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This critical biography of critic, novelist, essayist, and all-round intellectual Susan Sontag reveals many little-known facts about her, including her lesbianism, her struggles with cancer, and her relationship with her son. AUTHOR: Carl Rollyson, Lisa Paddock
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Hollywood the Hard Way by Patti Dickinson
A fifteen-hundred-mile horseback ride to win a bet, to prove a point, to honor tradition? It sounds like a tale straight out of the Wild West: a man, a horse, a grueling ride halfway across the country. The bet is between Jimmy Wakely, Hollywood singing cowboy, and Rolla Goodnight, Oklahoma cattle rancher and cousin of legendary cattleman Charles Goodnight. Frank Pistol Pete Eaton, Rolla`s lifelong friend, provides the Osage Indian pony and a Colt .45. Rolla`s twenty-year-old grandson, Jerry Van Meter, is the man they are betting on. Jerry must ride from Guthrie, Oklahoma, to Hollywood, California, in fifty days, taking only what he can carry on his horse. He sets out on May 4, 1946, bound for Hollywood -- the hard way. Unfolding against the backdrop of a changing postwar America, this true tale of adventure takes you back to a different time on a journey you will not soon forget. AUTHOR: Patti Dickinson
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Iacocca by Lee Iacocca, William Novak
The autobiography of an American legend, the tough-talking, straight-shooting businessman who brought Chrysler back from the brink & in the process became a media celebrity. He became not only one of this country's most powerful & successful executives, but as the son of Italian immigrants who rose spectacularly through the ranks of the Ford Motor Co. to become president, the living embodiment of the American dream. Knocked down from the top at Ford, he got even by becoming the CEO of Chrysler & transforming a dying company into a booming success. A thought-provoking assessment of American business. Photos. AUTHOR: Lee Iacocca, William Novak
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Beat Generation in New York by Bill Morgan
A guide to New York City, through the eyes of Jack Kerouac. Eight walking tours, including historical Beat hangouts, with maps, subway and bus information, and background details. AUTHOR: Bill Morgan
PUBLISHER: City Lights Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Class of 1846 by James M. McPherson, John C. Waugh
This fascinating account chronicles the remarkable group of West Point classmates who fought each other on the battlefields of the Civil War. Two 8-page photo inserts. AUTHOR: James M. McPherson, John C. Waugh
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Long Strange Trip by Dennis McNally
The Grateful Dead were one of the most successful bands in the history of music. This book, written by the band's official historian and publicist, chronicles their rise from the San Francisco music scene of the 1960s to their transformation into an artistically valid corporate endeavor. AUTHOR: Dennis McNally
PUBLISHER: Broadway Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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