"Do not pick two on the same subject; other editions of these books are fine." - Prof. Pasley
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Andrews, William L. From Fugitive Slave to Free Man: The Autobiographies of William Wells Brown. New York: Mentor, 1993.
Baker, Josephine. Josephine. Translated by Jo Bouillon. New York: Harper & Row, 1977.
Berlin, Edward A. King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Capeci, Jr., Dominic J. The Lynching of Cleo Wright. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
Crouch, Stanley. Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker. New York: Harper, 2014.
Greenspan, Ezra. William Wells Brown: An African American Life. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.
Hughes, Langston. The Big Sea: An Autobiography. New York: Hill and Wang, 1993.
Kremer, Gary R. James Milton Turner and the Promise of America: The Public Life of a Post–Civil War Black Leader. 2nd edition. Columbia: University of Missouri, 1991.
McLaurin, Melton A. Celia: A Slave. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1991.
McMurry, Linda O. George Washington Carver: Scientist and Symbol. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.
Pegg, Bruce. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry, An Unauthorized Biography. New York & London: Routledge, 2002.
Rose, Phyllis. Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
Thomas, James. From Tennessee Slave to St. Louis Entrepreneur: The Autobiography of James Thomas. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1984.
Wilson, Elinor. Jim Beckwourth: Black Mountain Man, War Chief of the Crows, Trader, Trapper... Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980.
ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, & WRITERS
Adams, Henry. Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Baker, Josephine. Josephine Translated by Jo Bouillon. New York: Harper & Row, 1977.
Benton, Thomas Hart. An Artist in America. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1983.
Berlin, Edward A. King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Buskin, Richard. Sheryl Crow: No Fool to This Game. New York: Billboard Books, 2002.
Cannaday, Marilyn. Bigger Than Life: The Creator of Doc Savage. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1990.
Caron, James E. Mark Twain, Unsanctified Newspaper Reporter. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008.
Crouch, Stanley. Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker. New York: Harper, 2014.
Einarson, John. Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of the Byrds’ Gene Clark. San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2005.
Fraser, Caroline. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder New York: Picador, 2018.
Holtz, William. The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1995.
Hotchner, A. E. King of the Hill. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993.
Hotchner, A. E. The Boyhood Memoirs of A.E. Hotchner: King of the Hill/Looking for Miracles. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 2007.
Hughes, Langston. The Big Sea: An Autobiography. New York: Hill and Wang, 1993.
Kaplan, Justin. Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography. New York: Touchstone, 1983.
Miller, John E. Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman Behind the Legend. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2006.
Pegg, Bruce. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry, An Unauthorized Biography. New York & London: Routledge, 2002.
Rash, Nancy. The Painting and Politics of George Caleb Bingham. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991.
Rose, Phyllis. Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
Toth, Emily. Kate Chopin. New York: William Morrow & Co, 1990.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography. Edited by Pamela Smith Hill. Pierre, South Dakota: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2014.
Woodside, Christine. Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books. New York: Arcade Publishing, 2016.
CIVIL WAR ERA
Cain, Marvin R. Lincoln’s Attorney General: Edward Bates of Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1965.
Castel, Albert E. William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.
Castel, Albert E. General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1968.
Engle, Stephen D. Yankee Dutchman: The Life of Franz Sigel. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1999.
McFeely, William S. Grant. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002.
Parrish, William Earl. David Rice Atchison of Missouri, Border Politician. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1961.
Parrish, William E. Frank Blair: Lincoln’s Conservative. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 1998.
Phillips, Christopher. Damned Yankee: The Life of General Nathaniel Lyon. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996.
Phillips, Christopher. The Making of Southerner: William Barclay Napton’s Private Civil War. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 2008.
Phillips, Christopher. Missouri’s Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 2000.
Reynolds, Thomas C. General Sterling Price and the Confederacy. St. Louis: Missouri History Museum, 2009.
ENTREPRENEURS
Adams, Mark. Mr. America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation through Sex, Salad, and the Ultimate Starvation Diet. New York: HarperCollins, 2010.
Rhodes, Joel P. A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck. Columbia: University of Missouri, 2008.
Thomas, James. From Tennessee Slave to St. Louis Entrepreneur: The Autobiography of James Thomas. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1984.
Watts, Steven. The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2001.
Watts, Steven. Self-Help Messiah: Dale Carnegie and Success in Modern America. New York: Other Press, 2013.
Worley, William S. J.C. Nichols and the Shaping of Kansas City: Innovation in Planned Residential Communities. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1990.
Alter, J. Cecil. Jim Bridger. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1979.
Buckley, Jay H. William Clark: Indian Diplomat. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008.
Chaffin, Tom. Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of American Empire. New York: Hill & Wang, 2004.
