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Turnbull, Colin M. - In the Arms of Africa
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Roy Richard Grinker's biography of the anthropologist. www.colinturnbull.com
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Reiker, Russ - 999Officer Down
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The story of a police officer, injured on duty two months before his scheduled retirement. 999OfficerDown.com
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Robbins, Rhea C�t� - Wednesday's Child
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Growing up as a woman in the Franco-American culture in Maine. www.rhetapress.com
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Kilmer, Joyce - A Literary Biography
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John Covell's account includes many lesser-known poems. www.write-fitcomm.com/kilmer.htm
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Haughey, Charles - Sweetie
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Kevin O'Connor's story of a former Prime Minister of Ireland; his life, loves and enemies. homepage.tinet.ie/~kevinoc
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Gell-Mann, Murray - Strange Beauty
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George Johnson's biography of the physicist who discovered the quark, and the Eightfold Way. www.santafe.edu/~johnson/strangebeauty.html
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Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
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Amanda Foreman's story of one of the most flamboyant women of the 18th century. www.amanda-foreman.com
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Golden, Harry - The Serious Humor of Harry Golden
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Clarence W. Thomas' account of Golden's celebrity and importance to the civil rights movement. home.att.net/~thomaswordsmith/Golden-Pub.html
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Earhart, Amelia: East To The Dawn
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Susan Butler's biography of Amelia Earhart. www.easttothedawn.com
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Fraser, Chris - Christie Boy
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A Highland soldier and ferryman's life. homepage.ntlworld.com/fraser.son1
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Constable, Daniel and William - Citizen Daniel and the Call of America
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Brian Jenkins' account, based on letters and journals of two brothers who sailed from England to America in 1806, and traveled from Niagara Falls to New Orleans. www.citizendaniel.com
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Pontalba, Baroness de: Intimate Enemies
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Christina Vella's account of the two worlds of the Baroness; a 19th century woman whose career spanned two continents. Signed editions. members.aol.com/vellavella/intimate.htm
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Bellows, Jim - The Last Editor
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Chronicles the life and career of Jim Bellows. www.TheLastEditor.com
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Benbow, John - Brave Benbow
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Biography of Admiral John Benbow. bravebenbow.tripod.com
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Howerton, Allan - Dear Captain, Et Al.
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A story of survival in and within Company K, 335th Infantry, during World War II. hometown.aol.com/allanhowerton/myhomepage/index.html
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Lowe, Bob - Everybody Pays
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Maurice Possley and Rick Kogan's story of a Chicago mob hit in the 1970s, and the toll it took on the sole witness. www.everybodypays.com
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Hoover, J. Edgar - Honk If You Love J. Edgar Hoover
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Allyn Baskerville and Bill Gillespie's account of the career of an F.B.I. agent from 1970 to 1990. www.honk.ws
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Summers, Thomas A. - Hunkering Down
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Autobiographical study of one man's experience in advocating social justice for the mentally ill. www.edistopress.com
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Smith, Jack DeBar - The Iconoclast Goes to Sea
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World war II experiences as an enlisted man in the US Navy. www.iconoclasts.com
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little House Country
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Information about Laura Ingalls Wilder, books about her life and links to the places she wrote about. lauraingallswilder.com
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Allen Williams, Maude - Maude: She Grew Up with the Country
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From the secrets of living to age 110, to family life before TV; details from Maude's life. www.calliopepress.com/maude
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Jung, George - Grazing In the Grass Until the Snow Came
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Autobiography; deals with the cocaine trade in the late 1970s and early 1980s. www.georgejung.com
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Kelly, Gerald E. - Honor for Sale
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Autobiographical account of the theft of over 500 pounds of narcotics from the NYPD's Property Clerks office during the 1970s. www.honorforsale.com
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Jaramillo, Cato - Too Stubborn to Die
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Nordhausen survivor's story. www.geocities.com/cato30
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Ginsberg, Allen - Ginsberg at Evergreen
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Leo Daugherty's interview with the poet. www.lapage.com/ginsberg
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Horn, Stacy - Waiting for My Cats to Die
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Autobiographical discussion of death, TV, music, the single life and cats. www.echonyc.com/~horn
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Tolkein - Tolkien is Kloneit
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Chris Carrie's theories about the Tolkein family and their friends, with ordering information. www.jtolkien.com
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Ingerson, Norman and Murdock, Stella - The Victorian Courtship Letters 1892-1896
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Jennifer Elvgren's collection of letters written in the late 19th century in Jamestown, New York and Western Pennsylvania. www.cstone.net/~elvgren
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Earnhardt, Dale- Image of Greatness
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A biography in pictures; unique photos on the life of the NASCAR legend. www.imageofgreatness.com
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Stooges, The Three
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Photos and text highlights from a book about the comedy team. The fifth in a series, written by the Forrester Brothers, from Donaldson Books. www.stoogebook.com
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Barry-Bratcher, Siobh�n - Brushstrokes: A Work In Progress
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Chronicling her Brooklyn upbringing during the 50s and 60s. www.fairmilebooks.com
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McCrae, Jackson Tippett
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The Bark of the Dogwood. The writer's memory of people, places, homes, and gardens of the South. www.enolam.com
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Hammond, John - Beloved African
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Jill Baker's account of the life and work of her father, a pioneering educator in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. www.belovedafrican.com
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Foster, Allen - Around the World with Citizen Train
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Biography of a capitalist, communist, royalist, revolutionary, pacifist, warmonger, presidential aspirant, candidate for Dictator of the U.S.A., and eccentric. www.allenfoster.com
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Sacks, Frank - The Waterbed Wars
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The behind-the-scenes story of a American fad. www.thewaterbedwars.com
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Fenoglio, Virginia - A Beautiful Time
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The story of a woman's life, through her family, focussing on the final few months of her life. www.abeautifultime.com
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Hearst, William Randolph - Hearst Over Hollywood
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Louis Pizzitola's book about Hearst's role in shaping films from the Silent era to the 1940s. Note; Flash required, no HTML option. www.HearstOverHollywood.com
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Boyce, William D. - Lone Scout: W. D. Boyce and American Boy Scouting
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Biography of Chicago newspaper publisher, adventurer, entrepreneur and founder of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. www.legacypress.homestead.com
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DeRosier, Linda Scott - Songs of Life and Grace
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A memoir of growing up in Appalachian Kentucky. lindascottderosier.com
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Winton, Alexander - Famous but Forgotten
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Automotive pioneer and industrialist who produced cars between 1896 and 1922. Site includes table of contents and book excerpts. Written by Thomas F. Saal and Bernard J. Golias. www.wintonhistory.com
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Frost, Margaret: Pacing to Peace
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Autobiography of the first Australian reins-woman. www.pacingtopeace.com
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