biography

A biography of Michelle Obama, discussing her childhood, education, legal career, marriage to Barack Obama, and role as first lady of the United States.

A picture book biography of Peter Mark Roget, the creator of Roget's Thesaurus, one of the most widely used reference books ever published.

An account of Julian Kulski's experiences from the ages of ten to sixteen in Poland during World War II. Chronicles Kulski's life in occupied Warsaw and his experiences as a child soldier in the Polish Army and as an activist in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Includes links to additional online resources and a list of discussion questions.

Chronicles the life of twentieth century Jewish artist Marc Chagall, focusing on how Chagall's experiences, relationships, and world views influenced his art.

Presents a comprehensive biography of William F. Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, and chronicles his life as a Pony Express rider, Civil War soldier, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, cavalry scout, and organizer of one of the most celebrated Wild West shows in history.

Recreates the daily lives of Carson McCullers, W.H. Auden, Benjamin Briteen, Jane and Paul Bowles, and Gypsy Rose Lee during the year they spent living together in 1940s Brooklyn.

A collection of essays in which Bill Roorback explores his own link with nature and his home in Farmington, Maine.

The author traces the life of William Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, and provides documentation that the outlaw was not killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett, but escaped and lived as William Henry Roberts until his death in 1950 at age ninety-one.

Contains a first-hand account of growing up as a poor Mexican immigrant in a rural California farming town in the 1960s, chronicling the struggles to learn English, to fit in with schoolmates, and to bridge tensions between a traditional home life and the new world outside.

A narrative history of four generations of slaves and slave owners who lived on early-nineteenth-century Presbyterian minister Charles Colcock Jones's coastal Georgia plantations, covering the years 1805-69.