Over the past couple of years I’ve finally gotten heavily into bios, autobios, and memoirs. Here’s a partial list of the subjects I’ve hit or have on my list to read:
Al Capone
J Edgar Hoover
Eisenhower
Truman
Nixon
George C Marshall
Omar Bradley
Patton
General Terry Allen
Admiral Halsey
Admiral Spruance
Admiral King
Admiral Leahy
Admiral Nimitz
Admiral Willis Lee
General Hap Arnold
Jackie Robinson
Branch Rickey
Lefty Grove
Jimmie Foxx
Urban Shocker
Ross Youngs
Connie Mack
Tom Yawkey
Andy Griffith/Don Knotts
Dan Aykroyd/John Belushi
David Ben-Gurion
Nick Lowe
Levon Helm
Otis Williams
Smoky Joe Wood
Booker T Jones
Art Pepper
Miles Davis
Ulysses S Grant
Erwin Rommel
Elvis Presley
Robbie Robertson
Pete Maravich
Vince Lombardi
Bear Bryant
Billy Martin
Jim Bouton
Willie Mays
Henry Ford
Robert Moses
LBJ
Please suggest more subjects and the books on them!
by TheVirginiaSquire
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The Black Count by Tom Reiss.
The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens.
Fearless and Free: A Memoir by Josephine Baker