Genre search:Biography & Memoir

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: Or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery (Dover Thrift Editions: Black History)

by William and Ellen Craft
Paperback, 2014
Collection
Dewey
Barcode
5320
Status
Available

Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made

by David Halberstam
Paperback, 2000
Collections
Dewey, Biographies
Barcode
5318
Status
Available

The Dark Side of Innocence: Growing Up Bipolar

by Terri Cheney
Paperback, 2012
Collections
Dewey, Biographies
Barcode
5336
Status
Available

My Life, My Fight: Rising Up from New Zealand to the OKC Thunder

by Steven Adams
Hardcover, 2018
Collections
Dewey, Biographies
Barcode
5154
Status
Available

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

by Ilyon Woo
Hardcover, 2023
Collection
Dewey
Barcode
5310
Status
Available

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

by Harriet Ann Jacobs
Paperback, 2010
Collections
Dewey, Biographies
Barcode
5304
Status
Available

Murder in Little Egypt

by Darcy O'Brien
Hardcover, 1988
Collections
Local History, Dewey
Barcode
5497
Status
Available

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

by Stephanie Land
Paperback, 2020
Collection
Fiction - Realistic Fiction
Series
Maid
Barcode
5147
Status
Available

My Mother, Munchausen's and Me: A true story of betrayal and a shocking family secret

by Helen Naylor
Paperback, 2021
Collection
Dewey
Barcode
5145
Status
Available

An Invisible Thread: A Young Readers' Edition

by Laura Schroff
Paperback, 2020
Collection
Dewey
Barcode
5139
Status
Available

The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina Dejesus

by John Glatt Autore
Paperback, 2016
Collection
Dewey
Barcode
5138
Status
Available

Hidden Figures (YRE)

by Margot Lee Shetterly
Paperback, 2018
Collection
Dewey
Barcode
5097
Status
Available

The Growing Season: How I Built a New Life--and Saved an American Farm

by Sarah Frey
Hardcover, 2020
Collections
Career, Dewey
Barcode
5459
Status
Available

I'm Down

by Mishna Wolff
Paperback, 2010
Collections
Fiction - Realistic Fiction, Fiction
Barcode
5458
Status
Available

Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games

by Lopez Lomong
Hardcover, 2012
Collection
Dewey
Barcode
5466
Status
Available

Please Stop Laughing At Me...: One Woman's Inspirational Story

by Jodee Blanco
Paperback, 2003
Collections
Dewey, Biographies
Barcode
5433
Status
Available

Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir

by John Gunther
Paperback, 1989
Tags
biography, cancer, 1940s, father-son relationship
Collection
Biographies
Barcode
5020
Status
Available
Call number
B Gun

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

by A. J. Jacobs
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Bible, humor, Judaism, memoir, religion, spirituality, Christianity, fundamentalism
Collection
Dewey
Barcode
5078
Status
Available
Call number
220 JAC

The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, Day

by Elie Wiesel
Paperback, 2008
Tags
autobiography, history, Holocaust, Jewish, Jews, WWII, World War II, religion, Auschwitz, concentration camp, Palestine
Collection
Dewey
Series
The Night Trilogy (Omnibus 1-3)
Barcode
5074
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318092 WIE

Up from Slavery

by Booker T. Washington
Paperback, 2000
Tags
African American, history, autobiography, slavery, civil rights, Civil War, race, Tuskegee
Collection
Biographies
Barcode
5073
Status
Available
Call number
B WAS

In the Royal Manner: Expert Advice on Etiquette and Entertaining from the Former Butler to Diana, Princess of Wales

by Paul Burrell
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
advice, etiquette, manners
Collection
Fiction
Barcode
4781
Status
Available

Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope

by Mary Beth Chapman
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
life story, religion, inspirational
Collection
Biographies
Barcode
3922
Status
Available
Call number
B CHA

Rosa Parks: A Life

by Douglas Brinkley
Paperback, 2005
Tags
rosa parks, discrimination, civil rights, African American
Collection
Biographies
Barcode
5771
Status
Available
Call number
B PAR

When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson

by Gene Smith
Ebook, 2016
Tags
United States, biography, president, government, politics
Collection
Biographies
Barcode
2067
Status
Available
Call number
B Wil

George Washington: Man and Monument

by Frank Freidel
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
president, government, biography, politics, George Washington
Collection
Biographies
Barcode
2054
Status
Available
Call number
B Was

Restless Spirit: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

by Miriam Gurko
Hardcover, 1962
Tags
biography, bohemian
Collection
Biographies
Barcode
1815
Status
Available
Call number
B Mil

