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The Far Side of Paradise by Arthur Mizener

his aristocratic persona was largely manufactured, because although Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald had some illustrious ancestors, i...

Personal Exploration Through Biography

that Jean Edward Smith agrees with this assessment, but he believes biography is an art form that should take into account the anc...

Bill Gates

vision guided him in his work (William H. Gates, 2003). That vision would also prove to be precisely on-target, and Gates would b...

The Mission of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life

This is a two part biography of the famed civil rights activist consisting of three pages with the theme of the first part applied...

The First American by H.W. Brands Reviewed

all fire breathing radicals like Samuel Adams (Review of Brands, "The First American, 2004). And...

Thomas Leonard's Interpretation of Fidel Castro

in the introduction, wanted nothing to do with Castro and as such did not desire to know anything about him that was normal or per...

An Overview of Alfred Kinsey

- but his dominating persona was not very favorable to colleagues (though he could be friendly and helpful on certain occasions) (...

Leadership Qualities of William Bratton

"one of the first" hed "seen with the new-style rotating gumball-machine light, so that fascinated me. Every morning, this red-fac...

Life and Music of Composer Oliver Messiaen

book has had a significant influence on his characters and destiny (Johnson 9). During World War I, he lived with his mother and...

Critical Biography King by David Lewis

and sufficient material for a book. Despite his earlier assessment of King, Lewis did decide to write the book. It would be a jour...

Alexander Hamilton, American by Richard Brookhiser

review, said that he felt like a candle "beside the sun at noonday" when comparing his career to that of Hamilton (11). It is fr...

Life and Times of Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger

Warren Burger's life and career are the focus of this biography consisting of eight pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Biography of Elton John

a weight problem ("Wilsonweb," 1998). His parents divorced and after remarriage, his mother would encourage his musical career whe...

Biography of Teddy Roosevelt

the West, specifically, the Dakota Territory, soon after their deaths, bought land, and spent the next few years writing books and...

Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy and Marilyn Monroe

grandmother were institutionalized when they died and her mother spent most of the rest of her life in a mental institution (Towso...

The Life of Leon Trotsky

been deported to Siberia. Again, he escaped and returned to London, where he met Stalin....

The Roosevelt Presence The Life and Legacy of FDR by Patrick J. Maney

number of secondary sources listed and subdivided into ten chapters covering Roosevelts privileged youth, his marriage and growing...

The Life of Emily Dickinson by Richard B. Sewall

came into the world on December 10, 1830, the second of four children born to Edward and Emily Norcross Dickinson. As Sewall note...

Book II of the History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

even falling ill himself (Halsall Ancient History Sourcebook: 11th Britannica: Thucydides). During a heated campaign in 424, Thuc...

An Examination of Pocahontas

met John Smith in 1608 and between that time and the time she married another gentleman in 1614, she was kidnapped and raped by th...

Eleanor Roosevelt A Personal and Public Life by J. William T. Youngs

not only who she was as a person, but to also put her contributions and her legacy into a proper perspective. The book details sp...

Connection Between Biography and History

individual experiences. Williams (1972) recognized that it is not uncommon for man to apply a collective view of individual or pa...

Richard Brookhiser's Founding Father

In six pages this report considers Brookhiser's 1996 George Washington biography that presents a man less concerned about politics...

Alabama Crimson Tide College Football Coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant

In eight pages this paper presents a biography on a man described by some as the greatest of all football coaches due to his dedic...

Twentieth Century Spanish Surrealist Painter Salvador Dali

the foundation for much Dalis artistic philosophy is established. (Ades, 1982). Once Dali hit on this method, his painting s...

Biography of Langston Hughes

In eleven pages the 'explosions' in the life of Langston Hughes are explored in this insightful biography of the poet and novelist...

A Biograhy of Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper is a biography of Toni Morrison, the renowned African-America author. The writer examines some of the events in ...

Malcolm X Biography

In five pages a biography of Malcolm X is presented which details his significant life events while emphasizing the importance of ...

Biographical Texts and Films on Malcolm X

pages he was to write. When comparing quotes from the book to quotes from speeches made during the writing of the book, it appear...

Patty Duke Biography

This paper consists of a six page biography of actress Patty Duke and her possible deviant behavior is also examined. Four source...