| Description |
1 online resource (x, 639 pages) |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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| Contents |
Abercrombie, Thomas James -- Adams, Edie -- Agee, Philip Burnett Franklin -- Allyson, June -- Alpher, Ralph Asher -- Altman, Robert Bernard -- Anderson, Robert Orville -- Apple, Raymond Walter ("Johnny"), Jr. -- Arizin, Paul Joseph -- Arnold, Richard Edward ("Eddy") -- Arpino, Gennaro Peter Arthur ("Gerald") -- Astor, (Roberta) Brooke Russell -- Auerbach, Arnold Jacob ("Red") -- Avis, Warren Edward -- Barbera, Joseph Roland -- Barnes, Clive Alexander -- Bass, Perry Richardson -- Baugh, Samuel Adrian ("Sammy") -- Bavaria, Joan -- Bavasi, Emil Joseph ("Buzzie") -- Beard, Ralph Milton, Jr. -- Benchley, Peter Bradford -- Bentsen, Lloyd Millard, Jr. -- Benzer, Seymour -- Berg, Patricia Jane ("Patty") -- Bishop, Joey -- Boyd, Edward Francis -- Boyle, Peter Lawrence -- Bradley, Edward Rudolph ("Ed"), Jr. -- Brecht, George -- Brenner, Charles -- Brewer, Teresa -- Brown, James Joseph, Jr. -- Browne, Roscoe Lee -- Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph -- Buchwald, Arthur ("Art") -- Buckley, William F(rancis), Jr. -- Busch, Frederick -- Butcher, Susan Howlet -- Butler, Octavia Estelle -- Buttons, Red -- Caldwell, Sarah -- Carey, Ronald Robert ("Ron") -- Carlin, George Denis Patrick -- Cassini, Oleg Lolewski -- Chandler, Alfred Du Pont, Jr. -- Chandler, Otis -- Charisse, Cyd -- Claiborne, Anne Elisabeth Jane ("Liz") -- Clark, James Gardner ("Jim"), Jr. -- Coffin, William Sloane, Jr. -- Cohen, Paul Joseph -- Collins, Dorothy Yvonne Wiltse ("Dottie") -- Comden, Betty -- Crichton, (John) Michael -- Crossfield, (Albert) Scott, Jr. -- Crowe, William James, Jr. -- Darman, Richard -- Dassin, Jules -- Davis, Raymond, Jr. -- Deaver, Michael Keith -- Debakey, Michael Ellis -- D'Harnoncourt, Anne Julie -- Diddley, Bo -- Dith, Pran -- Dixon, Frank J(ames) -- Douglas, Mike -- Drinan, Robert Frederick -- Dulles, Avery Robert -- Dunham, Katherine -- Eagleton, Thomas Francis -- Elder, Will -- Ellis, Albert -- Epstein, Barbara Zimmerman -- Ertegun, Ahmet Munir -- Falwell, Jerry Lamon -- Feigner, Eddie -- Felker, Clay Schuette -- Felt, (William) Mark -- Fender, Freddy -- Ferguson, (Walter) Maynard -- Fields, Freddie -- Firor, John William, Jr. -- Fischer, Robert James ("Bobby") -- Folkman, (Moses) Judah -- Ford, Gerald Rudolph, Jr. -- Ford, Gwyllyn Samuel Newton ("Glenn") -- Fossett, James Stephen ("Steve") -- France, William Clifton ("Bill"), Jr. -- Frank, (Israel) Reuven -- Fraser, Douglas Andrew ("Doug") -- Freedman, James Oliver -- Friedan, Betty Naomi -- Friedman, Milton -- Gajdusek, Daniel Carleton -- Galbraith, John Kenneth -- Gallo, Ernest -- Geertz, Clifford James -- Giardello, Joey -- Giroux, Robert -- Gittings, Barbara -- Gluecksohn-Waelsch, Salome -- Goheen, Robert Francis -- Goulet, Robert Gerard -- Gowdy, Curtis Edward ("Curt") -- Gray Adams, Victoria Almeter Jackson -- Greenglass, Ruth Leah Printz -- Griffin, Mervyn Edward ("Merv"), Jr. -- Halberstam, David -- Hardwick, Elizabeth Bruce -- Hart, Kitty Carlisle -- Hartack, William John ("Bill"), Jr. -- Hartford, (George) Huntington, II -- Hartigan, Grace -- Haskins, Donald Lee ("Don") -- Hayden, Melissa ("Milly") -- Hayes, Isaac Lee, Jr. -- Heinz, W(ilfred) C(harles) -- Helms, Jesse Alexander, Jr. -- Helmsley, Leona -- Herbert, Donald Jeffrey ("Don") -- Heston, Charlton -- Hightower, Rosella -- Hill, Oliver White, Sr. -- Hill, Philip Toll ("Phil"), Jr. -- Hinckley, Gordon Bitner -- Ho, Donald Tai Loy ("Don") -- Huffington, Roy Michael -- Humbard, (Alpha) Rex Emmanuel -- Hunt, E(verette) Howard, Jr. -- Hunt, Lamar -- Huntington, Samuel Phillips -- Hurwicz, Leonid -- Hutton, Betty -- Hyde, Henry John -- Ingram, Vernon Martin -- Ivins, Bruce Edwards -- Ivins, Molly Tyler -- Jacobs, Jane -- Jastrow, Robert -- Johnson, Claudia Alta Taylor ("Lady Bird") -- Johnson, (Charles) Van Dell -- Jonasson, Olga -- Jordan, (William) Hamilton McWhorter -- Jordan, Winthrop Donaldson -- Kantrowitz, Adrian -- Keller, George Matthew -- Kerr, Deborah Jane -- Kidd, Michael ("Mike") -- King, Coretta Scott -- Kirkpatrick, Jeane Duane Jordan -- Kitt, Eartha -- Knievel, Robert Craig ("Evel"), Jr. -- Knotts, Jesse Donald ("Don") -- Korman, Harvey Herschel -- Kornberg, Arthur -- Krulak, Victor Harold -- Kruskal, Martin David -- Kuhn, Bowie Kent -- Kunitz, Stanley Jasspon |
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Lader, Lawrence Powell -- Laine, Frankie -- Lamb, Willis Eugene, Jr. -- Lantos, Thomas Peter ("Tom") -- Lauterbur, Paul Christian -- Lawford, Patricia Kennedy -- Lay, Kenneth Lee ("Ken") -- Leavitt, Harold Jack -- Lederberg, Joshua -- Ledger, Heathcliff Andrew ("Heath") -- L'Engle -- Leonard, John Dillon -- Leopold, Richard William -- Levine, Lawrence William -- Levitt, Theodore ("Ted") -- Levy, Leonard Williams -- Lewitt, Sol -- Librescu, Liviu -- Lipset, Seymour Martin -- Mac, Bernie -- MacDiarmid, Alan Graham -- McFall, John Joseph -- McKay, James McManus ("Jim") -- McKusick, Victor Almon -- Mailerm, Norman Kingsley -- Mann, Delbert Martin ("Del"), Jr. -- Mathias, Robert Bruce ("Bob") -- Menotti, Gian Carlo -- Merrifield, (Robert) Bruce -- Messner, Tamara Faye LaValley ("Tammy Faye") -- Metzenbaum, Howard Morton -- Meyer, Raymond Joseph ("Ray") -- Meyerson, Martin -- Michaels, James Walker -- Middlebrook, (Helen) Diane Wood -- Miller, Stanley Lloyd -- Moffo, Anna -- Mondavi, Robert Gerald -- Montgomery, Gillespie V. ("Sonny") -- Morris, Henry M(adison) -- Mott, Stewart Rawlings -- Mulligan, Robert Patrick -- Murray, Elizabeth -- Nelson, (John) Byron, Jr. -- Newell, Peter Francis ("Pete"), Jr. -- Newman, Arnold Abner -- Newman, Paul Leonard -- Nicholas, Fayard Antonio -- O'brien, (William) Parry, Jr. -- O'day, Anita -- Odetta -- Oerter, Alfred Adolph ("Al"), Jr. -- Olds, Robin -- Olitski, Jules -- Olsen, Tillie Lerner -- O'Neil, John Jordan ("Buck"), Jr. -- Owens, Alvis Edgar ("Buck"), Jr. -- Page, Bettie Mae -- Paik, Nam June -- Palade, George Emil -- Palance, Jack -- Paley, Grace Goodside -- Parks, Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan -- Patterson, Floyd -- Pelikan, Jaroslav Jan, Jr. -- Pep, Willie -- Pickett, Wilson, Jr. -- Pitney, Gene