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Authors, American Authors, American 20th century Biography Children's stories Authorship Juvenile literature Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961 Relations with women Large type books Wilder, Laura Ingalls 1867-1957 Women authors, American 20th century Biography Women authors, American 20th century Biography Juvenile literature Women Biography Women pioneers United States BiographyConrad, Vicki
Summary: "A beautifully illustrated children's biography of Beverly Cleary, from her roots in Portland to her years as a librarian and an eventual children's book writer. The debut book in Little Bigfoot's new Growing to Greatness series of notable people from the Pacific Northwest"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CLEAnderson, William
Summary: Photographs and mementos accompany an account of the life and literary career of the author of the well-loved "Little House" books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 WilderMoser, Benjamin
Summary: "Benjamin Moser's Sontag, a biography of Susan Sontag, is a portrait of the iconoclastic and prolific essayist, novelist, and critic and her role in the history of American intellectualism" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 SHUHertog, Susan.
Summary: A dual portrait of the influential British and American journalists draws on previously sealed archival sources to examine their personal and creative lives as well as the close, four-decade friendship they shared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 HERQuindlen, Anna.
Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and bestselling author Anna Quindlen uses the mastery of the medium in which she works to send an utterly compelling message as she explores the importance of books in her life and their vital role in society. THE LIBRARY OF CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT is a groundbreaking series where America's finest writers and most brilliant minds tackle today's most provocative,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Pub. Group 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 Quindlen, Anna QuindlenSlater, Lauren.
Summary: "Lauren Slater's rocky childhood left her cold to the idea of ever creating a family of her own, but a husband, two dogs, two children, and three houses later, she came around to the challenges, trials, and unexpected rewards of playing house. Boldly honest, these biographical pieces reveal Slater at her wittiest and most deeply personal. She describes her journey from fiercely independent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SLATER, LAUREN SLALester, Helen.
Summary: Children's author Helen Lester describes her life from age three to adulthood and discusses how she writes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LESPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: An autobiography of the well-known author and illustrator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: R.C. Owen 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB POLACCO POLNin, Anais
Contents: v. 1. 1931-1934.--v. 2. 1934-1939.--v.3 1939-1944.--v.4 1944-1947.--v.5 1947-1955.--v.6 1955-1966.--v. 7. 1966-1974.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Swallow Press 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.52 NIN, ANAIS NINWadsworth, Ginger.
Summary: Examines Laura Ingalls Wilder's life as a pioneer girl and her work as a writer describing that life for others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WILHotchner, A. E.
Summary: "In June of 1961, A.E. Hotchner visited an old friend in the psychiatric ward of St. Mary's Hospital. It would be the last time they spoke: a few weeks later, Ernest Hemingway was released home, where he took his own life. Their final conversation was also the final installment in a story whose telling Hemingway had spread over nearly a decade. Hemingway divulged the details of the affair that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST HOTHeilbrun, Carolyn G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 HEIEngle, Margarita
Summary: "In this follow-up to her award-winning memoir Enchanted Air, Margarita Engle details her teenage years in Los Angeles against the turbulent backdrop of the Vietnam War. In vulnerable verse, she addresses the notions of peace, civil rights, freedom of expression, and environmental protection that are once again under threat. Despite these circumstances, young Margarita was able to find solace...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ENGKennedy, Pagan
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 KENHotchner, A. E.
Summary: "This memoir puts you in the room with Hemingway as he remembers the definitive years that set the course for the rest of his life and stayed with him until the end of his days"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LARGE PRINT 813 HEMINGWAYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST HOTSheehy, Gail.
Summary: Relating the story of her unconventional life, the author of the self-help classic "Passages" recounts her challenges and victories as a groundbreaking female journalist in the 1960s, reflects on ambition, and shares her own major life passages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow & Co. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHEEHY, GAIL SHEMiller, John E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 WilderOlsen, Tillie.
Summary: A collection of works, both fictional and non-fictional, gathered together here for the first time --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Univ of Nebraska Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 OLSWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Presents Laura Ingalls Wilder's unedited, and unpublished, draft of her autobiography that was written for an adult audience and eventually served as the foundation for her popular Little House on the Prairie series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: South Dakota Historical Society Press 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 813.52 WilCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 WILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDER, LAURA INGALLS WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WILDER HILHeilbrun, Carolyn G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 HEICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: 813.54 Heilbrun 1997Summary: Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867 1957) finished her autobiography, Pioneer Girl, in 1930 when she was sixty-three years old. Throughout the 1930s and into the early 1940s, she drew upon her original manuscript to write a successful series of books for young readers. Wilder s vision of life on the American frontier in the last half of the nineteenth century continues to draw new generations of readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: South Dakota Historical Society Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDER, LAURA INGALLS PIOHotchner, A. E
Summary: Presents Hemingway's deeply reflective account of his destructive Paris affair and how it affected the legendary life he rebuilt afterward, as told to his best friend, writer A.E. Hotchner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2015