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Sarah Vaughan possessed the most spectacular voice in jazz history. In `Sassy`, Leslie Gourse, the acclaimed biographer of Nat King Cole and Joe Williams, defines and celebrates Vaughan`s vital musical legacy and offers a detailed portrait of the woman as well as the singer. Revealed here is `The Divine One` as only her closest friends and musical associates knew her. AUTHOR: Leslie Gourse
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Robin Williams by Andy Dougan
Dougan provides a detailed look at Robin Williams' life and career, from his poor-little-rich-kid childhood to his success as an actor and comedian. 40 photos. AUTHOR: Andy Dougan
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | My Mama's Dead Squirrel by Adrienne Rich, Mab Segrest
Adrienne Rich wrote the introduction to this provocative collection. AUTHOR: Adrienne Rich, Mab Segrest
PUBLISHER: Firebrand Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Divided Lives by Cynthia Crane
In monologues about their experiences, 10 women who were products of Jewish-Christian marriages, and who survived the Holocaust, reveal the history of mixed-heritage children under Nazism. AUTHOR: Cynthia Crane
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Wild Bill Hickok by Joseph G. Rosa
James Butler Hickok was alternately labeled courageous, affable, and self-confident; cowardly, cold-blooded, and drunken; a fine specimen of physical manhood; an overdressed dandy with perfumed hair; an unequaled marksman; a poor shot. Born in Illinois in 1837, he was shot dead in Deadwood only 39 years later. By then both famous and infamous, he was widely known as Wild Bill . Excavating the reality behind the myth, Joseph Rosa delves into the exploits and ego that defined Hickok and shows how the man was overtaken by his own legend. Rosa exposes a controversial and charismatic man - army and Indian scout, wagonmaster, courier, frontiersman, gunfighter, lawman, prospector, addicted gambler, and short-time actor - who was elevated from regional fame to national notoriety by inadvertently being in the right place at the right time. Culminating four decades of research by one of the top authorities on Wild West legends, this is a highly entertaining account of the larger-than-life character whose reported accomplishments - both real and imaginary - frequently brought him unwanted publicity. Setting the record straight, Rosa exposes some of the deliberate lies that vested Hickok with a man-killer reputation he didn't deserve. In the process, Rosa reveals a great deal about how myths were initiated and perpetuated to glorify the nineteenth-century frontier. AUTHOR: Joseph G. Rosa
PUBLISHER: University Press of Kansas
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg, Lloyd James
A biography of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, who on May 31, 1927, landed in Paris from New York after completing the first solo transatlantic flight. Upon returning to the U.S., Lindbergh became a national hero. The media's incessant pursuit of Lindbergh was something of a watershed episode in America's obsession with celebrity, an obsession which has permeated the culture throughout the 20th century. Anne Morrow Lindbergh provided Berg with access to both her and her husband's private papers. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. AUTHOR: A. Scott Berg, Lloyd James
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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