They Left Us Everything is a funny, touching memoir about the importance of preserving family history to make sense of the past, and nurturing family bonds to safeguard the future.

The author of the masterly volumes Intellectuals, Creators, and Heroes returns with a collection of biographical portraits of the greatest humorists and wits in history.

... in author's possession . 90. William Johnson , " The UNITE - HERE Merger : Is It a Step Forward ... or Busi- ness as Usual ? ” Labor Notes , April 2004 . 91. Bill Fletcher Jr. and Fernando Gapasin , Solidarity Divided : The Crisis in ...

... in author's Tales Out of Oregon . ) Trappers and traders blazed trails thru the thickets of what became downtown ... William Johnson , sailor of the War of 1812 , independent trapper , and first bootlegger in the Oregon Country ...

A new memoir by the author of Minor Characters provides a unique female perspective on the dramatic implications of growing up fatherless, from her birth, childhood, and youth without a male figure in her life, through her unsuccessful ...

... Johnson, William Johnson's Natchez, 260; VHD to JD, 23 Feb. 1866, VHD to William B. Howell, 11 Apr. 1845, VHD to Margaret Howell, 13 Dec. 1847, JD Pa- pers, AL. 42. Johnson, eds., William Johnson's Natchez,333 n. 7, 334 n. 9; James ...

... William Johnson's Natchez , 2 : 763 , 1 : 351 ; Daily Savannah Republican , 23 January 1847 , stnt , in author's possession ; Saxon , Old Louisiana , 239 ; Crofts , Cobb's Ordeal , 121 ; Escott , North Carolina Yeoman , 205 ; Thayer ...

The definitive biography of the fascinating William James, whose life and writing put an indelible stamp on psychology, philosophy, teaching, and religion—on modernism itself.

As enchanting as her bestselling novels, Flyover Lives is a moving examination of identity and the “wispy but material” family ghosts who shape us.

This is the sweeping story of a revolution with immense public and personal consequences: the doubling of the human life span.