Bradley J. Birzer is author of biographies of J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and Christopher Dawson. The second Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy at the University of Colorado-Boulder, he has just completed a biography of Russell Kirk (available in the autumn ...
Fun facts: Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long published over 150 historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular histories and biographies — most frequently under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen.” Fritz Leiber, author of the witchcraft thriller Conjure Wife, called Black Magic“brilliant.” E.M. ...
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While many books richly deserve the adulation they attract, shelves full of underappreciated publications gather dust before they’ve even had the chance to register in the wider public consciousness. So, while we’ve recently revisited a number of the most enduring biographies written in the name...
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Biographies & Memoirs6. The Republic of PiratesThe Republic of Pirates was the base or stronghold of a loose confederacy run by privateers-turned-pirates in Nassau on New Providence island in the Bahamas for about eleven years from 1706 until 1718. Although not a state or republic in a ...
The man is considered an American legend for both his exploits in office and outside of it — and his autobiography tells it all. We’ve found more of the best biographies if you’re looking for something similar.Amazon AmazonThe Life of Buffalo Bill: An Autobiography by William Frederick ...
Unlike Benson and Parini, he includes a list of works cited—a scholarly desideratum inexplicably missing from their biographies of John Steinbeck. Dramatic details of character and behavior stand in starker relief when they aren’t crowded by a plethora of other data, however engaging to ...
All biographies of Dylan have the same big problem. We know a lot about Dylan, but we also don’t know a lot. Dylan’s life is marked by interiority. No one has access to his thought dreams. No one can unpack all the lies, all the deceptions. It should be noted that McDougal’s...