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Summary: A look at the experiences of Louisa May Alcott during the Civil War that led to the writing of Little Women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALCTwain, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 TWAWalsh, John Evangelist
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rutgers University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.3 WALHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Follows the life of Washington Irving from meeting his namesake, George Washington, and through his years as a businessman, lawyer, traveler, and diplomat as well as his inspiration for "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 IRVWard, Geoffrey C.
Summary: A colorful portrait of the well known author.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818.409 WARSummary: Part of the Naxos AudioBooks Essential series, this CD combines some of Poe's best-loved ghost stories, plus a selection of poetry including The Raven and an additional biography.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos Audio Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818.3 POELystra, Karen.
Contents: 1. Mark Twain--and Sam's women -- 2. Heartbreak -- 3. Rearranging the household -- 4. Looking for love -- 5. A pact with the devil -- 6. Life in the sanitarium -- 7. Someone to love him and pet him -- 8. A viper to her bosom -- 9. Innocence at home -- 10. Stormfield -- 11. An American Lear -- 12. Illusions of love -- 13. Unraveling -- 14. The exile returns -- 15. Confrontation -- 16. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.409 TWAGilman, Charlotte Perkins
Summary: "Library of America presents the fullest selection ever of visionary American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman: two novels, forty-four brilliant short stories, nearly two-hundred poems, and both the published and manuscript versions of the landmark story "The yellow wall-paper." The short fiction presented here showcases Gilman's mastery of ghost stories, allegorical fantasy, and social realism...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.4 GILShowalter, Elaine
Summary: "Julia Howe (1819 -1910) was a beautiful, studious New York heiress and aspiring poet when she married Bostonian Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, a hero of the Greek war of independence against the Turks and an internationally acclaimed pioneer in the education of the blind. Their marriage united two exceptional people. Together the Howes knew many of the key figures of their era, from Charles Dickens...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOWE, JULIA WARD SHOBond, Jenny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9 BONJones, John Isaac
Summary: "John Isaac Jones' new biographical novel of Edgar Allan Poe brings the turbulence of America's most famous poet to life in vivid, captivating detail."--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2020
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Summary: Chronicles the lives of New York intellectual Esther Murphy, celebrity ephemera collector Mercedes de Acosta, and British Vogue editor Madge Garland and their lifestyles, influence on fashion, and celebrity friendships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.72 COHLabor, Earle
Summary: "The first authorized biography of a great American novelist"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LONDON, JACK LABTwain, Mark
Summary: Mark Twain’s life—one of the richest and raciest America has known—is delightfully portrayed in this mosaic of words and more than 600 pictures that capture the career of one of America’s most colorful personalities. The words are Twain’s own, taken from his writings—not only the autobiography but also his letters, notebooks, newspaper reporting, sketches, travel pieces, and fiction. The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TWAIN, MARK TWAShelden, Michael.
Summary: Drawing heavily on Twain's own letters and journals, Shelden illuminates Mark Twain's twilight years in this account of the legendary author's life, recounting both Twain's private family experiences and his larger-than-life public image.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 TWAIN, MARK ShePearl, Matthew.
Summary: In 1849 Baltimore, following the death of Edgar Allan Poe, Quentin Clark discovers that Poe's final days had been marked by a series of bizarre, unanswered questions and launches his own investigation to resolve the mystery of Poe's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POEPflueger, Lynda.
Summary: A biography of the American humorist and writer whose writing greatly reflected the events of his life, particularly his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1999
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB TWAIN PFLPerry, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.409 PERGilman, Charlotte Perkins
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Wisconsin Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILMAN, CHARLOTTER PERKINS GILSummary: Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS DVD Gold 2001
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MARTwain, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Association 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.4 TWATwain, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published for the Iowa Center for Textual Studies by the University of California Press 1972