Clokey, Richard M. William H. Ashley: Enterprise and Politics in the Trans-Mississippi West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990.
Cody, William F. Buffalo Bill’s Life Story: An Autobiography. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2010.
Faragher, John Mack. Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer. New York: Henry Holt , 1992.
Foley, William E. and C. David Rice. The First Chouteaus: River Barons of Early St. Louis. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983.
Gracy III, David B. Moses Austin: His Life. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1987.
Hurt, R. Douglas. Nathan Boone and the American Frontier. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 1998.
Majors, Alexander. Seventy Years on the Frontier: Alexander Majors’ Memoirs of a Lifetime on the Border. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
Norall, Frank. Bourgmont, Explorer of the Missouri, 1698-1725. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988.
Quaife, Milo Milton, ed. Kit Carson’s Autobiography. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1966.
Remley, David. Kit Carson: The Life of an American Border Man. Oklahoma Western Biographies. University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.
Rolle, Andrew. John Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.
Settle, William A. Jr. Jesse James Was His Name: Fact and Fiction Concerning the Notorious James Brothers of Missouri. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1977.
Sides, Hampton. Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West. New York: Anchor, 2007.
Steffen, Jerome O. William Clark: Jeffersonian Man on the Frontier. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977.
Steward, Dick. Frontier Swashbuckler: The Life and Legend of John Smith T. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999.
Stiles, T.J. Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War. New York: Vintage, 2003.
Warren, Louis S. Buffalo Bill’s America. New York: Vintage, 2006.
Wilson, Elinor. Jim Beckwourth: Black Mountain Man, War Chief of the Crows, Trader, Trapper... Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980.
JOURNALISTS & POLITICIANS (see also: Civil War Era)
Belko, W. Stephen. The Invincible Duff Green: Whig of the West. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2006.
Boernstein, Henry. Memoirs of a Nobody: The Missouri Years of an Austrian Radical, 1849-1866. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1997.
Boman, Dennis K. The Original Rush Limbaugh: Lawyer, Legislator, and Civil Libertarian. Columbia, Mo. ; London: University of Missouri, 2012.
Chambers, William Nisbet. Old Bullion Benton, Senator From the New West: Thomas Hart Benton, 1782-1858. Boston: Little Brown, 1956.
Clark, Champ. My Quarter Century of American Politics. New York and London: Harper, 1920.
Dorsett, Lyle W. The Pendergast Machine. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968.
Giglio, James N. Call Me Tom: The Life of Thomas F. Eagleton. 1 edition. Columbia Mo. ; London: Univ of Missouri, 2011.
Haskell, Harry. Boss-Busters & Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2007.
Karnes, Thomas L. William Gilpin: Western Nationalist. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1970.
Kaser, David. Joseph Charless: Printer in the Western Country. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1963.
Launius, Roger. Alexander William Doniphan: Portrait of a Missouri Moderate. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997.
Kremer, Gary R. James Milton Turner and the Promise of America: The Public Life of a Post–Civil War Black Leader. 2nd edition. Columbia: University of Missouri, 1991.
Larsen, Lawrence H., and Nancy J. Hulston. Pendergast! Columbia: University of Missouri, 1997.
McCoy, Donald R. The Presidency of Harry S. Truman. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1984.
McCullough, David. Truman. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Olson, James C. Stuart Symington: A Life. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2003.
Piott, Steven L. Holy Joe: Joseph W. Folk and the Missouri Idea. Columbia: University of Missouri, 1997.
Pomerantz, Gary M. The Devil’s Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age. 1st ed. New York, N.Y: Crown Publishers, 2009.
Rammelkamp, Julian. Pulitzer’s Post-Dispatch, 1878-1883. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967.
Reddig, William M. Tom’s Town: Kansas City and the Pendergast Legend. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1986.
Schurz, Carl. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz. New York: The McClure company, 1907-1908. (Missouri years are in volume 3).
Smith, Elbert B. Magnificent Missourian; The Life of Thomas Hart Benton. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1973.
Smith, William E. The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics. New York: Macmillan, 1933.
Swanberg, W. A. Pulitzer. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1967.
Trefousse, Hans L. Carl Schurz: A Biography. 2nd edition edition. New York: Fordham University Press, 1998.
JOURNALISTS & POLITICIANS (see also: Civil War Era)
Belko, W. Stephen. The Invincible Duff Green: Whig of the West. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2006.
Boernstein, Henry. Memoirs of a Nobody: The Missouri Years of an Austrian Radical, 1849-1866. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1997.
Boman, Dennis K. The Original Rush Limbaugh: Lawyer, Legislator, and Civil Libertarian. Columbia, Mo. ; London: University of Missouri, 2012.