Francis Allan -- Pleshette, Suzanne -- Pollack, Sydney Irwin -- Polsby, Nelson Woolf -- Puckett, Kirby -- Rauschenberg, Robert -- Rawls, Louis Allen ("Lou") -- Richards, (Dorothy) Ann Willis -- Ringo, James Stephen ("Jim") -- Rizzuto, Philip Francis ("Phil") -- Roach, Maxwell Lemuel ("Max") -- Robinson, Edward Gay ("Eddie") -- Rorty, Richard McKay --Rosenthal, A(braham) M(ichael) ("Abe") -- Rostropovich, Mstislav Leopoldovich -- Rukeyser, Louis Richard -- Russert, Timothy John ("Tim"), Jr. -- Scheider, Roy Richard -- Schembechler, Glenn Edward ("Bo"), Jr. -- Schirra, Walter Marty ("Wally"), Jr. -- Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr. -- Schoenfeld, Gerald -- Schreckengost, Viktor Sebring -- Schwartz, Anthony -- Schwartz, Melvin -- Seaman, Barbara -- Sheldon, Sidney -- Shoulders, James Arthur ("Jim") -- Shulman, Marshall Darrow -- Shumway, Norman Edward, Jr. -- Sills, Beverly -- Skipper, Howard Earle -- Smathers, George Armistead -- Smith, Anna Nicole -- Smith, Roger Bonham -- Snyder, Thomas James ("Tom") -- Sonnenblick, Edmund Hiram -- Spelling, Aaron -- Spillane, Mickey -- Stafford, Jo -- Stafford, Robert Theodore -- Stanton, Frank Nicholas -- Stapleton, (Lois) Maureen -- Studds, Gerry Eastman -- Styron, William Clark, Jr. -- Templeton, John Marks -- Terkel, Louis ("Studs") -- Tharp, Marie -- Thering, Rose Elizabeth -- Thomas, Craig Lyle -- Tibbets, Paul Warfield, Jr. -- Toguri, Ikuko ("Iva"; "Tokyo Rose") -- Toledano, Ralph de -- Toner, Roberta Denise ("Robin") -- Truman, (Mary) Margaret -- Upshaw, Eugene Thurman ("Gene"), Jr. -- Valenti, Jack Joseph -- Van Allen, James Alfred -- Viereck, Peter Robert Edwin -- Vogt, Marguerite Maria -- Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. -- Wade, Richard Clement -- Wagoner, Porter Wayne -- Wald, Florence Sophie Schorske -- Walgreen, Charles Rudolph, Jr. -- Wallace, David Foster -- Walsh, William Ernest ("Bill") -- Wasserstein, Wendy Joy -- Weaver, (William) Dennis -- Weinberg, Alvin Martin -- Weinberg, John Livingston -- Weinberger, Caspar Willard -- Weller, Thomas Huckle -- Wexler, Gerald ("Jerry") -- Weyrich, Paul Michael -- Whiteside, Lawrence W. ("Larry") -- Widmark, Richard -- Williamson, John Stewart ("Jack") -- Willis, William Karnet ("Bill") -- Winters, Shelley -- Wolfson, Louis Elwood -- Wu, Ray Jui -- Wyman, Jane |
| Summary |
Presents original scholarly biographies of notable Americans. Profiles careers and achievements as well as biographical data including family members; educational background; names of spouses and marriage and divorce dates; addresses of residences; and cause of death and place of burial |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Biography -- 20th century
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Markoe, Arnie
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Markoe, Karen
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Jackson, Kenneth T
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| ISBN |
9780684316000 |
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0684316005 |
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