Books and reading in the lives of notable Americans : a biographical sourcebook / / John A. McCrossan
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| Autore: |
McCrossan John Anthony <1930->
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| Titolo: |
Books and reading in the lives of notable Americans : a biographical sourcebook / / John A. McCrossan
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| Pubblicazione: | Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2000 |
| London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 028/.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Celebrities - Books and reading - United States |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-262) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR (1947- ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- JANE ADDAMS (1860-1935) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN JANE ADDAMS' LIFE -- SOURCES -- ARTHUR ASHE, JR. (1943-1993) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN ARTHUR ASHE, JR.'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- JAMES BALDWIN (1924-1987) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN JAMES BALDWIN'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- CLARA BARTON ( 18 21-1912 ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN CLARA BARTON'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- HUMPHREY BOGART (1899-1957) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN HUMPHREY BOGART'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- ANDREW CARNEGIE ( 1815-1919 ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN ANDREW CARNEGIE'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- RACHEL CARSON (1907-1964) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN RACHEL CARSON'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- WILLA CATHER (1873-1947) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN WILLA CATHER'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- CESAR CHAVEZ (1927-1993) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN CESAR CHAVEZ'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- SHIRLEY CHISHOLM (1924- ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN SHIRLEY CHISHOLM'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- SANDRA CISNEROS (1954- ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN SANDRA CISNEROS' LIFE -- SOURCES -- EUGENE V. DEBS (1855-1926) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN EUGENE V. DEBS' LIFE -- SOURCES -- CECIL B. DeMILLE (1881-1959) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN CECIL B. DEMILLE'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1817?-1895) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN FREDERICK DOUGLASS' LIFE -- SOURCES -- BOB DYLAN (1941- ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN BOB DYLAN'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- THOMAS A. EDISON (1847-1931) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN THOMAS A. EDISON'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN ALBERT EINSTEIN'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- BILL GATES (1955- ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN BILL GATES' LIFE -- SOURCES -- ROBERT GODDARD (1882-1945) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN ROBERT GODDARD'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- HELEN HAYES (1900-1993). |
| IMPORTANT DATES IN HELEN HAYES' LIFE -- SOURCES -- ZORA NEALE HURSTON (1891-1960) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN THOMAS JEFFERSON'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- HELEN KELLER (1880-1968) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN HELEN KELLER'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917-1963) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN JOHN F. KENNEDY'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929-1968) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- STEPHEN KING (1947- ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN STEPHEN KING'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- ROBERT E. LEE (1807-1870) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN ROBERT E. LEE'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR (1880-1964) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- MADONNA (1958-) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN MADONNA'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- HORACE MANN (1796-1859) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN HORACE MANN'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- MARILYN MONROE (1926-1962) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN MARILYN MONROE'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (1956-) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN MARTINA NAVRATILOVA'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN GEORGIA O'KEEFFE'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- FRANCES PERKINS (1882-1965) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN FRANCES PERKINS' LIFE -- SOURCES -- JEANNETTE RANKIN (1880-1973) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN JEANNETTE RANKIN'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- RONALD REAGAN (1911- ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN RONALD REAGAN'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884-1962) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- BEVERLY SILLS (1929- ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN BEVERLY SILLS' LIFE -- SOURCES -- STEVEN SPIELBERG (1947- ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN STEVEN SPIELBERG'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- ELIZABETH CADY STANTON (1815-1902) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN ELIZABETH CADY STANTON'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN HARRIET BEECHER STOWE'S LIFE -- SOURCES. | |
| HARRY S TRUMAN (1884-1972) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN HARRY S TRUMAN'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- GENE TUNNEY (1898-1978) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN GENE TUNNEY'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- MARK TWAIN (1835-1910 ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN MARK TWAIN'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- JOHN WANAMAKER (1838-1922) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN JOHN WANAMAKER'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- EMMA WILLARD (1787-1870) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN EMMA WILLARD'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- OPRAH WINFREY (1954- ) -- IMPORTANT DATES IN OPRAH WINFREY'S LIFE -- SOURCES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- About the Author. | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Books and reading in the lives of notable Americans |
| ISBN: | 979-84-00-62046-1 |
| 0-313-00735-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910806872503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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