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| Ralph Johnson Bunche | |
Ralph
Bunche: An American Life by Brian UrquhartA key member of the United Nations for more than two decades, and winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Peace for his successful negotiation of an Arab-Israeli truce in Palestine the previous year, this biography reveals a brave and remarkable American. |
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Bunche: Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize by Anne E. Schraff In the early years of the United Nations, a quiet, hardworking man named Ralph Bunche took the spotlight as an extraordinary negotiator for peace around the world. In 1950, as a result of his work in the Middle East, Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In this biography, author Anne Schraff tells the inspiring story of a man born in a world of poverty and prejudice who became a celebrated American diplomat and statesman. For young adult readers. |
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| Edna Ferber | |
Ferber:
Edna Ferber and Her Circle by Julie GilbertThis biography begins with Ferber's last years in New York City, exploring the setting in which she did all of her great writing: the novels So Big (Pulitzer Prize winner), Cimarron, Giant, and Show Boat, and celebrated plays: Dinner at Eight, Stage Door, and The Royal Family, which she wrote with George S. Kaufman. The book then moves back to Edna Ferber's youth, to her beginnings as a newspaperwoman in Appleton, Wisconsin, and finally to her family: her self-effacing father and tyrannical mother. An insightful engaging analysis of a woman writer highly influential in the shaping of twentieth century America. |
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Big by Edna Ferber This novel, published in 1924, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1925. The book tells the story of Selina Peake DeJong, a gambler's daughter with a love of life and a nurturing spirit. |
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| Cimarron
by Edna Ferber Restless Yancey Cravat, a pioneer newspaper editor and lawyer, settles in Osage, a muddy town thrown together overnight when the Oklahoma territory opens in 1889. To this place he brings his wife Sabra, a woman both conventional and well-bred. Incredibly, Sabra adapts to the life and develops a brilliant business sense. Through her eyes we see the violent frontier collide with resentful Indians, we watch the sodbusters tame the prairie, and experience the sudden fortune of a lucky few. |
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| Giant
by Edna Ferber Leslie Lynnton, beautiful and spirited, trades Virginia for Texas with her husband, Bick Benedict, owner of the Reata Ranch empire. Vast fortunes in cattle and oil contrast with the plight of Mexican laborers, but Texas emerges as tempestuous, exhilarating, exasperating and, above all, "alive." |
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Boat by Edna Ferber A great family story set in the world of Mississippi show boats, turn of the century Chicago, and the Broadway theater scene of the 1920s. It is the source of the famous stage and movie musical and anyone who has enjoyed those versions will love this book. |
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Three
Comedies: The Royal Family, Dinner at Eight, Stage Door by George S.
Kaufman, Edna Ferber |
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| Henry Ford | |
Today
and Tomorrow by Henry FordFirst published in 1926, Henry Ford's vision of manufacturing, politics, and society still holds lessons for today. Today and Tomorrow chronicles Ford's progressive ideas. Here is the man who doubled wages, cut the price of a car in half, and produced over 2 million units a year. Time has not diminished the impact of his business philosophy, or his profound influence on worldwide industry. |
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Beyond
the Model T: The Other Ventures of Henry Ford by Ford R. BryanHenry Ford used profits from the Model T to launch projects in areas from education to rubber production. Ford R. Bryan presents an largely unknown Henry Ford, focusing on his experimental humanitarian and business enterprises - including those that failed. |
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| Charles Augustus Lindbergh | |
Autobiography
of Values by Charles A. LindberghThe man who made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean is certainly a man of daring. In this autobiography published in 1978, four years after his death, we get a look at the man from the inside out. Lindbergh takes this opportunity to expound upon his world views and values. |
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The
Spirit of St. Louis by Charles A. LindberghIn 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew a single-engine plane on the first non-stop solo trip across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris. He captured the attention of the world with that feat. In this 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning book Charles Lindbergh takes readers from his youthful barnstorming days into the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis for a front seat account of the historic event. |
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Under
a Wing: A Memoir by Reeve LindberghThis is a very personal memoir from Reeve Lindbergh, the youngest daughter of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, that provides an intimate portrait of her family and the complex personalities of her mother and her father. From Kirkus Reviews: "This is an eloquent recollection of a happy childhood in a tightly knit family whose parents' celebrity complicated but did not contort their lives." This memoir is highly recommended reading. |
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Lindbergh
by A. Scott BergA. Scott Berg's thorough biography of Charles Lindbergh suggests that despite the public scrutiny that accompanied his every move until his death in 1974, Lindbergh remained an intensely private man. Lindbergh's wife, the writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, gave Berg unrestricted access to her husband's and her own voluminous personal papers--and he made good use of them to assess both the couple's relationship and their activities. |
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Charles
A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero by James GiblinThis is an excellent introduction to Charles Lindbergh. Meticulous research and archival photographs present a balanced picture of this American hero. For readers aged 9 to 12 years old. |
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Good-Bye
Charles Lindbergh: Based on a True Story by Louise Borden, Thomas B.
Allen (Illustrator)This story is based on the true story of Harold Gilpin who, as a boy, met Charles Lindbergh when the famous aviator landed his plane in a Mississippi farmer's field. For readers 4 to 8 years old. |
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