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20th Century Historical Biographies

20th Century History Biographies – Stories of leaders, thinkers, and ordinary people from the last century.

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4,885 Results

The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
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The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America

The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America

Elizabeth Letts
$14.99
$20.00
Postcards from Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Human Rights Activist
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Postcards from Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Human Rights Activist

Postcards from Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Human Rights Activist

Mia Wenjen
$17.99
$24.99
Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress
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Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress

Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress

Lorissa Rinehart
$23.99
$33.00
The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne
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The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne

The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne

Chris Sweeney
$21.99
$30.00
The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival
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The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival

The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival

Robert Jobson
$21.99
$29.95
Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
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Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue

Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue

Sonia Purnell
$15.99
$22.00
The World of the Great Gatsby 1000 Piece Puzzle: A Jigsaw by Adam Simpson
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The World of the Great Gatsby 1000 Piece Puzzle: A Jigsaw by Adam Simpson

The World of the Great Gatsby 1000 Piece Puzzle: A Jigsaw by Adam Simpson

$16.99
$24.99
Homage to Catalonia
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Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell
$14.99
$19.99
The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition: The Scary But True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the Dark
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The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition: The Scary But True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the Dark

The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition: The Scary But True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the Dark

Kate Moore
$9.99
$12.99
Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free
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Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free

Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
$21.99
$29.99
The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
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The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America

The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America

John Fabian Witt
$25.99
$35.00
Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond
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Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond

Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond

Essie Mae Washington-Williams, William Stadiem
$13.99
$18.99
The President and the Oligarch: Roosevelt, Mellon, and the Triumph of Big Government
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The President and the Oligarch: Roosevelt, Mellon, and the Triumph of Big Government

The President and the Oligarch: Roosevelt, Mellon, and the Triumph of Big Government

Greg Steinmetz
$21.99
$30.00
JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography
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JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography

JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography

Rosemarie Terenzio, Liz McNeil
$15.99
$20.99
You Can't Catch Us: Lady Bird Johnson's Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train and the Women Who Rode with Her
You Can't Catch Us: Lady Bird Johnson's Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train and the Women Who Rode with Her

You Can't Catch Us: Lady Bird Johnson's Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train and the Women Who Rode with Her

Shannon McKenna Schmidt
$19.99
The Assassination of Leon Trotsky: Espionage, Scandal, and the Crime of the Century
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The Assassination of Leon Trotsky: Espionage, Scandal, and the Crime of the Century

The Assassination of Leon Trotsky: Espionage, Scandal, and the Crime of the Century

H. Keith Melton, Nigel West
$23.99
$32.99
Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict, and Couture
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Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict, and Couture

Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict, and Couture

Justine Picardie
$25.99
$35.00
The Wright Brothers
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The Wright Brothers

The Wright Brothers

David McCullough
$14.99
$19.99
The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition
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The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition

The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition

Victor H. Green
$6.99
$8.14
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
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Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend

Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend

Larry Tye
$19.99
$26.00
Every Time a Bell Rings: The Legacy of It's a Wonderful Life, America's Most Beloved Holiday Film
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Every Time a Bell Rings: The Legacy of It's a Wonderful Life, America's Most Beloved Holiday Film

Every Time a Bell Rings: The Legacy of It's a Wonderful Life, America's Most Beloved Holiday Film

Lauren Theisen, Emily St James
$23.99
$32.00
Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America
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Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America

Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America

John A. Jenkins
$20.99
$29.00
Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt's Heart
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Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt's Heart

Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt's Heart

Sarah Miller
$15.99
$20.99
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
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Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

Maureen Callahan
$23.99
$32.50
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
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Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

Jeremy Atherton Lin
$14.99
$19.99
Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
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Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

Chris Herring
$14.99
$19.99
Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam

Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam

Lynda van Devanter
$28.99
The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told
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The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told

The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told

Bill Janovitz
$23.99
$32.50
Mother Teresa (Revised Edition): An Authorized Biography
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Mother Teresa (Revised Edition): An Authorized Biography

Mother Teresa (Revised Edition): An Authorized Biography

Kathryn Spink
$12.99
$16.99
Out Where the West Begins: Profiles, Visions, and Strategies of Early Western Business Leaders
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Out Where the West Begins: Profiles, Visions, and Strategies of Early Western Business Leaders

Out Where the West Begins: Profiles, Visions, and Strategies of Early Western Business Leaders

Philip F. Anschutz
$25.99
$34.95
A Shadow Over the World: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Rise of Fascism, and the Making of America's World War II
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A Shadow Over the World: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Rise of Fascism, and the Making of America's World War II

A Shadow Over the World: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Rise of Fascism, and the Making of America's World War II

William I. Hitchcock
$25.99
$35.00
My Little Golden Book about Martin Luther King Jr.
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My Little Golden Book about Martin Luther King Jr.

My Little Golden Book about Martin Luther King Jr.

Bonnie Bader
$4.99
$5.99
Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story
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Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story

Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story

Joseph Bruchac
$7.99
$9.99
The Negro Motorist Green Book Compendium
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The Negro Motorist Green Book Compendium

The Negro Motorist Green Book Compendium

Victor H. Green
$28.99
$39.99
Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission
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Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission

Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission

Bret Baier
$14.99
$19.99
Pre-Code Essentials: Must-See Cinema from Hollywood's Untamed Era, 1930-1934
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Pre-Code Essentials: Must-See Cinema from Hollywood's Untamed Era, 1930-1934

Pre-Code Essentials: Must-See Cinema from Hollywood's Untamed Era, 1930-1934

Kim Luperi, Danny Reid
$18.99
$25.99
Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency
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Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency

Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency

Brad Ricca
$22.99
$31.00
The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition
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The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition

The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition

Victor H. Green
$14.99
$19.99
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
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We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

Fintan O'Toole
$15.99
$21.99
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang
$15.99
$22.00
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
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A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

Jen Bryant
$13.99
$18.99
McNamara at War: A New History
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McNamara at War: A New History

McNamara at War: A New History

William Taubman, Philip Taubman
$28.99
$39.99
The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian
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The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian

The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian

Emile Chabal
$25.99
$35.00
Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
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Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers

Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers

Ralph Moody
$22.99
$24.99
The Silver Snarling Trumpet: The Birth of the Grateful Dead--The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter
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The Silver Snarling Trumpet: The Birth of the Grateful Dead--The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter

The Silver Snarling Trumpet: The Birth of the Grateful Dead--The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter

Robert Hunter
$15.99
$21.99
Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend
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Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend

Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend

Domenico Losurdo
$22.99
$25.00
Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs
Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs

Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs

Nancy Thorndike Greenspan
$19.99
John Lewis: A Life
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John Lewis: A Life

John Lewis: A Life

David Greenberg
$16.99
$23.00