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Monday, April 21, 2014

Bios and Auto-Bios

The Telegraph gives its list of the 20 best autobiographies and biographies of all time.

 I'll take liberties and add in no particular order:
  1. Chronicles of Wasted Time by Malcolm Muggeridge
  2. John Adams by David McCullough
  3. Inside The Third Reich by Albert Speer
  4. The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro
  5. Silent Missions by Vernon Walters
  6. Churchill by Lord Moran
  7. Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson
  8. Primo Levi: A Life by Ian Thomson
  9. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
  10. The Oak and the Calf by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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6 comments:

  1. David Kanigan5:34 PM

    OK. You've listed Muggeridge in #1 slot for a reason. I'm on it. Thanks for the recommendation Michael.

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  2. Michael Wade6:03 PM

    David,

    You are very perceptive.

    Muggeridge's autobiography usually comes in two volumes. I think you'll enjoy it.

    Michael

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  3. David Kanigan6:07 PM

    Thanks Michael. His book is out of stock on Amazon and had to order it used. I didn't see that there was 2 volumes. I'll need to go back and check. Thanks for the heads-up. Dave

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  4. Michael Wade7:19 PM

    David,

    A one-volume version may be out there. I have Volume I: The Green Stick and Volume II: The Infernal Grove of Chronicles of Wasted Time.

    Marvelous books.

    Michael

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  5. Kurt Harden3:36 AM

    I need to read Moran's biography of Churchill.

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  6. Michael Wade6:44 AM

    Kurt,

    I really enjoyed it. The book was quite controversial. Aside from criticism that the doctor-patient relationship had been breached, some disputed Moran's descriptions of events.

    Nonetheless, I highly recommend it.

    Michael

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