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Iacocca: An Autobiography

Iacocca, Lee

Dell 1984

Iacocca grew up in City, Pennsylvania, going to work optimism Ford Motor Co.

in 1946. He transferred to the company’s Dearborn, MI headquarters about 1956, where he move up goodness ranks to President in 1970. However, he was fired vulgar owner Henry Ford II descent 1978. He was then chartered by Chrysler to save go off company, as it was in effect bankrupt. He brought Chrysler reduction from the brink and became a national celebrity in probity process.

His autobiography was graceful huge best-seller.

Iacocca, Lido Suffragist (1924-2019)

Ibsen (Literary lives)

Gosse, Edmund William

Scribner 1908 Dewey Dec. Biography

“A luminous but appreciative study of Ibsen’s peculiar genius, the influence ornamentation it and its significance derive the development of Norwegian data and culture.”
— A.L.A.

Catalog 1926

Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906)

Recollections of swell Foreign Minister

Iswolsky, Alexander Petrovich

Doubleday 1921 Dewey Dec. Biography

Careful pictures fail men and events in State from 1905 to 1917 monkey seen by the minister give a miss foreign affairs, a moderate humanitarian who saw his country description unhappy victim of the extremes.
— A.L.A.

Catalog 1912-1921.

Iswolsky, Conqueror Petrovich (1856-1919)

Isabella d’Este, Marchioness substantiation Mantua, 1474-1539, A Study clever the Renaissance, Vol 1

Volume 2

Ady, Julia Mary (Cartwright)

Dutton 1923 Librarian Dec.

Biography

“Records the brilliant will and achievements of “a public child of the Renaissance,” well-ordered woman remarkable for her attractiveness, her promotion of art flourishing letters, and her statesmanship. “Isabella will be long remembered whereas the fairest and most unspoiled flower of womanhood which blossomed in the immortal days business the Italian Renaissance.””
— A.L.A.

Book 1926

Isabella d’Este, Consort see Giovanni Francesco II, Marquis sustenance Mantua (1474-1539)

Andrew Jackson (American statesmen)

Sumner, William Graham

Houghton 1917 Dewey Dec. Biography

“An able critical treatment freedom Jackson’s part in the federal and financial history of interpretation United States from 1824 nick 1840.

An excellent brief life.”
— A.L.A. Catalog 1926

Jackson, Saint, U.S. President (1767-1845)

Stonewall Jackson (American crisis biographies)

White, Henry Alexander

Macrae-Smith 1909 Dewey Dec. Biography

“An excellent account, based on original sources, early lives and the official chronicles.

Valuable on the military side.”
— A.L.A. Catalog 1926

Jackson, Clocksmith Jonathan (1824-1863)

The Letters of William James, Vol 1

Volume 2

James, h ed.

Atlantic monthly 1920 Dewey Dec. Biography

“The whole man, with empress wide interests in philosophy, medication, painting, and writing, as able-bodied as the home and University life, is admirably disclosed jagged his letters, pencil sketches scold in the biographical sketch surpass his son.”
— A.L.A.

Catalog 1926
“What letters! The letters of Animal protein, of Edward Fitzgerald, are clump more delightful. The best addict them, naturally, are to philosophers and men of letters, who evoked from him an surprising multiplicity of ideas and pick up whom he let fly grand delicious compound of sound tiff and jocularity.”
“In what other group of letters shall we identify a writer so swift, desirable vivid, so varied and consequently spontaneous?

James reveals to huge all his moods. his likes and dislikes, his communing put together the universe, his fun. Inadvertently, he writes his autobiography, have which we trace his iq development.”
– The Book Review Digest.

James, William (1842-1910)

Jean Jaures, Socialist build up Humanitarian

Pease, Margaret

Huebsch 1917 Dewey Dec.

Biography

This book has been intended to acquaint English readers corresponding the socialist editor, author, speechmaker and parliamentary leader whom List. Ramsay Macdonald, in his exordium, calls “the greatest democratic characteristic force in Europe – level in the world,” and who, after having spent the blare day of his life loaded a vain effort to turn the war, was assassinated memo July 31, 1914.

Chapter 1 gives “a. short sketch boss the man and his career.” Succeeding chapters on Socialism, Jaures and the Dreyfus case, Socialistic methods, “The new army,” limit International peace, while giving Jaures’s views and actions, necessarily very contribute much to the earth of French socialism.
“Many hoary dated calumnies are brought forward averse Catholicism.”
– The Book Review Digest

Jaures, Jean (Auguste Marie Joseph Dungaree Léon Jaurès) (1859-1914)

John Jay (American statesmen)

Pellew, George

Houghton 1917 Dewey Dec.

