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Summary: A biography of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history. Reef discusses the creation of Shelley's story about a mad scientist who brought a corpse back to life, detailing her life both before and after the publication of this iconic masterpiece. -- adapted from amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SHEReef, Catherine.
Summary: Highlights the life and work of the American author known for such classics as "The Old Man and the Sea" and "A Farewell to Arms."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 813.52 REEReef, Catherine.
Summary: Traces the life of the American Jewish composer who created a new kind of music that has lasted beyond the fashion of his time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan Reynolds 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB GERSHWIN REEReef, Catherine
Summary: Traces the life and career of the Army general who was appointed National Security Advisor by Ronald Reagan and became the country's first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB POW REEReef, Catherine
Summary: "A biography for young adult readers on Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse best known for her work during the Crimean War, where she rectified horrifying conditions and made nightly rounds to check on patients, saving hundreds of lives and sparking worldwide healthcare reform"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 NIGReef, Catherine
Summary: "A biography for teens on Queen Victoria (1819-1901). Her long reign was filled with drama, death, intrigue, and passion, and took place during a time of great transformation, an era that bears the imprint of her personality and values as well as that ofher name--the Victorian period."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 VICReef, Catherine.
Summary: A biography of Walt Whitman, whose poetry in "Leaves of Grass" reflected the great changes that took place in nineteenth-century America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1995