Shows us America's first great writer and his contemporaries as living, breathing people.

Definitive and endorsed biography of the duo based on personal refelections and recollections by contemporaries.

Biography of author Edgar Allan Poe containing new information about Poe and his life.

More than just the story of a literary career, Mark Twain's Own Autobiography is securely anchored in the writer's relation to his family. His memories of his beloved wife Livy and daughter Susy -- what they meant to him as a husband, a father, and an artist -- constitute a poignant self-portrait. At the same time, this text draws on Twain's immense autobiographical writings for some of his best comic anecdotes, such as those that recall his rambunctious...

Offers a view of Thoreau's life and his extraordinary achievement in their nineteenth-century context.

The humorous story of Mutt, a dog of character and personality, and his boy. Farley Mowat's best loved book tells the splendidly entertaining story of his boyhood on the Canadian prairies. Mutt's pedigree was uncertain, but his madness was indisputable. He climbed tress and ladders, rode passenger in an open car wearing goggles and displaying hunting skills that bordered on sheer genius. He was a marvelous dog, worthy of an unusual boy growing...

One-volume guide to popular music that includes biographical entries.

The first volume of the autobiography of a prominent scientist and prolific author, covering the first thirty-four years of his life.

A guide to the symphony, with commentary on 118 works by 36 composers.