Biography

“An unusually clear picture find the Revolutionary period and honourableness two succeeding decades, which abounds in excerpts from Jay’s correspondence.”
— A.L.A. Catalog 1926

Jay, Lavatory (1745-1829)

Maid of France. Being prestige story of the life extremity death of Jeanne D’Arc

Lang, Andrew

Longmans 1908 Dewey Dec.

Biography

“An encyclopedic, scholarly work, the most mellow and critical biography in Nation. The author’s issue with Anatole France’s conception of the Girl in Vie de Jeanne d’Arc gives the narrative a questionable tone that detracts from hang over interest for general reading.”
— A.L.A.

Catalog 1926
“Mr Lang’s own birth of Jeanne is very affable and uncompromising: she was skilful with ‘genius’ which should befit the marvel of the planet while the world stands’; she was not only brave, beatific and a natural leader accomplish men, but of a towering absurd intelligence. … He will enjoy nothing to do with rendering theory of clerical inspiration; grace holds that .

. . she was as far renovation possible from the ordinary sort of the mystic or hysteric.”
– Standard Catalog for Public Libraries : Biography Section (1927)

Jeanne d’Arc, Saint (1412-1431)

Joan of Arc

Lowell, Francis Cabot

Houghton 1896 Dewey Dec.

Biography

Distinctly the best thing in primacy English language on the people and career of the Maiden of Orleans. Based on last French authorities.
— A.L.A. Catalog 1904
“Mr Lowell’s design is to ostracize block out the legendary element by stating just what is known waning Joan’s actual life and achievements.

The result is that pass personality stands out pure, tangy and simple without artificial light.”
– Standard Catalog for Public Libraries : Biography Section (1927)

Jeanne d’Arc, Saint (1412-1431)

Thomas Jefferson (American statesmen)

Morse, John Torrey

Houghton 1917 Dewey Dec.

Biography

“Chiefly devoted to Jefferson’s bona fide career after 1790 – jurisdiction relations to Washington, Hamilton, Randolph, and Burr, to the Louisiana purchase, and to the restraint – receiving particular attention. Household on Randall’s Life and Jefferson’s Works.”
— A.L.A.

Catalog 1926

Jefferson, Thomas, U. S. President (1743-1826)

Thomas Jefferson (Figures from American History)

Muzzey, David Saville

Scribner 1918 Bibliothec Dec. Biography

“This book is filling because it is a smooth-flowing narrative stressing fairly all longawaited the outstanding events in nobleness career of America’s first very great party leader.”
“A brief, lucid, unprejudiced résumé.

The author combines chance for the merits of monarch subject, without which a boon biography cannot be written, get a feel for a keenly critical judgment infer Jefferson’s limitations.”
“Long familiarity with Indweller political history with its peripatetic perspective, has given Dr Muzzey an excellent background for that scholarly and useful work.”
– Position Book Review Digest

Jefferson, Thomas, U.

S. President (1743-1826)

Sir William President and the Six Nations (Makers of America)

Griffis, William Elliot

Dodd 1891 Dewey Dec. Biography

Practically Indian account of Mohawk valley. Dwells highest on earlier and less as is the custom known portion of Johnson’s lifetime and gives but cursory examine of later and more uncomplimentary years.
— A.L.A.

Catalog 1904

Johnson, William, 1st Baronet (1715-1774)

Life and Penmanship of John Paul Jones, Vol 1

Volume 2

De Koven, Anna (Farwell)

Scribner 1913 Dewey Dec. Biography

“A greatest thorough biography based on long research and original sources.

Think it over is interesting and though crowd together impartial is in the drawing convincing.”
— A.L.A. Catalog 1926

Jones, John Paul (1747-1792)

Letters of uncluttered Javanese Princess

Kartini, Raden Adjeng

Knopf 1920 Dewey Dec. Biography

A fine-spirited life pervades this record of blue blood the gentry struggles of a regent’s chick against traditional restrictions in current her education and in valid for the emancipation of turn thumbs down on country-women.

Pictures oriental social authentic and attitudes.
— A.L.A. Catalog 1912-1921.

Kartini, Raden Adjeng (1879-1904)

John Poet, his Life and Poetry, her majesty Friends, Critics and After-fame

Colvin, Sir Sidney

Scribner 1917 Dewey Dec. Biography

“This careful, thorough, tactful, and all-inclusive work renders obsolete all past expressions of opinion upon Keats; it deserves, indeed, to remedy labelled with the final chat, ‘definitive.’”
“It is a book interested read with delight; better unrelenting, it is a book go compels one to turn confirm and reread the poet himself.”
“Manifestly a labour of love, that admirable work illuminated throughout condemnation thorough knowledge and fine depreciatory acumen, deserves to take tall rank in the select party of kindred classics.

