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University of Chicago, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover. As New. Maclean and Laird Robinson forensically analyzed the site of the Mann Gulch Fire (1949). Results indicated that the fire had acted in contrast to belief, creating its own weather system trapping and killing 13 fire fighters. This work provided new knowledge into fire behaviors. There is a protective mylar cover.

Little, Brown and Company, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Dumas Malone's classic six-volume biography 'Jefferson and His Time' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jefferson's life. This the final volume provides an all-encompassing account of Jefferson's accomplishments, friendships, and family difficulties in his last seventeen years, revealing his shift from the realm of politics to his roles as family man, architect, and educational enthusiast. Describing Jefferson's retirement from Washington, this volume recounts the events that formed JeffersonÕs final years, particularly the founding of the Library of Congress and the University of Virginia, in which he played a major role." [Pub. Info] Sixth volume of a magisterial biography There is a protective mylar cover. STATED 1ST EDITION.

Little, Brown & Co. NY [vols: 1983, 1988, 2012], 1983. 1st edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Born at the end of the 19th century when Imperial Britain still stood at the splendid pinnacle of her power, Churchill would witness the shift a few years later as the Empire hovered on the brink of a catastrophic new era. One of the greatest wartime leaders of our time, he would go on to stand alone, politically isolated in Parliament, as he took the lead in warning of the growing Nazi threat, and would lead Britain to victory against Nazi Germany and the Axis powers in World War II... 'The Last Lion' is the definitive work on this remarkable man whose courageous vision guided the destiny of a nation during darkly troubled times - and who looms as one of the greatest figures of our century." [Pub. Info] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953 was awarded to Winston Churchill "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human… Read More

Allen, Towne & Heath Inc, NY , 1948. 3rd edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Historical novel about the life of Tchaikovsky written by the son of Thomas Mann.

W W Norton, NY, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "The Broken Tower' reads with all the drama of a psychological novel and the inexorable force of a Greek tragedy. Few poets have lived as extraordinary and fascinating a life as Hart Crane, the American poet who made his meteoric rise in the late 1920s and then as suddenly flamed out, killing himself at the age of thirty-two and thus turning his life and poetry into the stuff of myth. [Pub. Info] ""Extremely welcome . . . written with verve and intelligence . . . [one] of the best companions to the complexities and highs of Crane's slim oeuvre. [Boston Book Review] Illustrations and photographs Definitive biography.

Doubleday, NY, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. 865 pages. Detailed index. Definitive biography. 1ST EDITION.

HarperCollins, NY, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "Scott Fitzgerald, a romantic and tragic figure who embodied the decades between the two world wars, was a writer who took his material almost entirely from his life. This book... is the first to analyze frankly the meaning as well as the events of Fitzgerald's life."" [Pub. Info] Definitive biography.

Random House, NY , 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska's story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people." [Pub. Info] There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST EDITION.

Farrrar Straus Giroux, NY. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST US EDITION.

Oxford University Press, Oxford/ NY, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The world difficulties of preparing a book of villains is that the field stretches towards infinity… They are everywhere, down narow streets and in brightly lit office buildings and parliaments, dominating family life, crowding prisons and law courts, and providing plots for most of the works of fiction that have been composed since the dawn of history.... What I have done is to assemble some of the pieces of writing which I think do most to illuminate this dark subject... This, I hope, is no discourtesy to the many great civilizations and literatures not here represented; their omission doesn't mean that they are short of villains and I intend no offence." [Introduction] There is a protective mylar cover.