Books and reading in the lives of notable Americans : a biographical sourcebook
The purpose of this book is to provide a reference source for teachers, students, parents, librarians, media specialists, and the general public on the role books and reading have played in the lives of a number of notable Americans from early to modern times
xv, 267 pages ; 25 cm
9780313303760, 0313303762
42383477
Introduction Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jane Addams Arthur Ashe, Jr. James Baldwin Clara Barton Humphrey Bogart Andrew Carnegie Rachel Carson Willa Cather Cesar Chavez Shirley Chisholm Sandra Cisneros Eugene V. Debs Cecil B. DeMille Frederick Douglass Bob Dylan Thomas A. Edison Albert Einstein Benjamin Franklin Bill Gates Robert Goddard Helen Hayes Zora Neale Hurston Thomas Jefferson Helen Keller John F. Kennedy Martin Luther King, Jr. Stephen King Robert E. Lee Douglas MacArthur Madonna Horace Mann Marilyn Monroe Martina Navratilova Georgia O'Keeffe Frances Perkins Jeannette Rankin Ronald Reagan Eleanor Roosevelt Beverly Sills Steven Spielberg Elizabeth Cady Stanton Harriet Beecher Stowe Harry S. Truman Gene Tunney Mark Twain John Wanamaker George Washington Emma Willard Oprah Winfrey