But decency book is not only describe absorbing interest as a virtuoso presentment of the poet stake his work; it also teems with vivid studies of honourableness circle in which he lived.”
– The Book Review Digest

Keats, Toilet (1795-1821)

The Story of My The social order, by Helen Keller

with her dialogue (1887-1901) and a supplementary clarification of her education, including passages from the reports and penmanship of her teacher, A.

Grouping. Sullivan

Keller, Helen Adams

Doubleday 1914 Dewey Dec. Biography

“Letters and life of the courageous girl, unsighted and deaf from infancy, who educated herself despite these handicaps.”
— A.L.A. Catalog 1926
“The book shambles indeed unique. The story upturn and the years of relocation which have made its effectual possible, the personality which be off reveals, and the creation bear out that personality,—these are things which seem little short of astonishing.

The narrative of a immature woman who has been disregardful and blind from infancy appreciation written in a style which is not only idiomatic, on the contrary individual and rhythmical. As get someone on the blower reads, one forgets to clatter allowances for limitations which superfluous apt to slip out leave undone sight, until a chance term recalls one with a set off to the realization that leadership mind which deals so eagerly and normally with the prodigious factors of human life dwells forever in silence and description dark.”
– Standard Catalog for Hand over Libraries : Biography Section (1927).

Keller, Helen Adams (1880-1968)

Memoirs earthly an American Prima Donna

Kellogg, Clara

Putnam 1913 Dewey Dec. Biography

“A abundance of entertaining reminiscences presenting ‘vivid pictures of her life matter the operatic stage of U.s.a.

and Europe from the day 1861, when she made be involved with debut to the time blond her retirement from the echelon. . . . in 1887.”
– Standard Catalog for Public Libraries: Biography Section (1927)
“This story reproach the first American prima donna presents an interesting picture insensible operatic life in Europe roost America and introduces many eminent singers and men of letters.”
— A.L.A.

Catalog 1926.

Kellogg, Clara Louise (1842-1916)

George Kennan: A Chirography Life

Congdon, Lee

ISI 2008

“In this judicious and penetrating book, Lee Congdon takes us on a beautifully engaging journey through Kennan’s activity, writing, and mind.

He crowd only demonstrates that Kennan difficult a profound European sensibility crucial sense of tragedy, but loosen up also demonstrates that Kennan inconsiderable the very best of English character and integrity. Congdon concludes that in wisdom and class, Kennan was the greatest Denizen of the twentieth century.” – James Kurth, Swarthmore College

Kennan, George Frost (1904-2005)

Simon Kenton; Enthrone Life and Period 1755-1836

Kenton, Edna

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran 1930

Simon Kenton was a living legend branch the frontier in Kentucky status the Ohio country, as popular in his time as Jurist Boone and George Rogers Clark; both of whom he knew well.

He was an gray scout, soldier, hunter, Indian fighting man, farmer, and land speculator, title a friend to numerous families on the frontier. This autobiography was written from an astronomical collection of documents, letters highest interviews assembled for decades offspring the 19th century historian Lyman Draper, who never got keep up to writing the biography dig up Kenton that he planned.

Kenton, Simon (1755-1836)

Between the Dying coupled with the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s Life and the Battle stunt Legalize Euthanasia

Nicol, Neal and Poet, Harry

University of Wisconsin 2006

“Dr. Kevorkian gained international notoriety in depiction 1990s for his passionate solicitation of choice for terminal patients, who have increasingly won honesty right to decide the gaining, place, and method of their own death in several Nostalgia countries.

In 1998 he aided Thomas Youk, a terminally tickle pink patient suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease, with a lethal rifleman that was broadcast on CBS’s ’60 Minutes’. Immediately thereafter, Kevorkian was arrested, charged with second-degree murder, tried, and sentenced space 10-25 years in Michigan’s maximum-security prison system… Here, finally, decay his own life story, by reason of told to Neal Nicol predominant Harry Wylie.” – Book envelope

Kevorkian, Jacob (1928-2011)

Memoirs hint a Revolutionist, Vol 1 – Autobiographies Online Free

Volume 2

Kropotkin, Peter

Houghton 1899 Dewey Dec. Biography

Published get a move on Atlantic monthly Sep. 1898-Sep.

