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Do you have any favorite biographies or autobiogrpahies that you like to read?
Mine are:
The Roosevelt Chronicles
Lincoln's Sons
The Illustrated Lincoln
Robert E. Lee The Christian
The Inklings
Mornings On Horseback(haven't read it in awhile)
Lincoln:The Prairie Years And The War Years(another one I haven't read in awhile)
Custer And The Battle Of Little Bighorn

I like to read oldtime movie star biographies, and some I like a lot are:
Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild
by David Stenn(sp?)

Mary Pickford: America's Sweetheart
by Scott Eyman

Child Star: An Autobiography
by Shirley Temple Black

Vamp: The Rise And Fall of Theda Bara
by Eve Golden

I once tried to read Richard Wagner's autobiography. Boy, was that guy full of himself.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself

Surprised by Joy, by C. S. Lewis

I'm not much of a reader of biographies or autobiographies--biographies in particular seem a bit voyeuristic to me--but I liked both of these (and for very different reasons).

bigsleepj wrote:I once tried to read Richard Wagner's autobiography. Boy, was that guy full of himself.

Indeed, though I have not read that book, I heard about his love of himself in music history.

Silly Wagner.

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence. Mostly because I'm a big Lawrence of Arabia fan.

Another person full of himself was Field Marshal Montgomery.

I also read Surprised By Joy, which was an interesting read, but somewhat underwhelming for me, though. Not Lewis' best book.

Well how about biographical plays? The Miracle Worker
by William Gibson was amazing!

I'm currently enjoying George MacDonald by Michael Phillips (the guy that puts the Old Scottish into modern language). It's a little dry in parts, but to be honest, most bios are. The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom is an excellent book as well. I also have 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper sitting in my "to read" stack.