Calhoun, Ada
Summary: "When Ada Calhoun stumbled upon old cassette tapes of interviews her father, celebrated art critic Peter Schjeldahl, had conducted for his never-completed biography of poet Frank O'Hara, she set out to finish the book her father had started forty years earlier. As a lifelong O'Hara fan who grew up amid his bohemian cohort in the East Village, Calhoun thought the project would be easy, even fun,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CALHOUN, ADA CALArsenault, Raymond.
Summary: The first comprehensive, authoritative biography of American icon Arthur Ashe—the Jackie Robinson of men’s tennis—a pioneering athlete who, after breaking the color barrier, went on to become an influential civil rights activist and public intellectual.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ASHE, ARTHUR ARSArroyo, Raymond
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author and news anchor Raymond Arroyo comes a picture book biography of Tad Lincoln and his father President Abraham Lincoln and a story about a father's love for his son and the wisdom of a child. Tad Lincoln was forever getting into trouble. He bounced around the White House making mischief and annoying the staff. Only President Lincoln was never annoyed--he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2023