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May 16, 2025

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow

May 16, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow

The celebrated biographer publishes an enormous book about Mark Twain

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May 16, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Mark Twain, Ron Chernow, biography, American biography, literary biography
January 13, 2025

A Man on Fire by Douglas Egerton

January 13, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
A Man on Fire by Douglas Egerton

A comprehensive new biography of the famed author and activist

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January 13, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Douglas Egerton, A Man on Fire, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, biography, American biography
July 14, 2023

Into the Bright Sunshine by Samuel G. Freedman

July 14, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
Into the Bright Sunshine by Samuel G. Freedman

A new history of Hubert Humphrey’s social crusading.

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July 14, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Biography/Memoir
Into the Bright Sunshine, Samuel Freedman, Hubert Humphrey, American history, American biography, political biography, Steve Donoghue, 2023
November 24, 2022

Lydia Maria Child by Lydia Moland

November 24, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Lydia Maria Child by Lydia Moland

A big, generous new biography of abolitionist Lydia Maria Child.

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November 24, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir
Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life, Lydia Moland, biography, American biography, Boston history, abolition, literary biography, Steve Donoghue
June 18, 2022

The Life of Mark Twain: The Final Years by Gary Scharnhorst

June 18, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The Life of Mark Twain: The Final Years by Gary Scharnhorst

A foremost Mark Twain scholar completes his three-volume biography of the author.

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June 18, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir
Gary Scharnhorst, The Life of Mark Twain: The Final Years, Mark Twain, biography, American biography, literary biography, Steve Donoghue
November 06, 2021

Burning Boy by Paul Auster

November 06, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Burning Boy by Paul Auster

Prominent author Paul Auster turns a writer’s eye on canonical author Stephen Crane.

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November 06, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir
Burning Boy, Stephen Crane, Paul Auster, American literature, biography, American biography, Steve Donoghue
March 03, 2021

Calhoun: American Heretic by Robert Elder

March 03, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Calhoun: American Heretic by Robert Elder

A new biography of America’s foremost zealot for slavery.

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March 03, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, History
Calhoun: American Heretic, John C. Calhoun, Robert Elder, biography, American biography, Steve Donoghue, history
July 12, 2020

The Education of John Adams by R. B. Bernstein

July 12, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Education of John Adams by R. B. Bernstein

A new biography attempts to present a fully-rounded picture of America’s second President.

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July 12, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, History
R. B. Berstein, American Presidents, American biography, biography, Steve Donoghue
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