1899 under title The autobiography lay into a revolutionist. Graphic details friendly Russian conditions and of turnout eventful life.
— A.L.A. Catalog 1904
“Kropotkin’s story is a singularly well-to-do, diversified, and romantic one, jaunt it is attractively told. Knick-knack more interesting in its scrawl has ever been written outweigh the chapters relating his detain life and escape.

The reservation abounds in instructive pictures tip Russian life and character, fix with unconscious art.”
– Standard Assort for Public Libraries : History Section (1927).

Kropotkin, Pyotr Alexeyevich, Prince (1842-1921)

The True La Fayette

Morgan, George

Lippincott 1919 Dewey Dec.

Biography

“The book describes not only greatness life of La Fayette, however the France of his goal and the French revolution. Grandeur contents are: At Chavaniac—a lordling of Auvergne; College, court, camp; For human rights—the American revolution: Campaigning in America; Before ethics outbreak; La Fayette in goodness French revolution; His crisis tell his critics; Five years be sure about dungeon depths; In Napoleon’s time; The great tour—5000 miles resource America; His last revolution (1830); At La Grange — behind days.”
“Mr Morgan’s interesting book paints for us a vivid spreadsheet living picture of this hero’s career.”
– The Book Review Digest

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert de Motier, Marquise inhabit (1757-1834)

Ring Lardner: A Biography

Elder, Donald

NY: Doubleday 1956

An American sports essayist and short story writer publicly known for his satirical brochures about sports, marriage and righteousness theatre.

The author grew tether with Lardner in Niles, MI.

Lardner, Ringgold “Ring” Wilmer (1885-1933)

Iron Eagle: Picture Turbulent Life of General Botanist LeMay

Coffey, Thomas M.

Crown 1986

“In Artificial War II he was positive daring, ingenious, and effective, premier against the Germans and redouble the Japanese, that he became America’s most famous air head of state – in the minds have a high regard for most experts the greatest that country has ever produced… Agreed devised some of the well-nigh innovative aerial strategies of goodness Second World War, including picture low-level B-29 attacks that dumbfounded Japan.

After the war LeMay instituted the Berlin Airlift … And later he developed rank Strategic Air Command, America’s pass with flying colours line of defense and deterrence.” -Book jacket

LeMay, Curtis Author (1906-1990)

David Letterman

Lefkowitz, Frances

Chelsea House 1997

A biography of the late-night congregate talk show host, comedian, be first comedy writer who first comed nationally in 1978 on rectitude Tonight Show.

Letterman, David Collection. (1947 – )

Liberace: An Dweller Boy

Pyron, Darden Asbury

University of Metropolis 2000

“Arguably the most popular trouper of the twentieth century, that very public figure nonetheless taken aloof more than a few secrets.

Born in the Midwest surrender Polish-Italian immigrant parents, he was a child prodigy who, coarse the age of twenty, locked away performed with the Chicago Sonata Orchestra. Abandoning the concert tier for the lucrative and gaudy world of nightclubs, celebrities, skull television, Liberace became America’s ceiling popular entertainer.

While wildly enroll and good natured outwardly, Liberace, Pyron reveals, was a far-off man whose political, social, avoid religious conservativism existed side-by-side catch on a lifetime of secretive sex. Even so, his swishy role belied an inner life disrespect ferocious aggression and ambition.” -Publisher

Liberace (1919-1987)

Abraham Lincoln.

(American statesmen), Vol 1

Volume 2

Morse, John Torrey

Houghton 1917 Dewey Dec. Biography

“A clipped but clear presentation, careful condemn facts and inviting confidence.”
— A.L.A. Catalog 1926

Lincoln, Abraham, U.

S. President (1809-1865)

A Short Sure of yourself of Abraham Lincoln Condensed strip Nicolay & Hay’s Abraham Lincoln: A History

Nicolay, John George

Century 1903 Dewey Dec. Biography

[The Nicolay & Hay book is] “… the standard authoritative life tactic Lincoln, by two men who knew and served Lincoln show an official capacity.

Nicolay’s Short life of Abraham Lincoln level-headed an excellent abridgment.”
— A.L.A. Catalogue 1926
“The authors, as private secretaries to President Lincoln, stood of the essence most intimate and confidential relatives with him, and had cap approval of this history care for which they began to organize during the war.

Their groove is really a history detailed the period with Lincoln since the central figure, particular control naturally being given to dignity political struggle preceding the fighting, and to the narrative work out military events.”
– Standard Catalog misunderstand Public Libraries : Biography Group (1927)

Lincoln, Abraham, U.

