Books and Reading in the Lives of Notable Americans A Biographical Sourcebook

Name: Books and Reading in the Lives of Notable Americans A Biographical Sourcebook
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ISBN: 9780313303760

ISBN-10: 0313303762

ISBN-13: 9780313303760

Edition: 2000

Authors: John McCrossan

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Books and reading have contributed to the success of generations of Americans, many of whom have had distinguished careers and have left their mark on history. While the accomplishments of these notable Americans are well known, their adventures with books and reading are less familiar. Some have struggled to gain access to books, while others were fortunate enough to be exposed to literature at an early age. This reference surveys the role books and reading have played in the lives of notable Americans from colonial times to the present. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for 50 notable Americans from a range of historical periods, professions, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.…

Book details

List price: $66.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 3/30/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


Jane Addams


Arthur Ashe, Jr.


James Baldwin


Clara Barton


Humphrey Bogart


Andrew Carnegie


Rachel Carson


Willa Cather


Cesar Chavez


Shirley Chisholm


Sandra Cisneros


Eugene V. Debs


Cecil B. DeMille


Frederick Douglass


Bob Dylan


Thomas A. Edison


Albert Einstein


Benjamin Franklin


Bill Gates


Robert Goddard


Helen Hayes


Zora Neale Hurston


Thomas Jefferson


Helen Keller


John F. Kennedy


Martin Luther King, Jr.


Stephen King


Robert E. Lee


Douglas MacArthur


Madonna


Horace Mann


Marilyn Monroe


Martina Navratilova


Georgia O'Keeffe


Frances Perkins


Jeannette Rankin


Ronald Reagan


Eleanor Roosevelt


Beverly Sills


Steven Spielberg


Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Harriet Beecher Stowe


Harry S Truman


Gene Tunney


Mark Twain


John Wanamaker


George Washington


Emma Willard


Oprah Winfrey


Selected Biblography


Index