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- "Blood Memory: An Autobiography," 1991 -
- 1991
- Collections - Artifact
"Blood Memory: An Autobiography," 1991
- "Manchild in the Promised Land," 1967 -
- 1967
- Collections - Artifact
"Manchild in the Promised Land," 1967
- Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume II, 1885 - Former President Ulysses S. Grant began writing his memoirs in 1884. He was bankrupt from ill-advised financial investments and unable to repay his losses. Friends suggested he write about his military and wartime experiences. Diagnosed with throat cancer soon after he started writing, Grant finished days before his death in 1885. The two-volume work was a financial and literary success.
- 1885
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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume II, 1885
Former President Ulysses S. Grant began writing his memoirs in 1884. He was bankrupt from ill-advised financial investments and unable to repay his losses. Friends suggested he write about his military and wartime experiences. Diagnosed with throat cancer soon after he started writing, Grant finished days before his death in 1885. The two-volume work was a financial and literary success.
- Autobiography of a Yogi, 1972 -
- 1972
- Collections - Artifact
Autobiography of a Yogi, 1972
- My Bondage and Freedom, 1855 -
- 1817-1855
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My Bondage and Freedom, 1855
- Book Used by the Wright Family, "Memoirs of Rev. Charles G. Finney," 1876 - Bishop Milton Wright maintained an extensive library in his Dayton, Ohio, home. His books ranged from scientific works like Charles Darwin's <em>On the Origin of Species</em>, to poems by Virgil, to novels by Mark Twain. Wright's sons, Wilbur and Orville, used the bishop's books on physics and ornithology to start their research on the problem of human flight.
- 1876
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Book Used by the Wright Family, "Memoirs of Rev. Charles G. Finney," 1876
Bishop Milton Wright maintained an extensive library in his Dayton, Ohio, home. His books ranged from scientific works like Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, to poems by Virgil, to novels by Mark Twain. Wright's sons, Wilbur and Orville, used the bishop's books on physics and ornithology to start their research on the problem of human flight.
- Intuition, 1972 -
- 1972
- Collections - Artifact
Intuition, 1972
- "Truth Stranger than Fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life," 1858 -
- 1858
- Collections - Artifact
"Truth Stranger than Fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life," 1858
- "Your Life as Story: Writing the New Autobiography," 1997 -
- 1997
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"Your Life as Story: Writing the New Autobiography," 1997
- Up from Slavery: An Autobiography, 1936 -
- 1936
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography, 1936