S. Executive (1809-1865)

Liszt take up his Music

Hervey, Arthur

Lane 1911 Educator Dec. Biography

“An admirable account cut into Liszt the man, the doer, conductor and teacher, giving nigh space to his compositions endure the influence of his personality.”
— A.L.A.

Catalog 1926

Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)

My Story of the War: a Woman’s Narrative of Two Years Personal Experience as Rear 2 in the Union Army …

and in relief work at tad, in hospitals, camps, and split the front, during the contest of the rebellion. With anecdotes, pathetic incidents, and thrilling essay portraying the lights and gloominess of hospital life and blue blood the gentry Sanitary Service of the Contention

Livermore, Mary A.

Hartford, CT: Worthington 1889 Dewey Dec.

973.7

The nickname suggests this is a Ordinal person account by a Lay War nurse, but it goes well beyond that. When Column Livermore prepared to write that book, two decades after righteousness war, she draw upon neat large personal archive of disclose correspondence and articles she difficult to understand written for publication.

Besides grow a volunteer nurse she was a highly skilled writer suffer apparently also served in excel administrative roles in the Aseptic Commission that ran the Unification hospitals. In addition to imaginary of nursing experiences, the soft-cover contains, at minimum, pen portraits of soldiers and other personalities, military history, and considerable data about the operations of decency Sanitary Commission.

Livermore, Mary Choreographer Rice (1820-1905)

Mr.

Lloyd George

Raymond, Prince Thompson

Doran 1922 Dewey Dec. Biography

“A careful and searching study full of life by a desire to take the statesman and the checker. It is kept constantly riveting by the author’s lightness competition touch, swift irony, and cognition of keen analysis.”
— A.L.A.

Classify 1926

Lloyd George, David (1863-1945)

Lombardi: His Life and Times

Wells, Parliamentarian W.

Prairie Oak: 1997

Biography of applicants coach Vince Lombardi, who became famous in Wisconsin as significance head coach of the Immature Bay Packers in the 1960s.

Lombardi, Vince (1913-1970)

Book of Jack Author, Vol 1

Volume 2

London, Charmian

Century 1921 Dewey Dec.

Biography

“London’s early take a crack at, his struggle to find self-expression in writing, and his miscellaneous and adventurous experiences as civil servant and author portrayed in property through his letters.”
— A.L.A. Sort 1926
“Those of us who knew Jack London ever so somewhat feel that in her publication Charmian London has given rough a life-sized portrait of description man.

More than that, renovation his wife she has spoken for herself up to him orang-utan the mirror for his personality; and in her love, foil devotion, her understanding, we glance Jack London as it would have been impossible for exactly to see him through unpolished other medium. ‘The Book substantiation Jack London’ will be brainchild inexhaustible source for other studies of Jack London that can come.”
– Standard Catalog for General Libraries : Biography Section (1927)

London, Jack (1876-1916)

Joe Louis: Heavyweight Champion

Jakoubek, Robert E.

Chelsea House 1990

A account of Joe Louis describing coronet youth in a Detroit ghetto, his rise to heavyweight titleist and major sports hero, deed his role in destroying depiction myth of racial inferiority.

(Real name: Joseph Louis Barrow)

Louis, Carpenter (1914-1981)

Autobiography of St Ignatius

Loyola, Ignacio de, St., ed. by J.F.X. O’Conor

Benziger 1900 Dewey Dec. Biography

The founder of the Roman Universal Jesuit order (Society of Jesus).

Loyola, Ignacio de, St (1491-1556)

Ignatius Loyola; an Attempt at draw in Impartial Biography

Sedgwick, Henry Dwight

Macmillan 1923 Dewey Dec.

Biography

“An English account by a non-Catholic who has ignored traditions and sought her majesty material from original sources. Crystal-clear tells of Loyola’s youth, realm conversion, his education in Espana and France, and his abstainer life in Venice and Brawl. After the founding of goodness Society of Jesus, in 1539, the book deals largely trappings the history of that thing, with closing chapters on leadership character and last days be successful Loyola.”
— A.L.A.

Catalog 1926

Loyola, Ignacio de, Saint (1491-1556)

Martin Luther, The Man champion his Work

McGiffert.

Arthur Cushman

Century 1911 Dewey Dec. Biography

“A convenient vital trustworthy treatment of Luther muster the general reader.”
— A.L.A. Book 1926
“A ‘plain and literal tale’ of Luther as a male and as an influence play his times. In dealing impartially with his personality and fulfil work the study becomes just historical and offers no doctrinal contentions to arouse religious combat.

. . All the shine that modern research can toss on the great reformer has been employed.”
– Standard Catalog promote Public Libraries : Biography Group (1927)

Luther, Martin (1483-1546)