Chambers, William Nisbet. Old Bullion Benton, Senator From the New West: Thomas Hart Benton, 1782-1858. Boston: Little Brown, 1956.
Clark, Champ. My Quarter Century of American Politics. New York and London: Harper, 1920.
Dorsett, Lyle W. The Pendergast Machine. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968.
Giglio, James N. Call Me Tom: The Life of Thomas F. Eagleton. 1 edition. Columbia Mo. ; London: Univ of Missouri, 2011.
Haskell, Harry. Boss-Busters & Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2007.
Karnes, Thomas L. William Gilpin: Western Nationalist. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1970.
Kaser, David. Joseph Charless: Printer in the Western Country. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1963.
Launius, Roger. Alexander William Doniphan: Portrait of a Missouri Moderate. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997.
Kremer, Gary R. James Milton Turner and the Promise of America: The Public Life of a Post–Civil War Black Leader. 2nd edition. Columbia: University of Missouri, 1991.
Larsen, Lawrence H., and Nancy J. Hulston. Pendergast! Columbia: University of Missouri, 1997.
McCoy, Donald R. The Presidency of Harry S. Truman. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1984.
McCullough, David. Truman. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Olson, James C. Stuart Symington: A Life. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2003.
Piott, Steven L. Holy Joe: Joseph W. Folk and the Missouri Idea. Columbia: University of Missouri, 1997.
Pomerantz, Gary M. The Devil’s Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age. 1st ed. New York, N.Y: Crown Publishers, 2009.
Rammelkamp, Julian. Pulitzer’s Post-Dispatch, 1878-1883. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967.
Reddig, William M. Tom’s Town: Kansas City and the Pendergast Legend. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1986.
Schurz, Carl. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz. New York: The McClure company, 1907-1908. (Missouri years are in volume 3).
Smith, Elbert B. Magnificent Missourian; The Life of Thomas Hart Benton. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1973.
Smith, William E. The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics. New York: Macmillan, 1933.
Swanberg, W. A. Pulitzer. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1967.
Trefousse, Hans L. Carl Schurz: A Biography. 2nd edition edition. New York: Fordham University Press, 1998.
MILITARY FIGURES (see also: Civil War Era)
Blair, Clay. A General’s Life: An Autobiography by General of the Army Omar N. Bradley. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983.
Bradley, Omar N., and A. J. Liebling. A Soldier’s Story. New York: Modern Library, 1999.
Smythe, Donald. Pershing: General of the Armies. 1st Pbk. Ed edition. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007.
SPORTS FIGURES
Alexander, Charles. Rogers Hornsby: A Biography. New York: Henry Holt, 1996.
Barra, Allan. Yogi: Eternal Yankee. New York: Norton, 2009.
Creamer, Robert. Stengel: His Life and Times. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984.
Giglio, James N. Musial: From Stash to Stan the Man. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2007.
Hetrick, J. Thomas. Chris Von Der Ahe and the St. Louis Browns. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Snyder, Brad. A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood’s Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports. New York: Viking, 2006.
Weiss, Stuart L. The Curt Flood Story: The Man Behind the Myth. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2007.
NOTABLE WOMEN
Baker, Josephine. Josephine. Translated by Jo Bouillon. New York: Harper & Row, 1977.
Fraser, Caroline. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder New York: Picador, 2018.
Grace, Fran. Carry A. Nation: Retelling the Life. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004.
Holtz, William. The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1995
Herr, Pamela. Jessie Benton Fremont. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987.
McMillen, Margot Ford, and Heather Roberson. Called to Courage: Four Women in Missouri History. First edition. Columbia: University of Missouri, 2002.
———. Into the Spotlight: Four Missouri Women. Columbia: University of Missouri, 2004.
Miller, John E. Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman Behind the Legend. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2006.
Miller, Sally M. From Prairie to Prison: The Life of Social Activist Kate Richards O’Hare. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1993.
O’Malley, Terrence Michael. Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time. Kansas City: Covington Group, 2006.
Olson, Greg. Voodoo Priests, Noble Savages, and Ozark Gypsies: The Life of Folklorist Mary Alicia Owen. Columbia Mo.: University of Missouri, 2012.
Rose, Phyllis. Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
Scheer, Teva J. Governor Lady: The Life and Times of Nellie Tayloe Ross. Columbia: University of Missouri, 2005.
Stone, Ilene. Jane Froman: Missouri’s First Lady of Song. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2003.
Toth, Emily. Kate Chopin. New York: William Morrow & Co, 1990.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography. Edited by Pamela Smith Hill. Pierre, South Dakota: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2014.
Woodside, Christine. Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books. New York: Arcade Publishing, 2016.
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