The Kid very much...nothing would have pleased me more than to have witnessed his escape . Much of his account is based on personal interviews with involved parties. Interweaving documentary historical techniques, ethnography, and elements of autobiography, Otero`s study paints a complex landscape of Southwestern politics and culture after the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It is the first narrative to depict the outlaw`s cultural and political relationship with Mexican Americans, to whom he was the mythic hero Bilito. In a detailed critical introduction, John-Michael Rivera argues that Otero`s account undermines the standard Euro-American image of Billy the Kid and thereby subversively questions the rhetoric of Manifest Destiny that swept across the United States during the late nineteenth century. AUTHOR: John-Michael Rivera, Miguel A. Otero
PUBLISHER: Arte Publico Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Texas Cowboy or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony, Including 1886 Addenda by Charles A. Siringo, Dagwood Beach, Richard W. Etulain
This classic cowboy memoir, originally published in 1885, relates the real-life experience of Siringo, a cowhand adventurer of the Wild West. This work is vastly responsible for the romanticism of the West, influencing the likes of Will Rogers. Siringo later served as a Hollywood consultant before his death in 1928. AUTHOR: Charles A. Siringo, Dagwood Beach, Richard W. Etulain
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Sisters by Mary S. Lovell
Britain's famous Mitford sisters variously harbored crushes on Hitler, dabbled in Communism, waited out World War II in prison, failed attempts at suicide, and lived to write about it. Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, Deborah, and Nancy (a novelist and the most renowned) are the notorious siblings at the center of this family biography. AUTHOR: Mary S. Lovell
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Life and Def by Russell Simmons
Description not available.One of the godfathers of rap music and hip-hop culture recalls his days as the co-founder of Def Jam Records--a groundbreaking recording company that worked with the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, DMX, and other rap heavyweights. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Russell Simmons
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Great African Americans in Civil Rights by Pat Rediger
Profiles notable African Americans in the field of civil rights including Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marian Wright Edelman. AUTHOR: Pat Rediger
PUBLISHER: Crabtree Publishing Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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