Souder, William
Summary: "A biography of one of America's most popular and misunderstood authors, John Steinbeck. This first full-length biography of the Nobel Laureate to appear in a quarter century explores John Steinbeck's long apprenticeship as a writer struggling through the depths of the Great Depression, and his rise to greatness with masterpieces such as The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, and The Grapes of Wrath....
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B STEINBECK SOUBoylan, Jennifer Finney
Summary: "From bestselling author of She's Not There, New York Times opinion columnist, and human rights activist Jennifer Finney Boylan, Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs, a memoir of the transformative power of loving dogs. This is a book about dogs: the love we have for them, and the way that love helps us understand the people we have been. It's in the love of dogs, and my love for them, that I can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOYLAN, JENNIFER FINNEY BOYHood, Ann
Summary: Reveals the personal stories behind the author's written works, describing her early years in a Rhode Island mill town and the books that shaped her love of literature, her political views, and her travel ambitions. "Growing up in a mill town in Rhode Island, in a household that didn't foster a love of literature, Ann Hood discovered nonetheless the companionship of books. She learned to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOOD, ANN HOOTan, Amy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 TANHeller, Anne Conover.
Summary: A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century--from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAND, AYN HELGeltner, Ted
Summary: "In 2010, Ted Geltner drove to Gainesville, Florida, to pay a visit to Harry Crews and ask the legendary author if he would be willing to be the subject of a literary biography. His health rapidly deteriorating, Crews told Geltner he was on board and would even sit for interviews and tell his stories one last time. "Ask me anything you want, bud," Crews said. "But you'd better do it quick." The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Georgia Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CREWS, HARRY GELRogak, Lisa
Contents: Apt pupil -- Head down -- The gunslinger -- Desperation -- Riding the bullet -- The running man -- Different seasons -- Maximum overdrive -- The long walk -- It grows on you -- The golden years -- Misery -- Sometimes they come back -- The end of the whole mess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2008