Meticulously researched and clearly presented, “The First Tycoon” reconstructs the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the wealthiest man of his time.
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![Raymond Carver: A Writer’s Life](http://www.web100.com/wp-content/themes/canvas/functions/thumb.php?src=wp-content/uploads/2010/06/raymond-carver.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&q=90)
“Raymond Carver”
“Raymond Carver” follows the short story writer’s turbulent life, from the vices that caused his downfall to the people who contributed to his authorial success.
![Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife](http://www.web100.com/wp-content/themes/canvas/functions/thumb.php?src=wp-content/uploads/2010/06/563.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&q=90)
“Anne Frank”
“Anne Frank” by Francine Prose combines literary gossip and historical facts to lay claim to the belief that the young WWII icon was nothing short of a literary genius.
![The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America](http://www.web100.com/wp-content/themes/canvas/functions/thumb.php?src=wp-content/uploads/2010/06/567.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&q=90)
“The Wilderness Warrior”
Douglas Brinkley takes on Theodore Roosevelt’s efforts to save America’s wilderness in “The Wilderness Warrior,” a book as big as its subject.
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“Cheever: A Life”
Blake Bailey provides detailed personal insight into the simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary life of author John Cheever