Citizen of New Salem

by Paul Horgan
Hardcover, 1961
Tags
biography, Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, juvenile, children's
Collection
Biographies
Barcode
1757
Status
Available
Call number
B Lin

Rudyard Kipling

by Kingsley Amis
Paperback, 1986
Tags
biography, England, writers, British
Collection
Biographies
Series
Literary Lives
Barcode
1708
Status
Available
Call number
B Kip

The Struggle That Must Be: An Autobiography

by Harry Edwards
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
autobiography, society, African American, St. Louis, life, rights
Collection
Fiction
Barcode
1552
Status
Available

Great People of the 20th Century

by The Editors Of Time Editor
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
20th century, biography, history, people, photographs, photojournalism, world history
Collection
Dewey
Barcode
5747
Status
Available
Call number
920 Tim

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

by Marcus Luttrell
Paperback, 2013
Tags
biography, war, Afghanistan, navy, SEALs, American history, Iraq
Collection
Biographies
Barcode
5732
Status
Available
Call number
B Lut

My War: A Love Story in Letters and Drawings

by Tracy Sugarman
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
soldiers, United States, World War II, American, western front, campaign
Collection
Dewey
Barcode
5722
Status
Available
Call number
940.542 Sug

Touchdown Alexander: My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream

by Shaun Alexander
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
football, sports, athletes
Collection
Biographies
Barcode
5720
Status
Available
Call number
B Ale

When Lincoln Came to Egypt

by George W. Smith
Hardcover, 1940
Tags
Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, Illinois History, Southern Illinois, history
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4896
Status
Available
Call number
977.39 SMI

Army Life of an Illinois Soldier

by Charles W. Wills
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Civil War, history, Illinois
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4967
Status
Available
Call number
B WIL

The Tarnished Cavalier: Major General Earl Van Dorn, C.S.A.

by Arthur B. Carter
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
military, history, United States, generals, Confederate
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4961
Status
Available
Call number
B VAN

A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois

by Christiana Holmes Tillson
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
frontier, Illinois, history
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4955
Status
Available
Call number
B TIL

Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife

by Mrs. John A. Logan
Paperback, 1997
Tags
war, american, history
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4931
Status
Available
Call number
B LOG

The Lincoln Reader

by Paul M. Angle Editor
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Lincoln, war, history
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4983
Status
Available
Call number
B LIN

Personal Memoirs of John H. Brinton: Civil War Surgeon, 1861-1865

by John H. Brinton
Paperback, 1996
Tags
war, american, history
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4977
Status
Available
Call number
B BRI

Cyclone in Calico: The Story of Mary Ann Bickerdyke

by Nina Brown Baker
Hardcover, 1952
Tags
war, american, history
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4972
Status
Available
Call number
B BIC

Miracle in the Mountains

by Harnett T. Kane
Hardcover, 1956
Tags
history, college, south
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4965
Status
Available
Call number
B Ber

Nickel's Worth of Skim Milk: A Boy's View of the Great Depression

by Robert J Hastings
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Illinois, Great Depression, historical fiction
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4938
Status
Available
Call number
973.916 Has

Lincoln's New Salem

by Benjamin P. Thomas
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
Illinois, history, New Salem
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4932
Status
Available
Call number
973.7 Tho

History 31st Regiment: Illinois Volunteers Organized by John A. Logan

by W. S. Morris
Paperback, 1998
Tags
history, Illinois, Civil War
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4926
Status
Available
Call number
973.7 Mor

Profiles From Our Heritage: Stories of Catholics Who Helped Shape the Church of Southern Illinois

by Raphael H. Middeke
Hardcover, 1987
Tags
biography, Catholic, history, Southern Illinois
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4897
Status
Available
Call number
282.092 Pro

The Conquest of The Illinois

by George Rogers Clark
Paperback, 2001
Tags
history, Illinois, George Rogers Clark
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4986
Status
Available
Call number
973.3 Cla

Idols of Egypt

by Will Griffith
Hardcover, 1947
Tags
Illinois, history, United States
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4962
Status
Available
Call number
920 Gri

Afloat on the Ohio

by Reuben Gold Thwaites
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
American history, memoir, Americana, Ohio river
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4928
Status
Available
Call number
917.704 THW

Freedom's Champion: Elijah Lovejoy

by Paul Simon
Paper Book, 1994
Tags
history, Lincoln, america
Collection
Local History
Barcode
4937
Status
Available
Call number
B LOV
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