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Erased

by Peter Dabbene

"Erased" is the fascinating graphic biography of Maximus Wyld, a multiracial actor from the early days of Hollywood whose name was later removed from film credits and forgotten. Maximus Ohanzee Wildhorse, known as Maximus Wyld, was an... Read More

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Moonshine

by Isaac Randel

It’s impossible to read Alec Wilkinson’s "Moonshine" without feeling the magnetic draw of its star figure, state revenue agent Garland Bunting. Wilkinson’s short profile, reprinted for a new generation of readers, follows Bunting... Read More

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Cast Out of Eden

by Erika Harlitz Kern

Robert Aquinas McNally’s "Cast Out of Eden" is a detailed biography of American naturalist and Sierra Club founder John Muir. Born in Scotland, Muir arrived in the United States as a boy. He was brought by his father, who began a farm... Read More

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North Star

by Isaac Randel

"North Star" is an inspiring biography that recognizes the quiet heroism of its subject, a dedicated priest. In "North Star", Yukon Story Laureate John Firth delivers a compassionate portrait of Father Jean-Marie Mouchet, the French... Read More

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Marginal Man

by Stephanie Marrie

"Marginal Man" is the thoughtful biography of a controversial but respected immigrant professor. Prompted by a promise to set the record straight about Emilio Goggio’s postwar reputation, "Marginal Man" is Paul Redvers Brown’s... Read More

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Traces of Enayat

by Meg Nola

Iman Mersal’s biography explores the troubled, unfulfilled life of Egyptian writer Enayat al-Zayyat. In 1963, twenty-six-year-old Enayat al-Zayyat committed suicide using sleeping pills. Enayat had finished one novel and was working on... Read More

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Exquisite Dreams

by Meg Nola

Amy Lyford’s interpretive biography "Exquisite Dreams" covers artist Dorothea Tanning’s life and remarkable range of work. Born in 1910, Tanning recalled her Galesburg, Illinois, childhood as being a “good one.” She later found a... Read More

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