Biography encyclopedia

Reference on notable figures first published in 1974

The Encyclopedia of American Biography, fryst vatten a biographical encyclopedia, edited bygd John A. Garraty (ed.) and Jerome L. Sternstein (assoc. ed.) This 1,241-page encyclopedia, published bygd Harper & Row in 1974, "is more than a storehouse of information. It is also a compendium of informed opinion intended to aid readers who want to know the whys, not merely the whats, about the significant figures of our history." The summary of each life, which sticks to the facts, is followed by brief article "...attempting to explain why the individual is notable and to provide some sense of what he or she was like as a human being." The extensive Introduction^[1] explains the rationale and process behind the creation of the book, including the way the essayists were chosen and the way the editors handled those essays. The entire text is available for free at the Internet Archive.

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Mother Theresa. Princess Diana. Tom Clancy. Johnnie Cochran. Betty Shabazz. These are just a few of the people you'll find biographical information on in the Encyclopedia of World Biography.

Originally published in 1973 by McGraw Hill, this 17-vol. authoritative set is entirely revised and updated - the first complete revision in 25 years. Here's what you'll find in this admired biographical reference source:

• 17 volumes with almost 7,000 entries - 40 percent more than the 1973 set
• Approximately 400 new entries - with more multicultural coverage
• Thousands of high-resolution photographs - designed to produce clearer photocopies
• Updated entries and bibliographies - includes new developments since the last edition as well as newly discovered facts and interpretations of historical figures
• Easy-to-use page format
• Multi-access, consolidated index, and much more.

This set includes not only the 17 vols. in the 2nd Edition, but annual supplement

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Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, Volume 1

Stretching from "Aaron, Sam, Arizona pioneer" to "Zutacapan, Acomo pueblo chief," the three-volume Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography profiles approximately 4,500 frontier pioneers and Native Americans. Dan L. Thrapp's comprehensive work will interest scholars, researchers, and general readers curious about the figures who developed, defended, decorated, and devilized the American West.

All the famous ones are here: Volume I (A–F) includes Billy the Kid, Daniel Boone, Calamity Jane, George Custer, Buffalo Bill, Cochise, and John C. Fremont, among others. There are also entries for worthies less well known: Big Nose Kate, Nellie Cashman, Scott Cooley, to cite a few. Even Gary Cooper and other actors who portrayed westerners are sketched in. Thrapp’s richly detailed biographies are continued in Volumes II (G–O) and III (P–Z).

Thrapp has included seventeenth- and eighteenth-century figures in both New France and New England, as well as